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October 29, 1997

Public Statement

From Open Access to Convergence Mergers: An Antitrust Perspective on the Transition to Electricity Competition (Revised: February 6, 1998)

Date

October 29, 1997

INTRODUCTION In looking over the program before you arrived this morning, some of you may well have asked: what is someone from the �鶹��ý Trade Commission doing as our luncheon speaker? I thought...

Press Release

Marketer of Dietary Suppliement Advertised through Spanish-Language Media Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Unsubstantiated Benefits Claims for Product

Date

October 29, 1997

A Brooklyn, New York-based seller of a dietary supplement has agreed to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that it made unsubstantiated health benefits claims for "Alen," a powdered nutritional...

Press Release

Comercializador de un suplemento dietético que se anuncia por los medios de comunicación en ��貹ñ�Ǳ� acepta resolver demanda de la FTC por hacer afirmaciones no corroboradas de los beneficios del producto

Date

October 29, 1997

El vendedor de un suplemento dietético de Brooklyn, Nueva York ha acordado resolver las acusaciones presentadas por la �鶹��ý Trade Commission (FTC) en cuanto a las afirmaciones no corroboradas de...

Press Release

FTC Chairman Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust Exemption in Proposed Tobacco Settlement

Date

October 29, 1997

The antitrust exemption contained in the proposed tobacco settlement is unacceptably broad, �鶹��ý Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky said today as he presented Commission testimony before the...

Press Release

FTC Extends Comment Period for Proposed New Method for Determining Cigarettes' Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Yields

Date

October 29, 1997

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission has extended until Jan. 20, 1998, the public comment period on proposed revisions to the method currently used to determine the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide ratings...

Case Timeline Item

Venegas, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 29, 1997

Date

October 29, 1997

Consent Agreement Package (30.33 KB)

October 27, 1997

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission On Lessons Learned on Technology and Organization Change from the International Trade Data System Initiative

Date

October 27, 1997

Alan Proctor, Former Chief Information Officer

October 24, 1997

Press Release

Announced Actions for October 24, 1997

Date

October 24, 1997

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

�鶹��ý Register Notice

Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

Date

October 24, 1997

Case Timeline Item

Automatic Data Processing, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 24, 1997

Date

October 24, 1997

Decision & Order (43.08 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (timeline item) - October 24, 1997

Date

October 24, 1997

Decision & Order (43.08 KB)

October 23, 1997

Press Release

Magazine, Prize Telemarketer Settles FTC Charges; Lifetime Ban on Magazine Sales and Prize Promotions

Date

October 23, 1997

The owner of a telemarketing company whose employees conned consumers by telling them they had won a valuable prize, and then convinced them to "redeem" their prize by sending money, has agreed to...

Case Timeline Item

Mag-Topia, Inc. ("MTI") and Robert Flarid (timeline item) - October 23, 1997

Date

October 23, 1997

Complaint for Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (16.52 KB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Consumer Redress Against Robert Flarida (18.34 KB)

October 21, 1997

Press Release

Atlanta Telemarketers Offering "Guaranteed" Credit Cards for a Fee Deceived Consumers, FTC Said

Date

October 21, 1997

A federal district court in Atlanta has temporarily halted what the �鶹��ý Trade Commission has alleged to be a deceptive telemarketing scheme offering "guaranteed" unsecured credit cards for an...

October 20, 1997

Press Release

Chicago Finance Company Agrees To Pay $40,000 Civil Penalty to Settle Charges That it Violated Equal Credit Opportunity And Fair Credit Reporting Acts

Date

October 20, 1997

Bonlar Loan Co., Inc., a Chicago-based finance company that makes small loans to low income consumers who often have poor credit histories, has agreed to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that...

Case Timeline Item

Bonlar Loan Co., Inc. and Larry Metnick., U.S. (timeline item) - October 20, 1997

Date

October 20, 1997

Complaint For Civil Penalties, Injunctive And Other Relief (13.83 KB)

Consent Decree (15.46 KB)

October 17, 1997

Press Release

Announced Actions for October 17, 1997

Date

October 17, 1997

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent order...

�鶹��ý Register Notice

Alternative Fuel Rule Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request - 16 CFR Part 309

Date

October 17, 1997

Case Timeline Item

Global World Media Corporation and Sean Shayan, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 17, 1997

Date

October 17, 1997

Complaint (19.89 KB)

Decision & Order (36.09 KB)

October 16, 1997

Public Statement

Vertical Restraints and Vertical Aspects of Mergers--A U.S. Perspective

Date

October 16, 1997

I. Introduction. The history of the U.S. approach to vertical nonprice antitrust issues can safely be called checkered. All three branches of our government have struggled over the years, not always...

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