FTC Targets "Web Site Cramming"
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Consumer complaints about "cramming" - unauthorized charges on telephone bills - are rising dramatically according to Federal Trade Commission testimony delivered to the Senate Committee on Small...
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Announced Actions for October 22, 1999
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Petition to reopen and modify and order: The Commission has received a petition from the following entity to reopen and modify an existing order: Compaq Computer Corporation, in the matter of Digital...
FTC Accepts Proposed Agreement Settling Charges that VNU's Acquisition of Nielsen Violates Antitrust Laws
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement settling charges that VNU N.V.'s acquisition of Nielsen Media Research, Inc. would violate antitrust laws. The agency alleged...
FTC Clears Merger of El Paso Energy and Sonat
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement that would allow the $6 billion merger of El Paso Energy Corporation and Sonat Inc., while ensuring that competition is...
FTC Ends Erickson's Supporting Role
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The Erickson Agency, Inc. and its owner, Patricia Erickson, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges over Erickson's role in Model 1, Inc. and Creative Talent Management, Inc.'s deceptive scheme...
Credit Identity Defendants Settle FTC Charges
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Sixteen defendants targeted in a law enforcement crackdown on illegal credit repair services have agreed to settle federal charges that the "file segregation" advice and products violated federal law...
FTC Official Testifies before House Committee on Slotting Allowances
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An official with the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition today testified before a House Committee about competition issues in agriculture and food marketing. Willard K. Tom, the Deputy...
New Rule Will Protect Privacy of Children Online
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued the final rule to implement the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). The main goal of the COPPA and the rule is to protect the privacy of...
Attorneys General, FTC Chairman, and YWCA of the U.S.A. Launch Initiatives to "Tune Out the Violence"
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WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 19, 1999 -- "Tune Out the Violence," a nationwide effort to reduce the impact of media violence on young people, was launched today in a first-ever partnershi[ between the...
Announced Actions for October 18, 1999
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with...
FTC Files Suit Against Bogus Medical Billing Opportunity
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A federal district court has issued a Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze against an Orange County, California company that purportedly sold work-at-home medical billing opportunities. Data...
FTC Announces Public Workshop Conference on Funeral Rule Review Comments
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The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on November 18, 1999, to discuss issues relevant to the recently-initiated review of the Funeral Rule. The workshop conference will give the...
FTC Announces Public Workshop Conference on Funeral Rule Review Comments
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The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on November 18, 1999, to discuss issues relevant to the recently-initiated review of the Funeral Rule. The workshop conference will give the...
FTC Chairman Delivers Remarks on The Effect of Global Trade on U.S. Competition Law and Enforcement Policies
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky outlined his views on the effect of global trade on U.S. competition law and enforcement policies today in a speech before Fordham University's 26th...
FTC to Publish Proposed Revised Franchise Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to its Trade Regulation Rule titled "Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising and Business...
Marketer of Federally Insured Home Improvement Loans Agrees to Pay Civil Penalty for Violations of Federal Law
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Unicor Funding, Inc., a California-based marketer of federally insured home improvement loans ("Title 1" loans), has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $100,000 for allegedly violating the Fair Credit...
Announced Actions for October 12, 1999
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New Bureau of Competition Director: Effective today, Richard G. Parker has been named Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition. His appointment by Chairman Robert Pitofsky was unanimously approved...
Remaining VFS Defendants Banned from Business Opportunity Industry
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Samuel and Jay Levine, President and Vice President respectively for Vendors Financial Services (VFS), have agreed to a permanent ban from marketing any business opportunity, franchise or business...
Announced Actions for October 8, 1999
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Advocacy/comments filed by FTC the Commission: The Commission has authorized the filing of comments on the Federal Communications...
United States and Japan Sign Bilateral Antitrust Agreement
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno today signed an antitrust cooperation agreement between the United States and Japan. The agreement was signed for...
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