Federal Trade Commission: Law, Practice and Procedure

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Law Journal Press, Oct 28, 2023 - Law - 868 pages

Federal Trade Commission: Law, Practice and Procedure features detailed analysis of all areas of FTC responsibility, including: rule making procedures; trade regulation statutes and rules; rules and procedures for investigations and litigation; application of U.S. antitrust laws to overseas conduct; Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger rules; evolving concepts of unfairness and deception; and asset freezes, injunctions and actions for civil penalties and consumer redress.

The book brings you up-to-date on the latest legislative, judicial and administrative actions affecting practice before the Commission, including the FTC's enforcement of consumer privacy mandates in the FTC Act and in statutes addressing privacy in designated market sectors. It provides extensive discussion of: the application of consumer credit statutes and regulations; telemarketing regulations, credit repair organizations, identity theft, and pay-per-call services; and Gramm-Leach-Bliley protections for consumer financial information.

Book ə looseleaf, one volume, 878 pages; published in 1986, updated as needed; no additional charge for updates during your subscription. Looseleaf print subscribers receive supplements. The online edition is updated automatically. ISBN: 978-1-58852-040-1

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Contents

05
2-16
07
2-23
2 09
2-29
11
2-35
Federal Credit Unions
3-1
12 Prohibited Uses of Appropriations
3-12
06
3-29
Historical Context Legislative History
3-32
3 Alaska Pipeline Legislation
11-3
CHAPTER 5
11-5
CHAPTER 10
12-3
04
12-17
05
12-26
07
12-33
Analysis
13-1
CHAPTER 3
13-3

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3-39
08
3-51
CHAPTER 4
4-1
04
4-5
or Practices 59
5-1
CHAPTER 1
7-1
CHAPTER 7
7-5
12 Deception as to Transistor Count
7-12
17 Retail Food Store Advertising
7-17
04
7-24
22 Mail or Telephone Order
7-25
Goods or Services
7-44
26 Labeling and Advertising of Home
7-48
CHAPTER 8
7-63
8910
8-1
Mergers and AcquisitionsSection 7
8-7
10 Exempted Transactions
8-72
1 Financial Institutions Defined
9-1
07
9-3
a Identifying the Underlying Policy
9-4
05
9-22
08
9-44
09
9-54
2 McGuire
10-2
05
10-21
CHAPTER 11
11-1
4 MagnusonMoss WarrantyFederal Trade
13-4
Doctrine
13-5
28 Used Car Rule
13-28
6 Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements
14-6
7 Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments
14-32
Although not strictly defined as one of the antitrust laws
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Historical Context
v
Jurisdictional Prerequisites
vii
Rulemaking Proceedings Terminated Without
xv
05
xvii
i Acquisition of Foreign Assets
xviii
Order
xx
Other Laws for Which the
xxi
CHAPTER 2
xxiv
Index
2-7
Organization Liaison Procedures
2-9
07
2-11
08
2-16
23 Franchising and Business Opportunity
7-29
08
7-30
CHAPTER 4
10-45
09
10-46
01
10-51
10
10-56
Copyright

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About the author (2023)

Peter C. Ward Mr. Ward, former Assistant Director in the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition and an attorney in the Nashville office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, is now retired. Richard Newman Richard B. Newman, a digital advertising compliance and regulatory defense attorney, is a partner with Hinch Newman LLP. Mr. Newman represents clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings initiated by the Federal Trade Commission, State Attorneys General, departments of consumer affairs, and other federal and state agencies with jurisdiction over advertising and marketing practices. His practice also includes ecommerce law, email SPAM and telemarketing law, intellectual property law and matters relating to performance marketing, lead generation and advertising claim substantiation.

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