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September 13, 2012
September 12, 2012
FTC Announces Agenda for Upcoming Pet Meds Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission has posted an agenda for next month’s workshop focusing on the pet medications industry in the United States. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz is scheduled to provide opening...
FTC Staff Makes Recommendations to FERC on Measures to Reduce Cost of Providing Electricity, Improve Power System Reliability
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The Federal Trade Commission’s staff submitted a comment to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recommending ways to lower the barriers faced by companies seeking to enter regional and local...
FTC Charges Second "Affiliate Network" of Internet Advertisers with Deceiving Consumers by Using Fake News Sites to Market Acai Berry Weight-Loss Products and Colon Cleansers
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged the Coleadium, Inc. affiliate network which uses the name “Ads4Dough,” and its owner, with recruiting affiliate marketers that made deceptive claims on fake...
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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Coleadium, Inc., also d/b/a Ads4Dough, and Jason Akatiff (timeline item) - September 12, 2012
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September 11, 2012
FTC Returns More than $2 Million to Buyers of the "Google Money Tree" Work-at-Home Scam
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 93,086 refund checks totaling nearly $2.3 million to consumers who allegedly were charged hidden fees tied to a bogus work-at-home product. In July 2009, the...
FTC Proposes Changes to its Care Labeling Rule for Clothing
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As part of the Federal Trade Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC is seeking public comment on proposed changes to the FTC Rule that requires manufacturers and...
FTC Finalizes Privacy Settlement with Myspace
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling FTC charges that Myspace misrepresented its protection of users’ personal information. The...
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Myspace LLC, In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 11, 2012
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Complaint
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Exhibits 1-3
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Decision and Order
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Letter To Commenter Alpert
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Letter To Commenter Cosloy
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Letter To Commenter Heatherly
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Letter To Commenter Higgins
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Letter To Commenter Rae
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Letter To Commenter Steerads Inc.
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Letter To Commenter Wilborn
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September 10, 2012
Subsidiary of Diet Plan Marketer Medifast Inc. to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle FTC Charges
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A subsidiary of diet plan marketer Medifast Inc. will pay a $3.7 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated a previous agency order by making unsupported claims...
FTC Takes Action Against Companies Marketing Allegedly Unproven Natural Bed Bug and Head Lice Treatments
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The Federal Trade Commission filed deceptive advertising charges against two marketers of remedies for bed bug infestations, who allegedly failed to back up overhyped claims that they could prevent...
Sep10
Most-Favored-Nation Clauses and Antitrust Enforcement and Policy
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice held a joint public workshop on most-favored-nation clauses (MFNs). The workshop provided a forum for...
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Jason Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (timeline item) - September 10, 2012
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Springtech 77376, LLC, also d/b/a Cedarcide.com, et al. (timeline item) - September 10, 2012
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September 7, 2012
FTC Proposes Changes to its Fur Labeling Rules
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on changes the agency is proposing that would eliminate unnecessary requirements on companies that sell fur products to give them more...
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