Announced Actions for August 16, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for prior approval of transactions: The FTC has received...
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FTC Wins Court Order Against Fraudulent "Recovery Room" Telemarketers
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A federal district court in Las Vegas, Nevada, has permanently banned a Las Vegas telemarketer and two individuals from engaging in any prize-promotion telemarketing activity or recovery service. The...
FTC Staff Meeting on "Consumer Identity Fraud"
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Federal Trade Commission staff meeting to gather and exchange information about the problem of “consumer identity fraud” -- the theft and misuse of consumers’ identifying information to establish...
Business Opportunity Firm Selling Home-Based Computer Businesses Pays Record $5 Million To Settle FTC Charges
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In a record-setting financial settlement, a home-based computer business opportunity firm has agreed to pay $5 million in redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the firms ad claims...
FTCS Campaign Against Advance Fee Loan Fraud: Internet Promoter Banned from Business for Life
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A Jacksonville, Florida, man who allegedly bolstered his promises of easy credit for consumers by claiming that he had an “excellent record” with the “National Bureau of Consumer Affairs,” is out of...
Foodmaker To Pay $1.45 Million To Settle Federal Charges over Chi-Chi's Acquisition of Consul
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Under an agreement the Federal Trade Commission has negotiated with Foodmaker, Inc., the San Diego-based restaurant chain owner will pay a $1.45 million civil penalty to settle charges that one of its...
FTC Partnership with Atlanta Schools To Boost Students' Consumer Skills
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The Federal Trade Commission’s Atlanta Regional Office today announced that it has formed a partnership with the Atlanta Public Schools System that will incorporate teacher training programs, parents’...
Announced Actions for August 9, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Commission action regarding applications for prior approval: Following a public...
Laura Ashley Settles FTC Charges; Company To Pay Civil Penalty for Care Labeling Rule Violations
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Laura Ashley, Inc., an importer and retailer of children’s and women’s ready-to-wear clothes, has agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the...
FTC Denied a Request from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for a Conditional Exemption from the FTCs Used Car Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has denied a request from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for a conditional exemption from the FTC’s Used Car Rule. The ARB had petitioned the Commission to...
Hasbro To Pay $280,000 To Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Toy Advertising and Prior Order Violations
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Hasbro, Inc. has agreed to pay a $280,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company has engaged in deceptive toy advertising in violation of a 1993 consent order. The...
Women's Clothing Importer Agrees To Settle FTC Charges of Improper Care Labeling
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Tanzara International, Inc., a New York-based importer of women's sportswear, has agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it put improper care labels on...
Announced Actions for August 6, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: The FTC has received a petition from...
FTC Settlement with Beauty Products Supplier Targets Safety Claims in Advertising
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The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement with RBR Productions, Inc., a beauty salon products supplier, to resolve charges that the firm overstated the human safety or environmental...
Announced Actions for August 2, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Petitions to reopen and modify FTC orders: The FTC has received a petition from...
FTC Nets $856,500 in Settlements with Nine Defendants in "Toner Phoner" Fraud Case
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements, including $856,500 for redress to small businesses, with nine defendants named in its case against perpetrators of an allegedly deceptive...
Statement of Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the FTC, on the Resignation of Anne Bingaman
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“When the history of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice is written, Anne Bingaman will deserve a long and colorful chapter. She has made a tremendous contribution as head of the...
FTC Law Judge Upholds Price-Fixing Charges Against Interpreters Association
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A price-fixing conspiracy by an organization representing professional conference interpreters forced the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee to pay a higher rate for language interpreters...
T.V. Marketer Atida Karr To Pay Civil Penalty To Settle Charges; Infomercials for Acne-Statin Are Deceptive
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The marketer of an over-the-counter acne treatment, Acne-Statin, has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads touting the product as an effective...
FTC begins efforts to repeal its Used Oil Rule as unnecessary and duplicative; seeks public comments until August 26
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The Federal Trade Commission has begun efforts to repeal its Used Oil Rule as unnecessary and duplicative, and is seeking comments from the public on the proposed repeal for 30 days, until August 26...
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