- For Release: January 30, 2009
Bureau of Consumer Protection Deputy Director Richards To Leave FTCFederal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic announced today that Mary Beth Richards, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, will leave the agency to return to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and that Mary K. Engle, currently Associate Director in the Bureau’s Division of Advertising Practices, will serve as Acting Deputy Director.
- For Your Information: January 30, 2009
FTC Approves Federal Register Notice Announcing Review of Three Agency Regulations; Commission Approves Advocacy Comment on Retail Electricity Competition in ArizonaThe Commission has approved a Federal Register notice announcing that during 2009, it will conduct a regulatory review of three agency regulations; The Commission has approved the transmission of an advocacy comment on retail electricity competition to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).
- For Release: January 29, 2009
FTC Intervenes in Getinge AB’s Acquisition of Datascope CorporationConsent Order Requires Datascope to Divest Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting Assets
- For Release: January 28, 2009
FTC Charges Marketers of Kinoki Foot Pads With Deceptive Advertising; Seeks Funds for Consumer RedressThe Federal Trade Commission has charged the marketers of Kinoki Foot Pads with deceptive advertising, including claims that use of the foot pads would remove toxins from the body; treat high blood pressure, depression, and a host of other medical conditions; and lead to weight loss.
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