American Medical Association
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The Federal Trade Commission staff has advised the American Medical Association (AMA) that its proposal to disseminate to the public information relating to proposed revisions to Medicare’s resource...
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Announced Actions for April 5, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an...
Marketer of "Learning Machine" To Give Refunds Under Settlement with FTC Over Unsubstantiated CLaims
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Zygon International, Inc., a Redmond, Washington-based company that marketed the "Learning Machine" and other products, has agreed to settle deceptive advertising charges brought by the Federal Trade...
FTC Reviews Industry Guides for Mirror and Vocational Schools Industries
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As part of its ongoing periodic review of its rules and guides and in keeping with the objective to eliminate obsolete or unnecessary regulatory requirements, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking...
FTC Reviews Used Oil Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has proposed to repeal its 1964 Used Oil Rule as unnecessarily duplicative. The agency said the rule has been pre-empted in large part by the FTC’s Recycled Oil Rule...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on a Set of Warranty-Related Rules and Guides
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As part of its ongoing periodic review of its rules and guides and in keeping with the objective to eliminate obsolete or unnecessary regulatory requirements, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking...
2,682 Victims of Credit Card Number Trafficking Scheme To Get Partial Refunds
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has distributed funds out of a $292,500 redress account to 2,682 consumers across the nation who were victimized as part of a telemarketing scheme...
Women's Clothing Maker To Pay $50,000 To Settle Charges Over Faulty Care Labeling
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New York City-based women’s clothing manufacturer, Double Z Manufacturing, Inc., has agreed to pay a $50,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it put faulty care labeling...
Announced Actions for March 29, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for prior approval of a divestiture from the...
FTC To Alter Merger Enforcement Policies
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The Federal Trade Commission is streamlining the merger enforcement process to enhance the effectiveness of provisions designed to restore competition, according to William J. Baer, Director of the...
ADP Agrees To Pay Maximum $2.97 Million Civil Penalty for Withholding Key Competitive Documents from Federal Antitrust Agencies
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement with Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) under which the firm will pay a $2.97 million civil penalty for failing to include key competitive...
FTC Adjusts Clayton Act Section 8 Threshold Figures
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced changes in the two threshold figures that define when it is unlawful for an individual to serve as an officer or director of two or more competing...
Delaware-Area Funeral Home Sweep Results
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In the third series of cases to emerge from a nationwide crackdown on funeral homes that fail to give consumers price lists and other required information, the Federal Trade Commission today announced...
California Dental Association
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Orders Group to Rescind Restrictions, Reinstate Disciplined Dentists The Federal Trade Commission has issued an order that will prohibit the California Dental Association (CDA) from imposing a host of...
FTC Highlights Fed-State Cooperation
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The Federal Trade Commission in the last 13 months has continued to work hand-in-hand with other state and federal law enforcers, participating with them in a variety of enforcement “sweeps” and task...
FTC Enacts New Exemptions from Merger Regulations
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The Federal Trade Commission has adopted five new rules to exempt certain mergers and acquisitions from prior review by the FTC and the Department of Justice. Under the new rules, certain classes of...
Elaine Kolish Named Associate Director, BCP Enforcement Division
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Elaine D. Kolish has been named Associate Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Enforcement, effective immediately. She was appointed by Jodie Bernstein, Director of the FTC’s Bureau...
Announced Actions for March 22, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for prior approval of transactions from the...
Budget Rent A Car
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Budget Rent A Car Systems, Inc., based in Lisle, Illinois, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company engaged in deceptive practices when it failed to disclose...
FTC Workshop on "Made in the USA" Claims to be Held on March 26 and 27
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The Federal Trade Commission’s public workshop to discuss "Made in USA" advertising and labeling claims will be held on March 26 and 27, 1996. The event is open to members of the press and the public...
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