February 27, 2004

• The Effect of Mortgage Broker Compensation Disclosures on Consumers and Competition: A Controlled Experiment
  A Bureau of Economics Staff Report (February 2004)
  • Full Report [PDF 2.9M]
  • Executive Summary [PDF 261K]
  • Text of the Report [PDF 1.1M]
  • Appendices [PDF 1.14M]
  • Request Mailed Copy of Report
  • News Release

February 25, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission v. CSCT, Inc., et al., (Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division), File No. 012-3056

February 24, 2004

• Rambus Incorporated, File No. 011 0017, Docket No. 9302
  
  
• Willes v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., et al. No 03-35848 (9th Cir.) On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
• Brief of the Federal Trade Commission as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellants and Urging Reversal
• News Release
  
  
• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Efforts to Combat Unfair and Deceptive Subprime Lending,
  Presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Special Committee On Aging, United States Senate (February 24, 2004).
  • Text of Commission Statement [PDF 31KB]
  • News Release

February 19, 2004

• RHI AG, File No. 021-0105, Docket No. C-4005

February 18, 2004

• 16 C.F.R. Part 603
  Prohibition Against Circumventing Treatment as a Nationwide Consumer Reporting Agency: Interim Final Rule and Request for Public Comment, Pursuant to the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
  • Text of Federal Register Notice [PDF 39K]
  • News Release
    
    
• United States of America v. Bonzi Software, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, defendant., United States District Court for the Central District of California Western Division, Civil No. CV-04-1048 RJK (Ex)
  
  
• United States of America v. UMG Recordings, Inc., a corporation, defendant., United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, Civil Action No. CV-04-1050 JFW (Ex)
  
  
• Project P044509: Public Workshop: Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice [PDF24 KB]
  • News Release

February 17, 2004

• Rambus Incorporated, File No. 011 00cket No. 9302
  
  
• Opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit holding that:
  • 1) the do-not-call list is a valid commercial speech regulation under Central Hudson because it directly advances substantial governmental interests and is narrowly tailored
  • 2) the registry fees telemarketers must pay to access the list are a permissible measure designed to defray the cost of legitimate government regulation;
  • 3) it was not arbitrary and capricious for the FCC to adopt the established business relationship exception; and
  • 4) the FTC has statutory authority to establish and implement the national do-not-call registry.
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission v. Shaun Melville, defendant., (United States District Court, Central District of California), EDCV. 03-0030 VAP (Sglx)
  • Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Settlement of All Claims as to Defendant Shaun Melville
  • News Release
    
• Sunshine Act Report for 2002
  • Text of the Report [PDF 30K]
• News Release

February 13, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission, v. Assail, Inc., Kyle Kimoto, Lawrence Silverman, Cliff Dunn, Mike Henriksen, Joel Best, Infinium, Inc., Market-rep.com, Inc., d/b/a Market-reps.com, Inc., Brian Schofield, Specialty Outsourcing Solutions, Ltd., Jay Lankford, Lee Murphy, Summit Communications International, Inc., d/b/a Advantage Capital Benefits, Matthew Ho, Capital First Benefits, Inc., Ben Lee, Premier One Benefits, Inc., and Johnson Salanga, Defendants, Lamar Holdings, Inc., Relief Defendant.,United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Waco Division, Civ. No. WA:03-CV-7
  

• Federal Trade Commission, v. Innovative Systems Technology, Inc., dba Briggs & Baker; Debt Resolution Specialists, Inc., Todd A. Baker; and Jack Briggs, aka John Briggs,defendants., United States District Court, Central District of California, Civ. No. CV04-0728, FTC File No. 032-3006

February 11, 2004

• In the Matter of Caremark Rx, Inc./AdvancePCS, File No. 031 0239
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, v. Christopher Baith, Cosme Monarrez, Jr., and Sorabh Verma, defendants, (U.S. District Court, District of Nevada), Civil Action No. CV S-03-1306-LRH-RJJ, FTC File No. 022 3291, FTC File No. X020029
  
  
• First American Payment Processing, Inc.; Check Processing Center, LLC; CET Corp.; Carl E. Towner, and Carl E. Towner and Jennifer Suzanne Towner as husband and wife; Matthew Robinson, and Matthew Robinson and Jennifer Robinson as husband and wife, defendants, Federal Trade Commission v., FTC File No. 032 3261, Civil Action No. CV 04-0074 PHX SRB

February 10, 2004

• Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation and ENH Medical Group, Inc., File No. 011 0234, Docket No. 9315
  
  
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) Pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004; Agency Seeks Comment on Amendment of the TSR to Require Monthly (rather than Quarterly) Scrubbing of Call Lists
  • Text of Notice [PDF 33K]
  • News Release

February 9, 2004

• California Pacific Medical Group, Inc., Docket No. 9306

February 6, 2004

• F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd. v. Empagran, S.A., No. 03-724 (S. Ct.) -- Joint brief of the United States, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of State, as amici curiae, addressing the proper application of the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act to a private antitrust action seeking redress for foreign injuries sustained as a result of foreign conduct. The brief also addresses whether such a foreign plaintiff would have antitrust standing.
  
  
• Alpha Acquistion Corporation, In the Matter of, Docket No. C-3349, File No. 911 0040

February 4, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission (16 C.F.R. Part 602) and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 C.F.R. Part 222): Effective Dates for the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: Joint Final Rules Establishing Schedule of Effective Dates
  • Text of Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• The Fountain of Youth Group, LLC, a Limited Liability Company, and Edita Kaye, Individually and as Founding Member and Manager of the Fountain of Youth Group, LLC, Defendants., United States District Court Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, FTC File No. 032-3041, Civil Action No. 3:04-CV-47-J-99HTS

February 3, 2004

• Federal Trade Commission Congressional Budget Justification: Fiscal Year 2005 (February 2004)
  • Text of the Budget Justification [PDF 243K]
  • News Release
    
    
• America Online, Inc., and CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc., Docket No. C-4105, File No. 002 3000
  
  
• Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Frye Regional Medical Center, Inc., File No. 021 0119
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, plaintiff, V. 1492828 Ontario Inc., d/b/a First Capital Consumers Group, US Guardian United Consumers, Trans America United Benefits Group, Transglobal National Consumers Group, and First Guardian National Benefits, 1533649 Ontario Inc., d/b/a Inter Office Marketing Services, Capital Communications, US Guardian United Consumers, Trans America United Benefits Group, Transglobal National Consumers Group, and First Guardian National Benefits, David Dalglish, Leslie Anderson, Lloyd Prudenza, Mark Lennox, and Paul Schroeder, d/b/a Paul Schroeder & Associates, PS&A, and Your Benefitz, defendants, In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, Civil Action No. 02 C 7456
  • Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment Against Defendant Leslie Anderson
  • Order for Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment Against Defendants 1492828 Ontario Inc., 1533649 Ontario Inc., David Dalglish, Lloyd Prudenza and Mark Lennox [PDF 560K]
  • News Release

February 2, 2004

• Horizontal Merger Investigation Data, Fiscal Years 1996-2003
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission. v. Greeting Cards of America. Inc., et al., United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Case No. 03-60746-civ-gold, FTC File No. X030044, Civil Action No. 03-60746-Civ-Gold
  
  
• FTC v. Vector Direct Marketing, LLC, Mike Stafford, and Lisa Miller, defendants., (U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona at Phoenix), File No. 042-3019, Civ. No. CV04 0095 PHX SMM

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 28, 2004