For Your Information: January 28, 2000 Announced Actions for January 28, 2000 Consent Agreements given final approval in Reckitt & Colman plc. and Hoechst AG; vote to dismiss defendant in WebViper d/b/a Yellow Web Services et. al
For Your Information: January 21, 2000 Announced Actions for January 21, 2000
Publication of Federal Register notice redefining Clayton Act Section 8 definitions; approved appointment of interim trustee and trust agreement in RHI AG of Global Industrial Technologies, Inc.; seeking public comment on petition filed by El Paso Energy Corporation; seeking public comment on petition filed by Exxon Mobil Corp.
January 18, 2000
For Release: January 18, 2000 FTC Charges Supplier With Misrepresenting Accuracy of HIV Tests
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a supplier of HIV tests with falsely representing that its HIV tests accurately detected HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
For Release: January 18, 2000 Judge Orders Alpine Industries to Stop Making Unsupported Claims for Ozone Generating Air Cleaner
A federal judge has ordered Alpine Industries, Inc., a Greenville, Tennessee, manufacturer of ozone generating air treatment machines, and its president, William J. Converse, to stop claiming that their machines provide relief from any medical condition or remove a wide variety of indoor air pollutants.
January 14, 2000
For Your Information: January 14, 2000 Announced Actions for January 14, 2000
Final approval of consent agreement in New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts; final approval of consent agreement in The Kroger Co.; release of FTCAnnual Report for Fiscal Year 1998
January 13, 2000
For Release: January 13, 2000 Nation's Big Three Consumer Reporting Agencies Agree To Pay $2.5 Million To Settle FTC Charges of Violating Fair Credit Reporting Act
Three national consumer reporting agencies, Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc., (Equifax), Trans Union LLC (Trans Union), and Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (Experian), have agreed to a total of $2.5 million in payments as part of settlements negotiated by the Federal Trade Commission to resolve charges that they each violated provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by failing to maintain a toll-free telephone number at which personnel are accessible to consumers during normal business hours.
For Release: January 11, 2000 Bayer Settles FTC Charges
The Million Dollar Question for Consumers: Aspirin Regimen Therapy - Is It Right For You?
For Your Information: January 11, 2000 Announced Actions for January 11, 2000
Final approval of consent agreement in El Paso Energy Corporation; approval of stipulated final judgment in Five Star Auto Club; rescission of Guide for Law Book Industry; approved divestiture in Precision Castparts Corporation; release annual report on Truth in Lending, Consumer Leasing, Equal Credit Opportunity and Electronic Fund Transfer Acts.
Media Advisory: January 7, 2000 FTC "Do-Not-Call" Public Forum
The Federal Trade Commission will host a public forum to review the "do-not-call" provision of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).
For Your Information: January 7, 2000 Announced Actions for January 7, 2000
Publication of Regulatory Calendar; transaction approval for SuperValu, Inc.; final approval of Shell Oil Company order
