Associates in Neurology
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Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised a group of neurologists in the Los Angeles area that they do not intend to recommend a challenge to the neurologists' plan to establish an...
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Internet Site Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Collecting Personal Information in Agency's First Internet Privacy Case
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GeoCities, one of the most popular sites on the World Wide Web, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the purposes for which it was collecting personal...
Federal/State Report, "Milk: Does it Measure Up?--One Year Later," Finds Improved Accuracy of Milk Labeling
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Federal and state authorities today released a nationwide study of the accuracy of net content labeling of milk. The report, a follow-up to a 1997 study, shows that there has been considerable...
FTC Files Comment with State Attorneys General About Green Guidelines for Electricity
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission on August 10 filed a comment with the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) about its discussion draft Green Guidelines for Electricity. The FTC...
FTC Staff Files Comment With Louisiana Public Service Commission
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission on August 10 filed a comment with them Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) about stranded costs and benefits arising from electric industry...
FTC Staff Files Comment With Michigan Public Service Commission
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission on August 10 filed a comment with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) about its staff report, "Staff Market Power Discussion Paper." The paper...
Federal, State Law Enforcers Move Against Bogus Entertainment and Media-related Investments
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The Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission and 20 members of the North American Securities Administrators Association today announced nearly 60 law enforcement actions directed...
Project Risky Business
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Tuesday, August 11, 1998 Thank you for being with us today. We're here to announce a joint federal-state law enforcement sweep that has targeted nearly 60 bogus entertainment and media-related...
Professional Charitable Fundraiser Settles Allegations Of Fraud: Agrees to a Half-million Dollar Judgment
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a $500,000 settlement agreement with a Phoenix, Arizona, fundraiser who, the FTC alleges, fraudulently solicited donations on behalf of various nonprofit...
FTC Votes to Update Vocational Schools Guides
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The Federal Trade Commission has voted to update its Vocational Schools Guides -- renamed the Guides for Private Vocational and Distance Education Schools. The Commission added a provision to the...
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following Applications for Approval for Shell Oil Company and Roche Holding Ltd
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Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: Shell Oil Company...
FTC Settlement with General Electric Capital Corp. Will Safeguard $60 Million in Redress to Consumers
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A settlement agreement that the Federal Trade Commission has negotiated with General Electric Capital Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Montgomery Ward Credit Corporation (collectively, "GE...
FTC, Sec and State Securities Administrators Announce "Project Risky Business"
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WHAT: Nationwide law enforcement crackdown on bogus "investment opportunities" -- risky businesses that have bilked consumers out of millions. WHO: Jodie Bernstein, Director, Bureau of Consumer...
Announced Actions for August 6, 1998
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Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: LandAmerica...
FTC Halts Operations of Marketer Selling Bogus "Viagra-like" Impotence Treatment Products
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The Federal Trade Commission has obtained a court order temporarily halting the marketing operations of the American Urological Corporation, and several related companies, all under the direction of...
Alcohol Companies to Supply Data on Their Self-regulatory Activities to FTC
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Eight major alcoholic beverage companies will have to supply certain information on their self-regulatory activities to address concerns about alcohol advertising and underage drinking, as a result of...
Consumers Receive "Rust Evader" Refund Checks
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has sent to 738 consumers who purchased purported vehicle anti-corrosion devices sold by RustEvader Corporation refund checks totalling $205,827.52...
Auto Dealers in Northwest Threatened Chrysler with Illegal Boycott; FTC Settles Charges
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An association of 25 automobile dealerships in five Northwest states today settled Federal Trade Commission charges of threatening to boycott Chrysler. The agency charged that the dealers planned to...
Connecticut Mail Order House Operators Banned from the Mail Order Business
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International Direct, Inc., a Stamford, Connecticut, mail order house, its counterpart, American Security Products, Inc., and their officers, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...
Canadian-based Telemarketer Banned from the Credit Card Protection Business
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The Tracker Corporation of America, and its president Bruce Lewis, have agreed to be permanently barred from engaging in the credit card protection and credit card registration business as part of a...
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