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...
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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...
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 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...
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...
Spam Scam Targets Kids and Their Parents
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Who: J. Howard Beales, III, Director Bureau of Consumer Protection Federal Trade Commission When: Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 11:00 am (room will open at 10:30 p.m. for camera set-up) Where: Federal...
FTC Wins Preliminary Injunction Blocking Libbey, Inc.'s Proposed Acquisition of Anchor Hocking
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In a 32-page opinion issued April 22, 2002, Judge Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission's motion for a preliminary injunction...
FTC Protecting Children's Privacy Online
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On the second anniversary of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, the Federal Trade Commission announced its sixth COPPA enforcement case together with new initiatives designed to enhance...
Announced Action(s) for April 19, 2002
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The twelfth and final complaint filed through the FTC's recently announced "Operation Dialing for Deception" law enforcement action has been unsealed by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District...
Marketer of Sonic Toothbrush Kits Agrees to Pay Civil Penalty to Settle FTC Charges
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A California-based company that sells a sonic toothbrush kit has agreed to pay a $28,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the FTC's Mail or Telephone Order...
FTC Announces That $2 Million Consumer Redress and Business Education Program Underway
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The Federal Trade Commission this month is sending $2 million in refunds to more than 28,000 businesses who were victims of an alleged office supply scam by Reseda, California-based Modern Concept...
FTC Warns Internet Marketers about Making Misleading Claims about the Benefits of Gas-Saving and Other Energy-Related Devices
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As gas prices creep higher and higher heading into travel season, the Federal Trade Commission recently conducted an Internet surf to detect and deter the deceptive marketing of products that...
Houston-based Debt Collector Agrees to Pay $240,000 to Settle Charges of Violating Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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Houston, Texas-based United Recovery Systems, Inc. (URS) has agreed to pay a $240,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the company...
FTC Announces Results of Inspection of New York Metropolitan 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 31 funeral homes in the greater New York City metropolitan area, including Kings, New York, Nassau, and Westchester...
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