• Defendants in FTC's "Project Jackpot" Enforcement Sweep Targeting Phony Prize Promotions Agree To Settle Charges

• FYI: Announced Actions for October 31, 1997

October 30, 1997

• FTC Seeks Civil Contempt for Pyramid Promoter, Fortuna

October 29, 1997

• FTC Chairman Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust Exemption in Proposed Tobacco Settlement

• Marketer of Dietary Suppliement Advertised through Spanish-Language Media Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Unsubstantiated Benefits Claims for Product

• El Comercializador de un Suplemento Dietetico que se Anuncia a Traves de los Medios de Comunicacion en Espaņol esta Deacuerdo en Resolver las Acusanciones Presentadas por la Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (Comision Federal de Comercio) en Cuanto a las Afirmaciones no Corroboradas de los Beneficios que Proporciona el Producto

• FTC Extends Comment Period for Proposed New Method for Determining Cigarettes' Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Yields

October 24, 1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for October 24, 1997

October 23, 1997

• Magazine, Prize Telemarketer Settles FTC Charges; Lifetime Ban on Magazine Sales and Prize Promotions

October 21, 1997

• Atlanta Telemarketers Offering "Guaranteed" Credit Cards For a Fee Deceived Consumers, FTC Said

October 20, 1997

• Chicago Finance Company Agrees To Pay $40,000 Civil Penalty to Settle Charges That it Violated Equal Credit Opportunity And Fair Credit Reporting Acts

October 17, 1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for October 17, 1997

October 14, 1997

• Veronica Kayne Appointed Deputy Assistant Director of FTC's Competition Bureau

• Mandatory "Do Not Call" Lists for Direct Marketing Association Members Would Not Violate Antitrust Laws, FTC Staff Says

October 11, 1997

• Media Advisory - FTC Conference Explores How Government, Industry and Consumer Groups can Work Together to Provide Consumers the Information They Need to Evaluate Weight Loss Products and Programs

October 8, 1997

• Valvoline Settles Charges

October 7, 1997

• FTC Launches Next Round in Battle To End Deceptive Automobile Lease Advertising

October 6, 1997

• Florida-Based Defendants Settle FTC Charges Over Toy Display Rack Franchises

October 2, 1997

• Puerto Rican Physicians Agree To Settle FTC Charges that they Conspired To Fix Prices and Engaged in an Illegal Boycott Denying Healthcare to Residents of Puerto Rico

October 1, 1997

• Sheila Anthony Begins Term at Federal Trade Commission

• Federal, State Law Enforcers, 1,500 Private Sector Volunteers Launch "Project MailBox"

• Statement of Jodie Bernstein, Director Bureau of Consumer Protection Announcing "Project Mailbox"

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