Federal Trade Commission Formal Actions
Commission Actions: October 2000

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October 31, 2000
  • Memorandum Of Understanding On Mutual Enforcement Assistance In Consumer Protection Matters Between The Federal Trade Commisison Of The United States of America And Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Trade And Industry And The Director General Of Fair Trading In The United Kingdom
    • Text of Memorandum of Understanding [PDF 526KB]
    • Text of Federal Register Notice Announcing Delegation of Authority to Share Certain Non-Public Information With United Kingdom Agencies
    • News Release
  • United States v. Boston Scientific Corporation (District of Massachusetts)
    • Complaint for Civil Penalties, Injunctive and Other Relief Pursuant to Section 5(l) of the Federal Trade Commission Act
    • News Release

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  • FTC v. Western United Service Corporation d/b/a Titan Business Solutions and Scott Ford (Central District of California).
    • Complaint for Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 15K]
    • FTC's Proposed Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order [PDF 49K]
    • Final Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order Freezing Assets, Prohibiting Destruction or Alteration of Books and Records, Granting Access and Inspection, and Orders Appointing A Temporary Receiver, Permitting Expedited Discovery and To Show Cause Why A Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue and Why A Permanent Receiver Should Not Be Appointed [PDF 49K]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. Automated Transaction Corp.; WWW Provider Co.; Edward S. Lipton; World Telnet, Inc.; and Donald Tetro (Southern District of Florida)
    • Complaint for Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 658K]
    • Temporary Restraining Order With Other Equitable Relief [PDF 2.1MB]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. Cyberspace.com, LLC; French Dreams; Coto Settlement; Electronic Publishing Ventures, LLC; Olympic Telecommunications, Inc.; Ian Eisenberg; and Chris Hebard (Western District of Washington).
  • FTC v. Computers By Us, Inc., also d/b/a Fenceway Computers and Tweekable Computers; Jeffrey M. Wesko; Wanda M. Wesko; and Richard A. Wesko, Jr. (District of Maryland, Northern Division)
    • Complaint for Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 766K]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. Michael Dewhurst Individually and Doing Business As Empire Designs (District of Massachusetts)
  • FTC v. Auctionsaver, LLC; Richard Phim; Carman Lee Caldwell; Shade Delmer, aka Shane Delmer; and Naomi Ruth Anderson (Southern District of California)
    • Complaint for Injunction and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 20K]
    • News Release
  • In the Matter of WFS Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a The Cash Nursery, and Rabb Sabin and Arthur Smith (File No. 002 3025)
  • In the Matter of R.S. of Houston Workshop, Ronald J. Schoemmell, and Valdimar Thorkelsson (File No. 002 3024)
  • FTC v. RJB Telcom, Inc.; Robert J. Botto, Jr.; Suzette Botto (Relief Defendant); Richard D. Botto; and Anne Botto (Relief Defendant) (District of Arizona, Phoenix Division)
    • Complaint for Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief
    • Memorandum In Support of Motion for Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause for A Preliminary Injunction [PDF 113K]
    • Temporary Restraining Order [PDF 47K]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. Ty Anderson; 583 665 B.C. Ltd.; Virtualynx Internet, Inc.; and Charlo Barbosa (Western District of Washington at Seattle).
    • Complaint for Permanent Injunction [PDF 22K]
    • Memorandum of Points And Authorities In Support of Application For Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause Why A Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue [PDF 71K]
    • Order on Stipulated Preliminary Injunction and Stipulated Preliminary Injunction [PDF K]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. YP.Net, Inc.; Telco Billing, Inc., d/b/a Yellow-Page.Net; Publication Management, Inc.; Michael K. Bloomquist; Joseph T. Carlson; William D. O'Neal; Gregory B. Crane; and Rebecca L. Bloomquist, Karina Carlson, Elizabeth O'Neal, and Laura Crane (Relief Defendants) (District of Arizona, Phoenix Division).
    • Complaint for Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 24K]
    • Temporary Restraining Order [PDF 2.2M]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. Mercury Marketing of Delaware, Inc., and Neal D. Saferstein
    (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
    • Complaint for Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 13K]
    • News Release

October 30, 2000

  • FTC v. Capital Card Services, Inc., et al. (Dist. of Ariz.)
    • Complaint For Injunctive And Other Equitable Relief [PDF 38KB]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. Forum Marketing Services, Inc., et al. (West. Dist. of NY)
    • Complaint For Injunctive And Other Equitable Relief [PDF 18K]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. Consumer Repair Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation; Mark Steinberg; James DeHart; and Frank Ciaravino (Central District of California).
    • Complaint For Injunction and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 22K]
    • Plaintiff's Proposed Temporary Restraining Order With Asset Freeze, Appointment of A Temporary Receiver, Order Permitting Expedited Discovery, and Order to Show Cause Why A Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue [PDF 45K]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. 1306506 Ontario Limited, a Canadian Corporation; T.S.I. Service Corp., a Nevada Corporation; Vinny Bubic; and Errol Alexander (Western District of New York).
    • Complaint For Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief
    • Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Other Relief
    • Plaintiff's Memorandum of Points and Authorities In Support of Its Motion For An Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order and Other Relief [PDF 104K]
    • Declaration In Support of Its Motion For Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order and Ex Parte Motion to File Papers Under Seal
    • Plaintiff's Proposed Temporary Restraining Order With Asset Freeze and Other Relief [PDF 45K]
    • Plaintiff's Proposed Order For Preliminary Injunction With Asset Freeze and Other Relief
    • News Release

October 27, 2000

  • Delegation of Authority to Disclose Certain Nonpublic Information to Canadian and Australian Law Enforcement Agencies.

