The FTC has issued a Notice that it has determined that certain acts or practices involving sending and/or attempting to collect payment for unordered merchandise are unfair or deceptive, and violate the FTC Act.
Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Unordered Merchandise (1980).
Transcript of Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Unordered Merchandise (created 2022).
The FTC administrative decisions establishing penalty offenses involving sending and/or attempting to collect payment for unordered merchandise:
- Sunshine Art Studios, Inc., 81 F.T.C. 836 (1972), ²¹´Ú´Ú’d, 481 F.2d 1171 (1st. Cir. 1973).
- Golden Fifty Pharm. Co., 77 F.T.C. 277 (1970).
- Star Office Supply Co., 77 F.T.C. 383 (1970).
- May Goldberg, 40 F.T.C. 296 (1945).
About Notices of Penalty Offenses
A Notice of Penalty Offenses is a document listing certain types of conduct that the FTC has determined, in one or more litigated administrative cases, to be unfair or deceptive in violation of the FTC Act.
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