First Look, L.L.C.
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First Look will be a network of optical firms (and of local optical firm networks developed by individual members of First Look) organized to respond to requests for proposals ("RFPs") for employer...
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FTC Obtains $5.6 Million from German and Brazilian Piston Manufacturers for Failure To File for U.S. Antitrust Review; Civil Penalty is Largest Ever
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Federal Trade Commission attorneys today filed a complaint in federal court charging Mahle GmbH, a German piston manufacturer, and Metal Leve S.A., a Brazilian competitor, with failing to notify...
ADP Settles FTC Charges over Autoinfo Acquisition
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its 1995 acquisition of AutoInfo, Inc. assets resulted in a monopoly and substantially lessened competition...
FTC Workshop To Explore Expansion of 900 Number Rule To Cover International Pay-Per-Call Services
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Consumer groups and telecommunications industry participants in a two-day workshop at the Federal Trade Commission beginning Thursday, June 19, at 9 a.m. will examine increased consumer complaints...
FTC Puts Exercise Device Weight-Loss Claims on a Diet
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Marketers of some of the most popular exercise equipment on the market today have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they made exaggerated weight-loss claims in their...
FTC's Guides for Advertising and Marketing Watches Up for Review
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Guidelines for how companies advertise and market the metal content, movement and performance of watches are to be updated to reflect modern manufacturing processes and, wherever reasonable, to...
FTC Settlement in $cholar$cam Case Nets $340,000 in Victim Redress...
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement agreement with Student Assistance Services, Inc. and other defendants who ran an alleged scholarship search service scam. The settlement would...
Defendants Named in FTC'S "Project Jackpot" Agree To Settle
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Oasis Southwest, Inc., a Las Vegas, Nevada-based prize promotion telemarketer and its two principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company was running a phony prize...
Announced Action(s) for June 13, 1997
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application...
Connecticut Mail Order Company Violates 1987 FTC Order
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International Masters Publishers Inc. (IMP), a Stamford, Connecticut-based company that sells informational cards on a variety of topics -- recipe cards, home repairs, gardening, sewing, sports...
FTC To Extend Comment Period on Rule 703
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The Federal Trade Commission has extended until August 1, 1997, the public comment period on whether to modify, rescind or retain Rule 703, which sets out its requirements governing informal dispute...
Announced Actions for June 6, 1997
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Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved an application for approval of a divestiture from Mahle GMBH, of Stuttgart...
FTC Settlement with Sears, Roebuck To Safeguard $100 Million Redress To Consumers
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A settlement agreement that the Federal Trade Commission has negotiated with Sears, Roebuck and Co. would give the agency a tool to ensure that Sears makes full refunds totaling up to $100 million or...
FTC Chairman Testifies on Electric Power Deregulation
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Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, told the House Judiciary Committee today that deregulation in the electric power industry could benefit consumers by reducing prices and...
FTC Privacy Week -- June 10-13
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Consumer privacy issues will be the focus of a Federal Trade Commission public workshop beginning June 10. Workshop participants will examine issues affecting privacy, including the online collection...
Westpoint-Stevens Inc. Agrees To Pay Civil Penalty of $360,000
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WestPoint-Stevens Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (Textile Act) by misbranding the sheets and towels it...
FTC Chairman Pitofsky Appoints Rosemarie A. Straight as Executive Director
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Rosemarie A. Straight has been appointed by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky to be the FTC's Executive Director, responsible for the agency's personnel, budget, finance, procurement...
CVS To Divest 120 Revco Drug Stores in VA, NY To Settle FTC Charges...
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CVS Corporation has agreed with the Federal Trade Commission to divest a total of 120 Revco drug stores or pharmacy counters -- 114 stores in Virginia and six pharmacy counters in the Binghamton, New...
Announced Action(s) for May 30, 1997
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application...
FTC Reaches Settlement with Jenny Craig To End Diet Program Advertising Litigation
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The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a settlement agreement from Jenny Craig, Inc. to resolve deceptive advertising charges in connection with the diet program's claims about weight loss, weight...
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