Commission Actions for March 1997

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March 31, 1997

• File No. 971 0049
  In the Matter of AUTODESK, INC., and SOFTDESK, INC.
  • Consent Agreement Package [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

March 28, 1997

• Docket C-3726
  In the Matter of BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  • Complaint [HTML][PDF]
  • Decision and Order [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

• Docket C-3727
  In the Matter of JEANETTE L. DOUGLASS

March 25, 1997

• Operation Waistline: Consent Agreements Accepted for Public Comment by the Federal Trade Commission.
  • News Release
  • File No. 962 3172
    In the Matter of AmeriFIT, Inc.
  • File No. 942 3237
    Docket No. C-3752
    In the Matter of KCD Holdings, Inc., KCD, Incorporated, and Deerfield Corporation; Clark M. Holcomb; Bonnie L. Richards; and Gerald E. Hatto.
  • File No. 942 3237
    In the Matter of Interactive Medical Technologies, Ltd., and Effective Health, Inc.
  • File No. 942 3237
    In the Matter of William Pelzer, Jr.
    • Consent Agreement Package [HTML][PDF]
  • File No. 942 3237
    In the Matter of William E. Shell, M.D.
    • Consent Agreement Package [HTML][PDF]
  • File No. 962 3224
    In the Matter of 2943174 Canada Inc., also d/b/a United Research Center, Inc.; and Patrice Runner
    • Consent Agreement Package [HTML][PDF]
  • File No. 962 3137
    In the Matter of Guildwood Direct Limited, also d/b/a Intermed Laboratories.
  • File No. 972 3021
    In the Matter of Bodywell, Inc., also d/b/a Bodywell U.S.A.; and Gerard Du Passage.
  • File No. 912 3220
    In the Matter of Dean Distributors, Inc.; Advanced Health Care Systems; Cambridge Direct Sales; and Medibase.

• Consumer Leasing Act
  Federal Trade Commission Comment on the Federal Reserve Board's Proposed Revisions to the Official Staff Commentary to Regulation M

March 24, 1997

• Nineteenth Annual Report to Congress Concerning the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
  • Report to the United States Senate
  • Report to the United States House of Representatives

March 18, 1997

• FTC v. THE MENTOR NETWORK, INC.
  (Central District of California)

• FTC v. CAREER INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.; CIS ASSOCIATES, INC.; DAVID LEE SMITH; and WILLIAM PHILLIPS
  (Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division)

March 17, 1997

• Staff Advisory Letter from Lucy Morris, Assistant Director, Division of Credit Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, to Vincent M. Amberly, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge, Concerning Three Proposed Policies of the National Foundation for Consumer Credit
  • Text of March 6, 1997 Staff Advisory Letter [PDF]
  • Supplemental Request for Staff Opinion from Vincent M. Amberly [PDF]
  • Original Request for Staff Opinion from Vincent M. Amberly [PDF]
  • News Release

March 14, 1997

• Docket No. 9270
  In the Matter of INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONFERENCE INTERPRETERS, a/k/a ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE des INTERPETES de CONFERENCE; and UNITED STATES REGION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONFERENCE INTERPRETERS
  • Opinion of the Commission [PDF]
  • Final Order [HTML][PDF]
  • Opinion of Commissioner Starek, Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

• Docket No. 9189
  In the Matter of DETROIT AUTO DEALERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
  • Consent Agreement Package [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

• Docket No. C-3724
  In the Matter of PROGRESSIVE MORTGAGE CORPORATION and SANFORD CRAMER

March 13, 1997

• Operation Trip-Up: Federal Court Complaints filed by the Federal Trade Commission.
  • News Release
    
  • FTC v. WORLD CLASS NETWORK, INC.; WORLD CLASS TRAVEL, L.L.C.; DANIEL R. DIMACALE; DENISE L. DIMACALE; ROBERT C.K. LEE; HOWARD K. COOPER; and JEROME L. GOLDBERT
    (Central District of California)
    
  • FTC v. TRAVEL BAHAMAS TOURS, INC.; and RICHARD A. RASKIN
    (Southern District of Florida)
    
  • FTC v. WILLIAM ERNEST TAFT; GOLD CROWN EXPRESS, INC.; and WORLDWIDE VACATION SERVICES, INC.
    (District of South Carolina)
    
  • FTC v. YOUR TRAVELS AND TOURS, INC.; ABUL KHAYER; and UMME SALMA MOMTAZ ALAM
    (District of Massachusetts)
    
  • FTC v. ROBERT S. DOLGIN, d/b/a DESIGN TRAVEL and DESIGN TRAVEL OF SANTA ROSA
    (Northern District of California, San Francisco Division)

March 12, 1997

• File No. 962 3175
  In the Matter of GERBER PRODUCTS COMPANY.

March 11, 1997

• 16 C.F.R. Part 308
  Federal Trade Commission Rule Review Pursuant to the 900-Number Rule and Request for Comment Regarding Possible Modification of Definition of "Pay-Per-Call Services" Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
  • Federal Register Notice Announcing Rule Review and Requesting Public Comment [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

• Docket No. 9275
  In the Matter of AUTOMOTIVE BREAKTHROUGH SCIENCES, INC., ABS TECH SCIENCES, INC., and RICHARD SCHOPS.

March 7, 1997

• Docket No. C-3723
  In the Matter of THE BOEING COMPANY
  • Complaint [HTML][PDF]
  • Decision and Order [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

March 4, 1997

• Project No. P974806
  Public Workshop on Consumer Information Privacy
  • Federal Register Notice Requesting Public Comment and Announcing Public Workshop [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

• Docket Nos. C-3721 and C-3722
  In the Matter of J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC. and THRIFT DRUG, INC.
  • Complaint [HTML][PDF]
  • Decision and Order [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

• Docket C-3673
  In the Matter of SAINT-GOBAIN/NORTON INDUSTRIAL CERAMICS CORPORATION
  • Letter Approving Proposed Divestiture of Igniters Business to Graphite Sales, Inc. [HTML][PDF]
  • News Release

March 3, 1997

• File No. 952 3275
  In the Matter of APPLE COMPUTER, INC.