FTC Updates the "Green Guides"
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a “new and improved” version of one of its most popular products, its Environmental Marketing Guides. The updated guides reflect changing consumer...
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Magazine Telemarketer to Settle Charges Sales Pitches and Collection Practices were Deceptive, FTC Says
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A national telemarketer of magazine subscriptions, Budget Marketing, Inc.(BMI), and 11 of its dealers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their sales and collection practices...
FTC Announces Streamlined Guidelines for the Marketer of Leather, Imitation Leather Goods
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If it looks like leather, is it really leather? Under revised guidelines issued by the Federal Trade Commission today, the answer is "yes," unless the manufacturer specifically discloses that the...
FTC gives testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging
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The Federal Trade Commission has told the Senate Special Committee on Aging that a new industry-sponsored education and certification program in the funeral industry may signal a "new attitude of...
FTC Settlement in Advance-Fee Loan Scheme Includes $10,000 for Redress, $250,000 Bond Requirement
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Patricia Esme Popp has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that she enticed consumers to call her nationally-advertised 800 number with promises of "guaranteed" loans. In...
David Del Dotto Agrees to Settle FTC Charges He Misrepresented "Money-Making" Real Estate Program; Will Pay $200,000 Judgment
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Del Dotto Enterprises, Inc., NFN Inc., and David P. Del Dotto have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Del Dotto and his companies made allegedly deceptive claims in marketing a set...
Another "Project Telesweep" Defendant To Pay Civil Penalty in FTC Business Opportunity Case
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National Marketing, Inc., and its officer, Paul Woodward, have agreed to pay a $15,000 civil penalty to settle federal charges that they failed to give potential investors pre-sale disclosures about...
Announced Actions for October 1, 1996
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Commission action regarding petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: Following a comment period, the FTC has ruled on a petition from the following: The FTC has granted in part the petition of...
FTC Settlements with Marketers of 900-Number Business Opportunities include Injunctions, $25,000 in Redress
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has reached settlements in three of the seven cases it filed in March 1996 against firms selling business opportunities consisting of various 900...
FTC Negotiates Fix for Opaque Contact Lens Merger
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Wesley-Jessen Corporation, the leading maker of opaque contact lenses -- corrective or solely-cosmetic lenses that change the apparent eye color of the wearer -- has agreed to divest the opaque lens...
Seller of Distributorship Program for Snack Foods Agrees To Settle FTC Charges
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All Snax, Inc., based in Colorado Spring, Colorado, and its president Harvey Waters, have agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle federal charges that they failed to give potential investors a...
ONeill Settles FTC Charges; $10,000 Civil Penalty for Mislabeled Wetsuits
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The largest seller of wetsuits in the United States has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to accurately list the fiber content of its garments in violation of federal...
Announced Actions for September 27, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Roberta Baruch, 202-326-2861. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received an...
FTC Obtains Injunction Against Wall Coverings and Blinds Company; Massuve Fraud Charged
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has obtained a federal court order temporarily halting the operations of Worldwide Wallcoverings & Blinds, Inc., an Illinois corporation based in...
Internet Advertiser Settles FTC Charges: Agency's Online Fraud Enforcement Continues
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U.S.Telemedia, a firm that marketed computer chips online, has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its marketing was deceptive and that it violated the Mail and Telephone Order Merchandise...
FTC Modifies Marriage of Class Ring Makers, Citing Risk of Higher Prices for Students
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The planned marriage between two of the four major competitors in the class rings market has been modified under an agreement negotiated by the Federal Trade Commission, which said the original...
J.C. Penney Charged by FTC for Alleged Credit Law Violations Agrees To Pay Civil Penalties To Settle Charges
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J.C. Penney, one of the largest retail stores in the country, has agreed to pay a $225,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated consumers' rights to receive...
FTC Recommends that Congress Change the law To Provide Additional Confidentiality Protections for Consumers
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In response to members of Congress, particularly Senator Richard H. Bryan, the Federal Trade Commission has recommended that Congress amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to provide...
American Fortune 900, Strategies Telecom, Inc. Settle FTC Charges over High-Tech Investnment Claims
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements in two cases against firms pitching high-tech investments to consumers using allegedly false claims about the risk and profit potential of the...
CD-Rom Display Rack Franchisors To Pay Redress Under Settlement of FTC Fraud Charges
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement with the marketers of CD- ROM display rack businesses that will require them to turn over an estimated $340,000 for a consumer redress fund...
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