Federal Trade Commission Formal Actions
Commission Actions: April 2002

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April 30, 2002

  • Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Federal Trade Commission: Notice of Availability of Draft FTC Guidelines and Request for Public Comment

April 29, 2002

  • FTC v. R & R Consultants, Inc., et al. (Northern Dist. of NY)

April 26, 2002

  • Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning the Commission's Funeral Rule and Law Enforcement Activities Regarding the Funeral Industry
    Presented by Eileen Harrington, Associate Director for Marketing Practices, before the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, United States Senate     (April 26, 2002).

April 25, 2002

  • FTC v. 1268957 Ontario, Inc., et al., (Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division)

April 24, 2002

  • FTC v. BTV Industries, Rik Covell, Adam Lewis, National Communications Team, Inc., LO/AD Communications Corp., and Nicholas Loader (District of Nevada).
  • FTC v. Anthony W. Andrews, et al. (Middle Dist. of Fla.)
    • (Proposed) Stipulated Judgment And Final Order For Permanent Injunction Against Defendants Anthony W. Andrews, Tracy A. Andrews, TNT Talks, Inc., And Least Cost Utilities, Inc.[PDF 40K]
    • News Release

April 23, 2002

  • Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: Factors that May Affect Gasoline Prices, Presented by William E. Kovacic, General Counsel, Before The Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, United States House of Representatives (April 23, 2002)

  • Biovail Corporation. File No. 011 0094

  • Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: Competition In the Pharmaceutical Industry,
    Presented by Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, before The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate     (April 23, 2002).

April 22, 2002

  • Protecting Children's Privacy Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act:  A Survey On Compliance (April 2002)
  • 16 C.F.R. Part 312
    Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
    Permissibility of Sliding Scale Approach to Obtaining Verifiable Parental Consent: Extension Until April 21, 2005
  • United States (for the Federal Trade Commission) v. The Ohio Art Company (Northern District of Ohio, Western Division).

April 19, 2002

  • United States v, Amden Corporation (C.D. California So. Div.)

April 17, 2002

April 15, 2002

  • FTC v. Affiliated Vendors Association, Inc., et al. (Northern Dist. of Tex.)
  • FTC v. Capital Choice Consumer Credit, Inc., et al. (So. Dist. of Fla.)
  • FTC v. Credit Enhancement Services, LLC, et al. (East. Dist. of NY)
  • FTC v. Thomas Gregg Holloway, First Freedom Financial Corp., et al. (Mid. Dist. of Fla.)
  • FTC v. International Trader, et al. (Cent. Dist. of Calif.)
  • FTC v. Physicians Healthcare Development, Inc., et al. (Cent. Dist. of Calif.)
  • FTC v. Medical-Billing.Com, Inc., et al. (Northern Dist. of Tex.)
  • FTC v. Terrance M. Howard (West. Dist. of Tex.)
  • FTC v. Antoine J. Peissel (So. Dist. of Tex.)
  • FTC v. Electronic Medical Billing, Inc., et al. (Central Dist. of California)
  • FTC v. Electronic Processing Services, Inc., et al. (Dist. of Nev.)

April 11, 2002

  • United States for the Federal Trade Commission v. Richard L. Prochnow, individually and doing business as Direct Sales International; Dennis H. Gougion, individually and as an officer of Media Outsourcing, Inc., and as an officer of Cross Media Marketing Corp.; Ronald S. Altbach, individually and as an officer of Media Outsourcing, Inc., and an officer of Cross Media Marketing Corp.; Media Outsourcing, Inc., a Delaware Corporation transacting business in Georgia; and Cross Media Marketing Corporation, a Delaware Corporation transacting business in Georgia (D.C. N.D. Ga.)

April 10, 2002

  • Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, In Support of the Commission's Fiscal Year 2003 Appropriation Request
    Presented By Chairman Timothy J. Muris before the Subcommittee On Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies of the Committee On Appropriations, United States House of Representatives (April 10, 2002).
    • Text of the Commission Prepared Statement
    • Statement of Commissioner Anthony, Concurring In Part and Dissenting In Part
    • Statement of Commissioner Thompson, Concurring In Part and Dissenting In Part
    • Letter to Appropriations Subcommittee from Commissioner Thompson, Seeking Correction of Chairman's Oral Testimony [PDF 1MB]
    • Letter to Appropriations Subcommittee from Chairman Muris [PDF 94KB]
    • News Release

April 9, 2002

  • FTC v. Consumer Alliance, Inc., et al. (Northern Dist. of Ill.)

April 5, 2002

April 3, 2002

April 2, 2002

  • Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Regarding FTC v. Libbey Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 02-00060 (RBW), FTC File No. 011-0194 (District of the District of Columbia)
  • FTC v. Linda Jean Lightfoot, individually, and doing business as Universal Direct, and Charles F. Childs, individually, and doing business as Universal Direct (Southern District of Ohio, Western Division).
  • FTC v. David L. Walker, individually and doing business as DLW Consulting, Inc. (Western District of Washington at Seattle).
  • United States of America (for the Federal Trade Commission) v. Sound City 2000, Inc., and Linda M. Simmons, individually and as President of Sound City 2000, Inc. (Deceptive Trade Practices Action (28 U.S.C. 1331) (District of Oregon).
    • Complaint: Request for Civil Penalties, Injunctive and Other Relief [PDF 259KB]
    • Consent Decree: Order For Civil Penaties, Injunctive and Other Relief [PDF 465KB]
    • News Release
  • United States of America v. Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (Southern District of New York).

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