A company and its owner, accused of tricking consumers into paying for an envelope-stuffing business opportunity, are banned from selling any work-at-home business opportunities again. The Federal Trade Commission alleged that they falsely promised that they would pay consumers $7 per envelope stuffed and that consumers would earn a substantial income. The operation will pay […]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Purveyor of Envelope-Stuffing Scheme Banned from Selling Any Work at Home Opportunities Again
A company and its owner, accused of tricking consumers into paying for an envelope-stuffing business opportunity, are banned from selling any work-at-home business opportunities again. The Federal Trade Commission alleged that they falsely promised that they would pay consumers $7 per envelope stuffed and that consumers would earn a substantial income. The operation will pay […]
Purveyor of Envelope-Stuffing Scheme Banned from Selling Any Work at Home Opportunities Again
A company and its owner, accused of tricking consumers into paying for an envelope-stuffing business opportunity, are banned from selling any work-at-home business opportunities again. The Federal Trade Commission alleged that they falsely promised that they would pay consumers $7 per envelope stuffed and that consumers would earn a substantial income. The operation will pay […]
FTC Staff Advises Rochester Physician Organization That It Will Not Recommend Antitrust Challenge to Proposal to Provide Member Physicians’ Services Through “Clinical Integration” Program
Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised the Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association, Inc. (GRIPA), a multi-specialty physician practice association that includes competing primary care and specialist physicians that practice in the three-county greater Rochester, New York, area, that it has no present intention to recommend a challenge to the organization’s proposed operation as […]
FTC Staff Advises Rochester Physician Organization That It Will Not Recommend Antitrust Challenge to Proposal to Provide Member Physicians’ Services Through “Clinical Integration” Program
Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised the Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association, Inc. (GRIPA), a multi-specialty physician practice association that includes competing primary care and specialist physicians that practice in the three-county greater Rochester, New York, area, that it has no present intention to recommend a challenge to the organization’s proposed operation as […]
FTC Staff Advises Rochester Physician Organization That It Will Not Recommend Antitrust Challenge to Proposal to Provide Member Physicians’ Services Through “Clinical Integration” Program
Staff of the Federal Trade Commission have advised the Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association, Inc. (GRIPA), a multi-specialty physician practice association that includes competing primary care and specialist physicians that practice in the three-county greater Rochester, New York, area, that it has no present intention to recommend a challenge to the organization’s proposed operation as […]
Commission Approves Final Consent Orders in Matters of Rite Aid Corporation/Jean Coutu Group, Inc. and Jarden Corporation/K2, Inc.
Commission approval of final consent orders: The Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Rite Aid Corporation and Jean Coutu Group, Inc. and approved letters to the commenters of record. The FTC vote approving the final consent order was 5-0. (FTC File No. 061-0257; the staff contact is Thomas A. Cohn, […]
Commission Approves Final Consent Orders in Matters of Rite Aid Corporation/Jean Coutu Group, Inc. and Jarden Corporation/K2, Inc.
Commission approval of final consent orders: The Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Rite Aid Corporation and Jean Coutu Group, Inc. and approved letters to the commenters of record. The FTC vote approving the final consent order was 5-0. (FTC File No. 061-0257; the staff contact is Thomas A. Cohn, […]
Commission Approves Final Consent Orders in Matters of Rite Aid Corporation/Jean Coutu Group, Inc. and Jarden Corporation/K2, Inc.
Commission approval of final consent orders: The Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter concerning Rite Aid Corporation and Jean Coutu Group, Inc. and approved letters to the commenters of record. The FTC vote approving the final consent order was 5-0. (FTC File No. 061-0257; the staff contact is Thomas A. Cohn, […]
Refunds for Consumers Who Purchased CortiSlim or CortiStress
Until October 27, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission will be accepting refund requests from consumers who bought CortiSlim or CortiStress. The FTC alleged that CortiSlim was advertised with false and unsubstantiated weight loss claims and that CortiStress was advertised with false and unsubstantiated disease prevention claims. The FTC’s settlement with the marketers of CortiSlim and […]