Commission Actions for August 2004

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August 31, 2004

• Horizontal Merger Investigation Data, Fiscal Years 1996-2003 (Additional Material Added August 2004) [PDF 395K]
  
  
• In the Matter of Nutramax Laboratories, Inc., File No. 032 3052
  
  
• United States of America, Plaintiff v.Braglia Marketing Group, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Frank Braglia, individually and as an owner and manager of Braglia Marketing Group, LLC, and Kate Braglia, individually and as an owner and manager of Braglia Marketing Group, LLC, Defendants., United States District Court, District of Nevada, FTC File No. 042 3036, Civil Action No.: CV-S-04-1209-DWH-PAL

August 30, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Special Data Processing Corporation, Defendant., United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, File No. 011 0225, Civil Action No. 8:04-CV-1955-T-23EAJ

August 27, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission v. Pinnacle Marketing, L.L.C., also doing business as Health Remedies, Acadia Skin Care, Atlantic Skin Care, Atlantic Skin Care Products, and Pinnacle Marketing Group, L.L.C., Todd Flaherty, Matthew Tasker, and Kevin Curty, FTC File No. 022-3009, Civil Action No. 04-cv-185-P-C (District of Maine)
  

• Federal Trade Commission v. Visiontel Communications, LLC, also doing business as Vision Laboratories, Michael McNaboe, David Amato, and Robert Dall; MJ Management; Mad Marketing, Inc.; and LLAD Management, Inc. (District of the District of Columbia)., FTC File No. 022-3009, Civil Action No. 1:04CV01412

August 26, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. John Stefanchik, individually and as an officer and director of Beringer Corporation, Scott B. Christensen, individually and as an officer and director of Atlas Marketing, Inc., Beringer Corporation, dba The Stefanchik Organization, a Washington Corporation, and Atlas Marketing, Inc., also dba The Stefanchik Organization, a Nevada Corporation, Defendants., United States District Court, Western District of Washington at Seattle, FTC File No. 022-3246, Civil Action No.: CV04-1852

August 25, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission v. Community Affairs, Inc., also known as PowerTel and Mountaineer Teleservices, Christopher Heins, and Luis Ferreira, Case No. 03-60852 (Civ-Marra) (Southern District of Florida)
  

• In the Matter of Applied Card Systems, Inc., Delaware Corporation, and Applied Card Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc., Pennsylvania Corporation., File No. 032 3040
  

• 16 C.F.R. Part 436: Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising: Staff Report of the Bureau of Consumer Protection to the Federal Trade Commission and Proposed Revised Trade Regulation Rule (August 2004)
  • Text of the Staff Report [PDF 1.7MB]
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice [PDF 17K]
  • News Release

August 24, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Joel Granik and Joseph Lichter, individually and as officers of Cyberrebate.com, Inc., Defendants., United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Civil Action No. 04-3616

August 17, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission v. 1492828 Ontario Inc., doing business as First Capital Consumers Group, et al. (Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division)
  
  
• Arch Coal, Inc. and New Vulcan Coal Holdings, LLC, and Triton Coal Company, LLC, FTC v. (District Court for the District of Columbia) File No. 031-0191, Docket No. 9316
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission v. Guidestar Direct Corp., doing business as Carney Direct Marketing (Central District of California)
  
• Federal Trade Commission v. Listdata Computer Services Inc. (Southern District of Florida)
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission v. NeWorld Marketing LLC (Western District of North Carolina)
  
  
• In the Matter of Jonathan Barash, individually and as an officer of DBS Laboratories, LLC., File No. 042 3002, Docket No. C-4115

August 16, 2004

• In the Matter of Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, File No. 041 0014

August 13, 2004

• The Petroleum Industry: Mergers, Structural Change, And Antitrust Enforcement: A Report of the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics (August 2004)
  • Text of the Bureau of Economics Report
  • Statement of the Commission
    • Appendix: Commission Testimony Concerning Market Forces, Anticompetitive Activity, and Gasoline Prices (July 15, 2004)
  • Statement of Commissioner Thompson
  • Statement of Commissioner Harbour
  • Earlier Reports
    • Mergers In the U.S. Petroleum Industry 1971-1984: An Updated Comparative Analysis (May 1989)
    • Mergers In the Petroleum Industry (September 1982)
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Promenade Communications LLC, (a California corporation), Promenade Membership Services LLC, Promenade Communications LLC (a Florida corporation), Archetype Communications Corporation, Privco LLC, International Health Group LLC, Travelquest International LLC, Global Media Holdings LTD, and Grail Holdings, Defendants, United States District Court, Central District of California, Western Division, CV-04-6657; FTC File No. 012-3161

August 12, 2004

• Perrigo Company and Alpharma Inc., F.T.C. v. (D.C. D.C.), File No. 021 0197

August 11, 2004

• 16 C.F.R. Part 316: R411008: Definitions, Implementation, and Reporting Requirements Under the CAN-SPAM Act: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Public Comment
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • Privacy Impact Assessment for the Collection of Public Comments Filed Electronically
  • News Release
    
    
• Piedmont Health Alliance, Inc., a Corporation, et al., File No. 021 0119, Docket No. 9314

August 10, 2004

• Itron, Inc., a corporation; and Schlumberger Electricity, Inc., a corporation, File No. 031 0201

August 9, 2004

• In the Matter of Cephalon, Inc., and CIMA Labs, Inc., FTC File No. 041-0025
  
  
• FTC v. D Squared Solutions, LLC, a California limited liability company, Anish Dhigra, individually and as an officer of D Squared Solutions, LLC, Jeffrey Davis, individually and as an officer of D Squared Solutions, LLC (Northern District of Maryland), Civil Action No.: AMD 03 CV3108, File No. 032-3223

August 6, 2004

• Lori Spano, Plaintiff, Shannon Massey, and Charles Burr, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Safeco Insurance Company of America, Safeco Insurance Co. of Oregon, Safeco Insurance Co. of Illinois, and American States Insurance Co., Defendants-Apellees, On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Case No. 04-35313
  • Brief of the Federal Trade Commission as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellants and Urging Reversal
  • News Release
    
    
• Southeastern New Mexico Physicians IPA, Inc., a corporation, and Barbara Gomez and Lonnie Ray, individually., File No. 031 0134

August 5, 2004

• Cleveland Bar Association, Relator v. Compmanagement, Inc., et al. (In the Supreme Court of Ohio (Case No.: 04-0817))
  • Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice [PDF 46KB]
  • Brief of the Federal Trade Commission as Amicus Curiae Supporting Neither Party [PDF 1MB]
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission Staff Report (August 2004)
  • "Consumer Fraud in the United States : An FTC Survey"
  • Request Mailed Copy of Report
  • News Release

August 2, 2004

• Letter Approving Privo, Inc's Safe Harbor Program Application Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
• News Release