Commission Actions for September 2005

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September 30, 2005

• In the Matter of The Procter & Gamble Company and The Gillette Company, File No. 051 0115, Docket No. C-4151

September 29, 2005

• Prepared Statement of the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning The State Action Doctrine, Presented by Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Director, Office of Policy Planning, Before the Antitrust Modernization Commission (September 29, 2005)
  • Text of the Commission Staff Statement

September 28, 2005

• 16 C.F.R. Part 23: Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries, Matter No. G711001: Extension Until October 12, 2005, of the Public Comment Period on Whether the Platinum Section of the Guides Should Be Amended In Certain Respects
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of Superior Mortgage Corp., File No. 052 3136

September 27, 2005

• FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. OLEG OKS a/k/a Oleg A. Oks and Oleg Alex Oks, individually and as an officer of the corporate defendants; ALEKSANDR OKS, individually and as an officer of the corporate defendants; PHILIP NEMIROVSKY, individually and as an officer of the corporate defendants; BORIS PEKAR, individually and as an officer of the corporate defendants; and 1530605 ONTARIO INC., also d/b/a Pacific Liberty; 1559927 ONTARIO INC., also d/b/a Pacific Liberty Group and Pacific Liberty Liberty W Group; 1565205 ONTARIO INC., also d/b/a Pacific Liberty and Pacific Liberty Liberty W; 1585392 ONTARIO INC., also d/b/a Liberty Wide Info Services, Liberty Wide Info Services Group, Liberty Wide Services, and Liberty Wide; 1620142 ONTARIO INC., also d/b/a Liberty Sun Info Services and Liberty Sun Info; 1619264 ONTARIO INC., also d/b/a C & B Communications Group; 1629930 ONTARIO INC., also d/b/a Atlantic One Info Services Grp and Atlantic One Info Services Group; 1485635 ONTARIO INC. (dissolved) , also d/b/a Nationwide Credit Service Inc., Nation Wide ) Information Services Group Inc., and Nationwide Information Services, Ontario, Canada corporations, Defendants., United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Civil Action No. 05 C 5389
  
  
• FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. CENTURION FINANCIAL BENEFIT'S, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation; 1629936 ONTARIO LTD., also d/b/a Centurion Financial Benefits; 1644738 ONTARIO LTD., also d/b/a Integra Financial Benefits; AMERICAN GETAWAY VACATIONS INC., also d/b/a Integra Financial Benefits; CREDENCE TRAVEL PROCESSING INC., also d/b/a Integra Financial Benefits; TOPSTAR MEDIA INC., also d/b/a Integra Financial Benefits; SEAN SOMMA a/k/a SEAN SOMA, individually and as an officer of corporate defendants Centurion Financial Benefits, LLC and 1629936 Ontario Ltd., also d/b/a Spectra Financial Benefits; ANTONIO MARCHESE a/k/a TONY MARCHESE, individually and as an officer of corporate defendant 1644738 Ontario Ltd., also d/b/a Sureway Beneficial, Simple Choice Benefits, and Oxford Financial Benefits; TONY ANDREOPOULOS, individually and as an officer of corporate defendants American Getaway Vacations Inc., Credence Travel Processing Inc., and Topstar Media Inc., also d/b/a Integra Financial Benefits; DENNIS ANDREOPOULOS, individually and as an officer of corporate defendants American Getaway Vacations Inc. and Topstar Media Inc., also d/b/a Integra Financial Benefits; Defendants., United States District Court, For the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Civil Action No. 05C 5542

September 26, 2005

• 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 Concerning the Labeling and Advertising of Wines, Distilled Spirits and Malt Beverages Before the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the Department of the Treasury (Notice No. 41) (September 26, 2005) (V050019)
  • Text of the Commission Staff Comments
  • News Release
    
    
• United States of America (For the Federal Trade Commission) v. Scott R. Sacane, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  • Complaint, Stipulation, Final Judgment, and Motion for Entry of Judgment
  • News Release

September 23, 2005

• In the Matter of Telebrands Corp., TV Savings LLC, and Ajit Khubani, File No. 022 3279, Docket No. 9313
  
  
• In the Matter of Partners Health Network, Inc., File No. 041 0100
  
  
• In the Matter of BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., File No. 042 3160
  