October 26, 2000

  • Entering the 21st Century: Competition Policy in the World of B2B Electronic Marketplaces:
    A Report by Federal Trade Commission Staff (October 2000)
    • Text of the Report [PDF 292KB]
      • Cover Page [PDF 3KB]
      • Inside Cover Page [PDF 5KB]
      • Table of Contents [PDF 8KB]
      • Introduction & Executive Summary [PDF 24KB]
      • Overview of B2B Electronic Marketplaces [PDF 83KB]
      • Efficiencies of B2B Electronic Marketplaces [PDF 44KB]
      • Antitrust Analysis of B2Bs [PDF 122KB]
      • Appendix A: Workshop Panelists [PDF 13KB]
      • Appendix B: Written Statements [PDF 9KB]
    • News Release

October 25, 2000

  • File No. 972 3162
    In the Matter of WebTV Networks, Inc.

October 23, 2000

  • FTC v. Para-Link International, Inc., AAA Family Centers, Inc., The Liberty Group of America, Inc., Deborah R. Dolen, Matthew See, and Judy Graves (Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division).
    • Complaint For Injunction and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 38K]
    • Order Granting Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order [PDF 1.9M]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. Windermere Big Win International, Inc., Marathon Award Center, Inc., Sunshine Fortuity, Inc., Ernest Levy, a/k/a Ernie Levy, Alan Silverstein, Selvanayagam Pararajasingam, Michael Levy, and George Ola (Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division).
    • Complaint For Injunctive And Other Relief (Filed in September 1999)
    • Order for Monetary Judgment for Consumer Redress [PDF 1.3M]
    • News Release
  • FTC v. H.J. Heinz Company, et al. (District of Columbia)
    • Emergency Motion of the Federal Trade Commission for an Injunction Pending Appeal and to Expedite Appeal [PDF 89K]

October 20, 2000

  • United States of America v. Visions Group of America, Inc., SOHO Technologies, Inc., Mark Colosi, Rex Judd, and Greg Kazimer. (Western District of New York)
    • Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief [PDF 763K]
    • Consent Order [PDF 1.1M]
    • News Release

October 19, 2000

  • FTC v. H.J. Heinz Company, et al. (District of Columbia)
    • Plaintiff's Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal
    • Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal
    • Notice of Appeal
    • Order Ruling on Plaintiff's Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal [PDF 100K]
    • FTC's Reply In Support of Its Emergency Motion For An Injunction Pending Appeal
    • Order Granting Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal (Nov. 8, 2000)
    • November 29, 2000 Brief of the Commission Appealing the Denial of A Statutory Preliminary Injunction: Public Version [PDF]
    • December 6, 2000 Brief of Thirty-Six Amici Curiae in Support of the Federal Trade Commission [PDF 1.7MB]

October 17, 2000

October 11, 2000

  • Generic Drug Competition: Request for Public Comment on Proposed Commission Information Request to Firms In the Pharmaceutical Industry.
  • Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "Recent Developments In Privacy Protections For Consumers,"
    Presented by Chairman Robert Pitofsky before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Commerce, United States House of Representatives

October 6, 2000

  • 16 C.F.R. Parts 1 and 311
    Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990; Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996: Amendments Adjusting Dollar Amounts of Civil Penalties Under Statutes Within FTC Jurisdiction
  • 16 C.F.R. Part 307
    Regulations Implementing the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986: Reopening and Extension of Comment Period
  • Government Performance and Results Act: Federal Trade Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Year 2000 Through Fiscal Year 2005

October 5, 2000

  • FTC v. Verity International, Ltd., Integretel, Inc., eBillit, Inc., Robert Green, and Marilyn Shein (Southern District of New York)
  • File No. 991 0077
    Docket No. C-3907

    In the Matter of Exxon Corporation and Mobil Corporation.
    • Letter Approving Divestiture of Exxon Guam Assets to South Pacific Petroleum Corporation. [PDF 62K]
    • News Release

October 4, 2000

  • FTC v. First Alliance Mortgage Company, a California corporation, First Alliance Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and First Alliance Mortgage Company, a Minnesota corporation (Central District of California, Southern Division).

October 3, 2000

  • 16 C.F.R. Part 313
    Notice and Request for Comment on Developing the Administrative, Technical, and Physical Information Safeguards Rule Pursuant to Section 501(b) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Notice of Extension of Comment Period.
  • Docket No. 9254
    In the Matter of Alliant Techsystems Inc.
  • File No. 002 3157
    FTC v. Epic Resorts, LLC. et al.

October 2, 2000

  • File No. 001 0098
    In the Matter of Manheim Auctions, Inc., Cox Enterprises, Inc., ADT Automotive Holdings, Inc., and Tyco International, Ltd.

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