Announced Actions for March 12, 2004
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BCP Director Beales addresses proposed restrictions on food ads to children: Remarks of Howard Beales, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, at the 2004 Antitrust and Consumer...
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Final Judgment Closes Case on Remaining Capital Choice Consumer Credit Defendants
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a final court judgment entered against the remaining seven of 10 defendants charged in FTC v. Capital Choice Consumer Credit, Inc., et al. The defendants...
FTC Issues Alert about Identity Theft Scam
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A new Spam Scam Alert from the Federal Trade Commission could help consumers avoid becoming identity theft victims. The Alert, “Someone Is Phishing For Your Information,” warns that consumers may...
FTC Seeks Comments on Spam Regulation
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The Federal Trade Commission will publish a Federal Register Notice Thursday, March 11, 2004, seeking public comment on regulations regarding unsolicited commercial e-mail - spam. The CAN-SPAM Act...
Marketers of "Peel Away the Pounds" Patch Settle FTC Charges of False & Unsubstantiated Weight Loss Claims
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Marketers of the "Peel Away the Pounds" patch, which was widely advertised in infomercials, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated weight loss...
National Marketers of Dietary Supplements Settle FTC Charges
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Direct mail marketers have agreed to pay $2.2 million in consumer redress and to stop certain deceptive advertising practices to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and...
FTC: Consumers Should Not Take Free Money Offers for Granted
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has acted to halt a New Orleans-based company and its owners from promising to secure free grants for consumers. According to the Commission, the...
FTC Announces Results of Inspection of Phoenix and Scottsdale Funeral Homes for Compliance with FTCs Funeral Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission staff today announced the results of a sweep of 26 funeral homes in the metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, to test compliance with the FTC’s Funeral...
U.S. District Court Rules in FTCs Favor in TSR Case
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On February 24, 2004, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland rejected challenges from two charities that the Federal Trade Commission’s amended Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) is...
Miami-Based Vending Machine Franchisors Banned from Marketing Business Ventures
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted two separate settlements with the operators of a bogus business opportunity venture. In separate settlements, one settlement with Jesse Alper and the other...
Announced Action for March 3, 2004
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Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning the Rules and Regulations Under the Hobby Protection Act (Rule). As detailed...
Statement of FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris
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The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a strong opinion upholding the constitutionality of the FTC's Do Not Call Registry. To date, consumers have registered 57.8 million phone numbers on the...
FTC Releases Staff Report on Mortgage Broker Compensation Disclosures
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On October 28, 2002, the Federal Trade Commission staff submitted comments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on its July 2002 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)...
Announced Action for February 26, 2004
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FTC staff participating in antitrust and consumer protection symposium: Several FTC staff members will be participating in the 2004 Antitrust and Consumer Protection Symposium, which is being...
Canadian Company Settles FTC Charges that it Offered Bogus Cancer Therapy to U.S. Citizens
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CSCT, Inc., John Armstrong, and Michael Reynolds, defendants in a bogus cancer cure lawsuit, are banned from marketing and selling their cancer treatment as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade...
Announced Action for February 24, 2004
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Commission approval of amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief in Willes v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., et al. No 03-35848 (9th Cir.). At issue in this...
FTC Testifies on its Efforts to Combat Unfair and Deceptive Subprime Lending
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The Federal Trade Commission has been working to protect consumers from illegal lending practices through enforcement actions and consumer education, Howard Beales, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of...
Initial Decision Released in Rambus Case
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Chief Administrative Law Judge Stephen J. McGuire today released the public version of his initial decision in the matter of Rambus. The decision sets forth his rationale for concluding that the FTC...
Nancy Ness Judy Named FTCs Public Affairs Director
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris has named Nancy Ness Judy the new Director of the agency’s Office of Public Affairs. In her new position, Ms. Judy will manage OPA’s day-to-day...
FTC Announces Results of Inspection of Canton, Ohio Area Funeral Homes For Compliance with Consumer Protection Laws
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The Federal Trade Commission staff today announced the results of a sweep of 12 funeral homes in the Canton, Ohio area to test for compliance with the FTC’s Funeral Rule. The sweep found that only one...
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