Commission Actions for January 2004

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January 30, 2004

• Hoechst AG and Rhone-Poulenc S.A., to be renamed Aventis S.A., File No. 991 0071, Docket No. C-3919
  
  
• Savvier, Inc., Savvier, LP, et al. FTC v (Central District of California). File No. 032-3212, Civil Action No. LACV 03-8159 FMC (JTLX)
  
  
• Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act, 15 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.16 C.F.R. Part 315: Contact Lens Rule16 C.F.R. Part 456: Ophthalmic Practice Rules
  • Text Of Federal Register Notice Containing Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking Seeking Comment On (1) Proposed Contact Lens Rule To Implement The Act and (2) Conforming Clerical Amendments In The Ophthalmic Practice Rules
  • News Release
    
    
• 16 C.F.R. Part 456: Ophthalmic Practice Rules Regulatory Review of the Rules
  • Text of Federal Register Notice Announcing Completion of the Review and Retention of Rules In Their Current Form
  • News Release
    
    
• General Electric Company.,File No. 031 0097, Docket No. C-4103

January 29, 2004

• Comments of the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition. Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy Planning to the Speaker Pro Tempore of the Alabama State House of Representatives Concerning the Alabama Motor Fuels Marketing Act.
  • Text of the Staff Comments
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of Food Labeling: Health Claims; Dietary Guidance, Docket No. 2003-0496
  • Comments of the Staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Bureau of Economics,
    and the Office of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade Commission before the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration
  • News Release

January 28, 2004

• 16 C.F.R. PART 316: Rules Implementing the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003:
  Requirement To Place Warning Labels On Certain Commercial Electronic Mail: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
  • Text of Federal Register Notice [PDF35K ]
  • News Release

January 23, 2004

• Rausch et al. v. the Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. et al., On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 03-35695
  • Brief of the Federal Trade Commission as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellants and Urging Reversal
  • News Release

January 22, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission v. Kevin Trudeau; Shop America (USA) LLC; Robert Barefoot; and Deonna Enterprises, Inc. (Northern District of Illinois), File No. 032 3064, Civ. No. 03-C-3904

January 21, 2004

• End70 Corporation and Damien Zamora, defendants. (U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas Dallas Division), Civil Action No. 3:03cv0950N
  
  
• United States of America v. Perfumes Unlimited, Inc., et al. (So. Dist. Of Fla.), Defendant Lon Finkelstein, Case No. 02-2 1767-CIV-Martinez
  
  
• Vendco, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company; Curt Briguglio, a.k.a. Curt Briggs, individually and as an officer or director of the above named company; and Johan Briguglio, a.k.a. Jo Briggs, Individually and as an officer or director of the above named company, defendants. United States District Court District of Nevada, CV-S-02-0816-pal

January 20, 2004

• FTC v. Hanson Publications, Inc., 9069-5057 Quebec, Inc., Associated Merchant Paper Supplies, Inc., and Adrian P. Towning and Charles Hamouth, individually, and as an owner and/or officer or director of the corporate defendants, Defendants (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division), Civil Action No. 1:02 CV 2205, FTC File No. 022 3219

January 16, 2004

• Section 8 of the Clayton Act: Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Interlocking Directorates
  • Text of Federal Register Notice

January 15, 2004

• FTC v. Certified Merchant Services, Ltd., et al.(D.C. E.D. Texas), File No. 012-3193; Civ. Action No. 4:02cv44

January 13, 2004

• File No. 021 0026
  Closing of Investigation of Genzyme Corporation Acquisition of Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Closing Letter [PDF 25K]
  • Statement of Chairman Muris [PDF60 K]
  • Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Thompson [PDF 40K]
  • Statement of Commissioner Harbour [PDF 20K]
  • News Release
    
    
• Regulatory Reform Project: Ongoing Systematic Review of Rules and Guides: Notice of Revised Regulatory Review Schedule for 2004
  • Text of Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• Wright Medical Technology, Inc., et al., Docket No. C-3564
  
  
• Memorial Hermann Health Network Providers., File No. 031 0001
  
  
• Comments of the Federal Trade Commission (January 2004) Before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regarding the Application of U.S. Futures Exchange, L.L.C., For Contract Market Designation.
  • Text of the Commission Comments [Image] [Text]
  • News Release

January 9, 2004

• Dunlap Memorial Hospital
  • Text of Advisory Opinion Letter
  • News Release
    
    
• Koninklijke DSM N.V., Roche Holding AG, and Fritz Gerber, File No. 031 0064, Docket No. C-4098

January 8, 2004

• FTC v. James D. Thompson and Susan B. Germek (Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division), Case No. 0C3 2541; FTC File No. 032 3096

January 7, 2004

• FTC v. Sun Spectrum Communications Organization, Inc., dba Royal Credit Solutions; North American Communications Organization, Inc., dba Imperial Consumer Services; WWCI2002, Inc., dba Beneficial Client Care, 9106-7843 Quebec, Inc., dba Intelagent Media; William H. Martell, Tracey A. Bascove, Mitchel Kastner, Ronald Corber, and Jason Kastner, defendants. Civil Action No. 03-8110; FTC File No.: 032 3032

January 6, 2004

• Medicare Prescription Drug and Improvement Act Requires Drug Companies to File Certain Agreements with the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice [PDF 13Kb]
  
  
• Report to Congress Under the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act: Civil Penalties in FTC Enforcement Actions -- Fiscal 2003
  
  
• Enforcement Activities of the FTC Under the Truth In Lending Act, the Consumer Leasing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the Electronic Fund Transfer Acts During 2003
  • Report to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  • News Release
    

January 2, 2004

• Fairness and Accurate Transactions Act of 2003: Joint Letter From the Federal Trade Commission Staff and the Staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Regarding Interim Final Rules To Establish Effective Dates Under the Act
  • Text of the Joint Staff Letter
    
    
• Docket No. 9300
  In the Matter of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, and Pitt-Des Moines, Inc.
  • Order Accepting Consent Agreement for Public Comment and Issuing Interim Consent Order
  • Agreement Containing Consent Order
  • Interim Consent Order
  • News Release