FTC Halts Domain Name Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to halt an Internet domain name scheme that dupes consumers into needlessly registering variations of their existing domain names by...
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FTC Dismisses Complaint Against California Dental Association
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced its decision not to seek further review in the Supreme Court of its case against the California Dental Association ("CDA"), and has returned the matter to...
Nationwide Labeling Rules for Cigar Packaging and Ads Take Effect Today
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As specified in the terms of agreements reached with the Federal Trade Commission last June, effective today, the seven largest U.S. cigar companies must include warnings in both their advertising and...
Defendants in Office Supply Scheme to Pay More than $2 Million for Consumer Redress
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The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement to settle all claims arising out of a civil contempt action against American Business Supplies, Inc., Interstate Office Systems, Inc., Nationwide...
Internet "Pagejacker" Settles FTC Charges
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Australian defendant, Gregory Lasrado, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that a scheme that hijacked unwitting Internet surfers violated the FTC Act. Lasrado participated in a scam...
Announced Actions for February 9, 2001
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The Commission has received an application for proposed divestiture from the following: El Paso Energy Corporation/The Coastal Corporation. The application concerns the merger of El Paso and Coastal...
Cross-Border Lottery Scam Halted; Payment Processor Settles
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A cross-border lottery scam that targeted elderly U.S. consumers has been barred from selling tickets in the United States and from violating federal laws that bar deceptive sales practices. The court...
FTC, Department of Commerce to Host Esign Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce (NTIA) will host a workshop April 3, 2001 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m...
Global Network Defendants to Post $500,000 Performance Bond Before Engaging in Future Telemarketing Activities As Part of FTC Settlement
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In July 2000, the Federal Trade Commission filed charges against Global Network Enterprises, Inc. and Republic Enterprises, Inc., based in Costa Mesa, California, and individual defendants Cecilia M...
Sweeping New York City Borough, FTC Surveys Used Car Dealers for Required "Buyers Guides"
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Anticipating upcoming Presidents' Day auto sales, staff of the Federal Trade Commission inspected 25 used car dealers throughout New York City's Borough of Queens last week to determine whether they...
Jore Corporation Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Making Misleading "Made in USA" Claims
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A Ronan, Montana-based manufacturer of power tool accessories has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented that certain of its products are made in the United States...
Florida Phone Vending Opportunity Franchisor to Pay $40,000 To Settle Charges;
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Ameritel Payphone Distributors, Inc., based in Miami, Florida, and its owner, Roy Barnett Goodman, targeted by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent business...
Three California Telemarketers Banned from Telemarketing as Part of FTC Settlement
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Three individuals and two companies named in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed in 1999 as part of "Operation Misprint" have agreed to settle charges that they engaged in a bogus office and...
Florida Company Agrees to Settle Charges of Misrepresenting Availability of U.S. Postal Service and Federal Wildlife Jobs;
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Federal Data Service, Inc. (FDS), a Margate, Florida company, and its principals, Stephen Tate, Spencer Golden and Dawn Johnson will be permanently banned from promoting or selling employment services...
FTC Clears Dow/Union Carbide Merger With Conditions
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted for public comment a proposed consent order that would remedy the likely anticompetitive effects of the proposed merger of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow")...
Announced Actions for February 2, 2001
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Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent order regarding the following: El Paso Energy Corporation and PG&E Corporation. The Commission vote to finalize the consent...
Public Workshop on The Information Marketplace: Merging and Exchanging Consumer Data To Be Held March 13, 2001
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop on March 13, 2001 to explore how businesses merge and exchange detailed consumer information and how such information is used commercially...
First "Safe Harbor" Approved for Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that the Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CARU), the children's arm of the advertising industry's self...
FTC Sues Speedway Motorsports and Oil-Chem Subsidiary
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in U. S. District Court seeking to halt false and misleading advertising for zMax auto additives and has asked the court to order refunds to consumers who...
FTC Clears Sale of Gulf South Pipeline Co. To Entergy-Koch, LP
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The Federal Trade Commission today accepted a final consent agreement with Entergy Corporation ("Entergy") and Entergy-Koch, LP ("EKLP"), a limited partnership owned equally by Entergy and Koch...
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