Opening Remarks
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Good Morning and welcome to the 鶹ý Trade Commission’s workshop on Protecting Consumer Interests in Class Actions. I would like to extend a special welcome to our fellow enforcers in the states...
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Sprint, AT&T to Pay Nearly $1.5 Million in Combined Penalties for Violations of 鶹ý Credit Laws
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Sprint Corporation and AT&T Corp. will pay $1.125 million and $365,000, respectively, to settle 鶹ý Trade Commission charges that they failed to notify certain applicants for telephone service of...
FTC Staff: California Bill May Raise Prices for Pharmaceuticals
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In response to a request from California Assembly Member Greg Aghazarian, FTC staff have commented on a bill (AB 1960) that requires pharmacy benefit managers ("PBMs") to disclose certain information...
Announced Actions for September 10, 2004
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Commission authorization of the staff to file amicus brief: The Commission has authorized the staff of the FTC’s Office of the General Counsel to file an amicus brief in the matter of Ashby, et al. v...
Protecting Consumers Interests in Class Actions
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Who: Distinguished judges, academics, practitioners, corporate and government attorneys, economists, consumer advocates and claims facilitators. What: Two day workshop “Protecting Consumers Interests...
Statement of FTC General Counsel William E. Kovacic
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Following consultation with the Commissioners and counsel for the plaintiff States, the 鶹ý Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and Office of the General Counsel today informed the U.S. Court...
FTC Launches Consumer Fraud Awareness Campaign Targeted to Spanish Speakers
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The 鶹ý Trade Commission is launching a Spanish language consumer fraud awareness campaign, Mantente alerta contra el fraude. Infórmate con la FTC (“Be on the alert against fraud. Stay informed...
Kevin Trudeau Banned from Infomercials
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A 鶹ý Trade Commission settlement with Kevin Trudeau – a prolific marketer who has either appeared in or produced hundreds of infomercials – broadly bans him from appearing in, producing, or...
Bogus California Operation Targets Hispanic Consumers with Work at Home Opportunity Scam
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A Los Angeles-based operation has been cited by the 鶹ý Trade Commission with perpetrating a classic work-at-home scam. USS Elder Enterprises, Inc., America Vespucia Corporation, Ricardo Elder...
Announced Actions for September 7, 2004
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Release of Commission report: The Commission, with the concurrence of the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, has authorized the release of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Report to Congress...
Jon Leibowitz Sworn in as FTC Commissioner
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The 鶹ý Trade Commission today announced that Jon Leibowitz, most recently vice president of congressional affairs for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has been sworn in as a...
Announced Actions for September 3, 2004
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Petition to reopen and modify final order: The Commission has received an application from Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty) requesting that the FTC reopen and modify the final order in the matter...
FTC Charges Software Companys Protection Promises Fall Short
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Bonzi Software, Inc., a California company, and its owners have agreed to settle FTC charges that they falsely claimed that their InternetALERT software significantly reduces the risk of Internet...
Bodyflex Marketers Settle FTC Charges of False and Unsubstantiated Inch and Fat Loss Claims
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Marketers of the BodyFlex+ System (BodyFlex) have agreed to settle 鶹ý Trade Commission allegations that they deceptively advertised that BodyFlex causes users to lose from four to 14 inches in...
FTC Seeks First Civil Penalties for Do Not Call Violations
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A Nevada-based telemarketing group has made more than 300,000 calls to consumers who registered their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, according to the 鶹ý Trade Commission. The...
Announced Actions for August 31, 2004
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FTC issuance of revised horizontal merger investigation data: The FTC has updated data collected through a staff analysis of FTC horizontal merger investigations conducted between 1996 and 2003. The...
Statement of Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras on Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson
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During his six-and-a-half year term at the 鶹ý Trade Commission, Mozelle Thompson has worked to benefit consumers across the United States and around the world. From the beginning of his tenure...
FTC Obtains Consent Order Against Marketer of Triad Buying Club
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Under the terms of a consent order announced today, Special Data Processing Corporation (SDP) of Clearwater, Florida, agreed to pay the 鶹ý Trade Commission $535,000 for redress to consumers to...
Announced Actions for August 30, 2004
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FTC Reminds Telemarketers to Renew Subscriptions to National Do Not Call Registry: The new fee structure for purchasing the National Do Not Call Registry takes effect September 1, 2004. Subscription...
Two Maine Dietary Supplement Marketers Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Complaints
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Two Maine-based dietary supplement marketers and their principals have agreed to settle 鶹ý Trade Commission charges that they made deceptive advertising claims about their dietary supplement...
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