FTC To Host Spyware Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop, “Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software,” on April 19, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. The workshop will...
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Announced Actions for February 17, 2004
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Commission authorization to file consent in settlement of court action: The Commission has authorized the staff to file a consent order resolving the current court action against defendant Shaun...
Administrative Law Judge Dismisses FTC Complaint Against Rambus
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Chief Administrative Law Judge Stephen J. McGuire today issued his initial decision and order in the matter of Rambus, Inc. The order states "Accordingly, Complaint Counsel having failed to sustain...
Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of National Do Not Call Registry
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The Tenth Circuit’s ruling represents a major victory for American consumers. In upholding the constitutionality of the National Do Not Call Registry, the court has made it clear that the FTC and FCC...
FTC Challenges Bogus Debt Negotiation Service
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged two debt negotiation companies and their principals with violating federal law. Defendants Innovative Systems Technology, Inc. (doing business as Briggs &...
Compliance with Do Not Call Registry Exceptional
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The Federal Trade Commission today released Do Not Call registration and complaint figures for 2003, indicating fewer than 45 companies have received more than 100 consumer complaints. Consumers...
Announced Action for February 13, 2004
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Commission authorization of the staff to file amended complaint: The Commission has authorized the staff to file an amended complaint in the matter currently pending against Assail, Inc., et al. The...
Sham Site Is a Scam: There Is No National Do Not E-mail Registry
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Have you submitted your e-mail address to a “National Do Not E-mail Registry” that promises to reduce the amount of spam (unsolicited e-mail) you receive? If so, you are the victim of a scam...
FTC Closes Its Investigation Into Caremark Rxs Proposed Acquisition of Advance PCS
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has closed its antitrust investigation into Caremark Rx, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Advance PCS, and that it has notified the companies of this...
FTC Sues Electronic Payment Processors for Facilitating Fraudulent Telemarketing Schemes
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint in U.S. district court charging First American Payment Processing, Inc., CET Corp., and Check Processing Center, LLC, and their principals with...
Playstation 2 Spammers Settle with FTC
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Defendants who sent spam promising a free Sony Playstation to lure consumers to pornographic Web sites, then redirected consumers’ Internet connections through a 900-number with a significant per...
FTC Issues Consumer Publication on Charity Scams
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new consumer publication, “Charitable Donations: Give or Take?”, advising consumers on how to avoid potential charity scams. With more than 700,000 federally...
FTC/DOJ to Host Joint Workshop on Merger Enforcement
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced topics, times, and locations, along with a tentative list of participants for their...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Amendment of Telemarketing Sales Rule
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As required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, the Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposal to amend the "Do Not Call" provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to...
FTC Challenges Hospital Merger That Allegedly Led to Anticompetitive Price Increases
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued an antitrust complaint against a corporation - which owns a system of hospitals in Cook and Lake counties, Illinois - that acquired a nearby hospital and...
San Franciscos Brown & Toland Medical Group Settles FTC Price Fixing Charges
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San Francisco-based Brown & Toland Medical Group, which was sued by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly fixing the prices and terms under which its doctors would contract with payors to provide...
Announced Actions for February 6, 2004
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Commission approval of amicus brief filing: The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter concerning Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd. v...
FTC Announces Results of Inspection of Northern Houston 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 10 funeral homes in the Northern Houston Metropolitan Area and Montgomery County to test for compliance with the FTC’s...
Announced Action for February 4, 2004
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Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved joint final rules with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, setting effective dates for provisions of the Fair and...
The Skinny Pills Do Not Make You Skinny, Says the FTC
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The Fountain of Youth Group, LLC, and its principal, Edita Kaye, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated weight-loss and health claims for their dietary...
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