Commission Actions for January 2005

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January 31, 2005

• Commission Letter Commenting on the Government Accountability Office Report
  • News Release

January 27, 2005

• Memorandum of Understanding On Mutual Assistance In Consumer Protection Matters Between the Federal Trade Commission of the United States of America and the Procuraduria Federal Del Consumidor (Office of the Federal Attorney for Consumer Protection) of the United Mexican States
• Memorandum De Entendimiento Para La Asistencia Mutua En Materia De Proteccion Al Consumidor Entre La Procuraduria Federal Del Consumidor De Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Y La Comision Federal De Comercio De Los Estados Unidos De America
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice Delegating Authority for Responding to Requests From Mexico's Procuraduria Federal Del Consumidor
  • News Release

January 26, 2005

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Jubilee Financial Services, Inc., et al Defendants, United States District Court, Central District of California, Western Division, Civil No. 02-6468 ABC(Ex)

January 25, 2005

• Section 7A of the Clayton Act: Filings Made Pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
  16 C.F.R. Parts 801, 802 and 803: Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements: Final Rules
  Amending the Premerger Notification Rules to Reflect Adjustments and Publication of Reporting Thresholds
  • Text of Federal Register Notice
  • Notification and Report Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Instructions
  • News Release
    
    
• Section 7A of the Clayton Act: Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds For Filings Made Pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
  • Text of Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

January 24 , 2005

• Section 7A of the Clayton Act: Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds For Filings Made Pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
  • Text of Federal Register Notice
    
    
• Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: 16 CFR Parts 642 and 698: Prescreen Opt-Out Disclosure: Final Rule Implementing FACT Act Requirement To Improve the Required Notice to Consumers Regarding Their Right To Opt Out of Prescreened Solicitations For Credit or Insurance
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice [PDF 202KB]
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission Plaintiff vs. Assail, Inc., et al., Defendants., United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Waco Division, Civ. No. W03CA007

January 21, 2005

• BayerCropScience AG (BCS), FTC File No. 011-0199, Docket No. C-4049
  
  
• Section 8 of the Clayton Act: Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Interlocking Directorates
  • Text of Federal Register Notice [PDF 8KB]
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., and Shell Oil Company, File No. 041 0164

January 19, 2005

• 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

January 18, 2005

• United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Body Wise International, Inc., and Jesse A. Stoff, M.D., Defendants., United States District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division, Civil Action No.: SACV-05-43 (DOC) (Anx)
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Enforma Natural Products, Inc. and Andrew Grey, Defendants, and Twenty-Four Seven LLC, Michael Ehrman and Donna DiFerdinando, Respondents, United States District Court, Central District of California, Civil Action No.: CV 00-04376-SVW (CWx)

January 14, 2005

• In the Matter of General Electric Company, FTC File No. 041-0106, Docket No. C-4119
  

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff v. Call Center Express Corporation a corporation Edgar Alirio Gonzalez and Pablo Jose Martinez, individually and as officers of Call Center Express Corporation, Abreu Advertising, Inc. a corporation d/b/a La Familia Group, Liens Abreu and Rafael L. Abreu, individually and as officers of Abreu Advertising, Inc., Pro Line Card LLC, a limited liability corporation, Julio Cesar Sandoval and Carlos Felipe Mendez individually and as the sole members of Pro Line Card LLC, Defendants., United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Case No.: 04-22289-CIV-Martinez, FTC File No. 042-3117 , Civil Action No. 04-222-89
  

• In the Matter of White Sands Health Care System, L.L.C.; Alamogordo Physicians' Cooperative, Inc.; Dacite, Inc.; and James R. Laurenza, File No. 031 0135

January 12, 2005

• 16 C.F.R. Part 312: The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• 16 CFR Part 316: Project No. R411008: Definitions and Implementation Under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003: Statement of Basis and Purpose and Final Rule
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. West Coast Advertising & Marketing, Inc.; Mike S. Thomas; and Mark A. Christiansen, Defendants., (United States District Court, Southern District of California), Civ. No. 03-CV-00980-LAB-JMA
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. The College Advantage, Inc., also doing business as College Funding Center, Alan E. Baron, C Funding Group, LLC, also doing business as College Funding Group, and Edward F. Jacobs, Defendants, and Donna S. Baron and Claudia L. Jacobs, Relief Defendants., United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, Civil Action No. 4:03 CV 179

January 11, 2005

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Global Net Solutions, Inc., a Nevada Corporation; Global Net Ventures, Ltd., a United Kingdom Company; Wedlake, Ltd., a Corporation; Open Space Enterprises, Inc., a Nevada Corporation; Southlake Group, Inc., a Nevada Corporation; WTFRC Inc., a Nevada Corporation doing business as Reflected Networks, Inc.; Dustin Hamilton, individually and as an officer or director of Global Net Solutions, Inc., Global Net Ventures, Ltd., and WTFRC, Inc.; Tobin Banks, individually and as director of Open Space Enterprises, Inc.; Gregory Hamilton, individually and as an officer and director of Southlake Group, Inc.; Philip Doroff, individually and as an officer of Reflected Networks, Inc., now renamed WTFRC, Inc.; and Paul Rose, individually; Defendants., United States District Court, District of Nevada, FTC File No. 042-3168, Civil Action No.: CV-S-05-0002-PMP-LRL
  
  
• In the Matter of Cephalon, Inc., and CIMA Labs, Inc., FTC File No. 041-0025

January 7 , 2005

• Agreements Filed with the Federal Trade Commission under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003: Summary of Agreements Filed in FY 2004: A Report by The Bureau of Competition
  • Text of Summary of Agreements
  • News Release
    
    
• Regulatory Reform Project: Ongoing Systematic Review of Rules and Guides: Notice of Regulatory Review Schedule for 2005
  • Text of Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• Small Business Paperwork Relief Act: Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2004 (December 2004)
  • Text of the Report
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of Sunbelt Lending Services, Inc., FTC File No.: 042 3153

January 6, 2005

• In the Matter of Unither Pharma, Inc., and United Therapeutics Corporation, File No. 022 3036, Docket No. C-4089
  

• In the Matter of Lentek International, Inc., Docket No. 9303
  
  
• In the Matter of Vital Basics, Inc.; Robert B. Graham; and Michael B. Shane, File No. 012 3248, Docket No. C-4107
  
  
• In the Matter of KFC Corporation., File No. 042 3033, Docket No. C-4118
  
  
• In the Matter of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, and Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., Docket No. 9300

January 5, 2005

• The Cooper Companies' Proposed Acquisition of Ocular Sciences, Inc., File No. 041 0179
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission. Plaintiff, v. Sagee U.S.A. Group, Inc., a California Corporation; Sagee U.S.A. Group, Inc., a Nevada Corporation; Xiao Hua Li, individually and as an officer of Sagee U.S.A. Group, Inc., a California Corporation; Defendants, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, FTC File No. 032-3140, Civil Action No.: CV04 10560 GPS (CWx)

January 4, 2005

• In the Matter of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., and Dan L. Duncan, File No. 041 0039, Docket No. C-4123