Announced Action for May 7, 2002
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The Commission has approved a third extension of a time period concerning a matter involving Baxter International, Inc. (Baxter). Under the order in Docket No. C-3726, which concerned Baxter's...
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Announced Action for May 3, 2002
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In accordance with the reporting provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Commission has submitted its second annual report to Congress on the number and disposition of enforcement actions taken...
FTC Chairman Muris to Speak about ID Theft
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WASHINGTON, D.C.- Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris will speak at a news conference with Attorney General John Ashcroft, Thursday, May 2, 2002 at 12:45p.m. to discuss identity theft...
FTC Settlement Would Preserve Competition in U.S. Market for Fluoropolymer Resins
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a consent agreement with Solvay S.A. to resolve competitive concerns stemming from Solvay's proposed $1.3 billion acquisition of Ausimont S.p.A. from...
Factors That Affect Gasoline Prices To Be Discussed at FTC Conference
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a second public conference on "Factors Affecting Prices of Refined Petroleum Products," to be held May 8-9, 2002 in Room 432 at the FTC. This conference, a...
Internet Auction Sellers Settle FTC Charges
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Operators who auctioned computer-related products on Internet sites, but allegedly failed to deliver the merchandise that consumers paid for, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...
Federal Agencies Release First Annual Report to Congress on College Scholarship Fraud
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With the cost of college education rising over 600 percent since 1969, students and their families often look for alternate ways to finance their education. Some fall victim to scholarship and...
Announced Action for April 30, 2002
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The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning Draft Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information...
Canadian Firm Charged with Telemarketing Fraud Settles FTC Complaint; Will Pay More than $111,000 in Consumer Redress
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Consumers allegedly defrauded by a Montreal, Canada-based telemarketer and his related businesses will receive more than $111,000 in consumer redress under the terms of a court settlement with the...
Announced Action for April 26, 2002
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The Commission has approved a divestiture by Valero Energy Corporation (Valero) and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation (Ultramar) of the "Golden Eagle CARB Refining and Marketing Assets" in...
FTC Testifies on Funeral Rule Activities
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Testifying on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission today before the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Eileen Harrington of the...
Domain Name Registrars Settle FTC Charges
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A Canadian company and its principal have agreed to pay $375,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their domain name sales scheme violated federal laws. The...
FTC/DOJ Hearings to Highlight the Intersection Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law and Policy
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice today announced times, location, and participants for the May 2, 2002 session in their joint hearings on...
"You've Just Won a Playstation 2!" - or Maybe Not, Says FTC in Complaint Filed Against Internet Spammers
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"Spam" e-mail messages claiming that consumers had won a free Sony PlayStation 2 or other prize through a promotion purportedly sponsored by Yahoo, Inc., instead routed consumers to an adult Internet...
Florida Defendants to Pay $700,000 in Redress for Alleged Misrepresentations Related to the Telemarketing Of Worthless Credit Card Protection
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An Orlando, Florida-based company doing business as Advanced Consumer Services (ACS) and its principals caught up in the Federal Trade Commission's 2000 "Operation Protection Deception" law...
FTC Testimony Highlights Multi-prong Strategy To Ensure Competitive Gasoline Pricing
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The Federal Trade Commission today outlined the steps it has taken to assure competitive gasoline pricing in the United States. Testifying today before the House Government Reform Committee's...
Announced Action(s) for April 23, 2002
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The Commission has approved an amended complaint in its case against Capital Choice Consumer Credit, Inc., et al. Through the action, the FTC has added Ecommex Corporation as a defendant in this...
Wrongful "Orange Book" Listing Raises Red Flag with FTC; Leads to Consent Order with Biovail Corp. Concerning its Drug Tiazac
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced its first complaint against - and consent order with - a pharmaceutical manufacturer for allegedly illegally acquiring an exclusive patent license and...
Muris Testifies on Competition in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate committee that the agency is extending its efforts to protect consumers from anticompetitive practices that block the timely entry of...
FTC to Host Media Availability on Commission's First Competition Case Based on "Orange Book" Pharmaceutical Listing
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The Federal Trade Commission will hold a media availability on Tuesday, April 23, at 1:00 p.m. EST to announce the first FTC law enforcement action stemming from the allegedly wrongful listing of a...
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