  
• In the Matter of Novartis AG, File No. 051 0106
  
  
• United States of America Plaintiff, v. Cutting Edge Marketing, LLC, an Arizona Limited Liability Company; Cutting Edge Travel, LLC, an Arizona Limited Liability Company; and Jeffrey Cope, individually and as an officer of Cutting Edge Marketing, LLC, and Cutting Edge Travel, LLC, Defendants., (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division), Civil Action No.: CIV-05-2899-PHX-SMM

September 22, 2005

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: FTC Initiatives to Protect Consumers and Competitive Markets In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, Presented by John H. Seesel, Associate General Counsel for Energy, Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives (September 22, 2005)
  • Text of the Commission Testimony
  • News Release

September 21, 2005

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: Market Forces, Competitive Dynamics, and Gasoline Prices: FTC Initiatives to Protect Competitive Markets, Presented by John H. Seesel, Associate General Counsel for Energy, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate (September 21, 2005)
  • Text of the Commission Testimony
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Window Rock Enterprises, Inc., also d/b/a, Window Rock Health Laboratories, also d/b/a CortiSlim, Infinity Advertising, Inc., Stephen F. Cheng, Shawn M. Talbott, and Gregory S. Cynaumon, Defendants., United States District Court, Central District of California, Civil Action No.: CV04-8190 DSF (JTLx)

September 20, 2005

• Federal Trade Commission, plaintiff, v. Global Web Promotions Pty Ltd., Michael John Anthony Van Essen, and Lance Thomas Atkinson, defendants. , United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, FTC File No. 042-3086, Civil Action No.: 04C 3022
  
  
• Telephone Protection Agency, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation; Robert Thompson, a/k/a Greg Thompson, individually and as an officer of Telephone Protection Agency, Inc.; Rebecca Phillips, individually and as an officer of Telephone Protection Agency, Inc.; and Alex Mckaughn, individually and as an officer of Telephone Protection Agency, Inc., defendants., v. FTC (United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina), FTC File No. 032 3119 , Civ. No.5:04-CV-49
  
  
• 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

September 16, 2005

• Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction as to Defendants American Merchant Technologies, Inc., and Lawrence B. Albano
  • News Release

September 16, 2005

• Letter Approving Proposed Divestiture by Valero of the West Pipeline System, the Philadelphia Area Terminals,
  and the San Francisco Bay Terminals to Pacific Energy Partners, L.P., File No. 051 0022
  

• In the Matter of Advertising.com, Inc., a corporation, also doing business as Teknosurf.com, and John Ferber, individually and as an officer of the corporation, File No. 042 3196

September 15, 2005

• (Proposed) Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction And Settlement of Claims for Monetary Relief Against Kingstown Associates, Ltd., BVW Associates, Inc., Gary Richard Bush, David James Varley, and Laurence Anthony White Case No.: 03-CV-910A

September 13, 2005

• Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice: Public Workshop: Competition Policy and the Real Estate Industry: Joint Notice of Workshop and Opportunity for Public Comment.
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• Texaco, Inc., Petitioner, v. Fouad N. Dagher, et al., and Shell Oil Company, Petitioner, v. Fouad N. Dagher, et al., In the Supreme Court of the United States, On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Cases Nos. 04-805 and 04-814)
  • Brief for the United States As Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioners
  • News Release

September 7, 2005

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: Market Forces, Competitive Dynamics, and Gasoline Prices: FTC Initiatives to Protect Competitive Markets, Presented by John H. Seesel, Associate General Counsel for Energy, Before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives (September 7, 2005)
  • Text of the Commission Testimony
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Universal Processing Inc., a California corporation, and Rey Pasinli, individually and as an officer or director of Universal Processing. Defendants., United States District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division, FTC File No. 042-3190, Civil Action No.: SA CV05-6054FMC(VBKx)

September 6, 2005

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Aloha Petroleum, Ltd., and Trustreet Properties, Inc., Defendants, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, No. CV05 00471 HG KSC, FTC File No. 051 0131
  
  
• Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Ownership of Mail-Order Pharmacies: A Federal Trade Commission Report (August 2005)
  • Text of the Commission Report
  • News Release

September 2 , 2005

• In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Opinion Affirming the District Court Grant of the Commission's Motion for Summary Judgment in National Federation of the Blind et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Federal Trade Commission, Defendant-Appellee, and Dissenting Opinion
  • Text of the Opinions
  • News Release

• 16 CFR Part 4: Rule 4.14(b) of the Commission Rules of Practice: Amendment of the Quorum Provision
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release