Article: Body Flex Charged With False Advertising

Article: Body Flex accused of stretching the truth
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 11, 2003 ;     531 words ......County, NJ) 11-11-2003 Body Flex accused of stretching the truth -- FTC suit challenges weight-lo...Los Angeles, the FTC charged two related...advertising that the Body Flex System is a proven...aired this year. Body Flex has been among the...S. rankings, the FTC ...

Article: Body Flex Accused of Stretching Truth; FTC Suit Challenges Weight-Loss Claims.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 11, 2003 ;     502 words ......Los Angeles, the FTC charged two related...advertising that the Body Flex System is a proven...aired this year. Body Flex has been among the...S. rankings, the FTC said. It aired more...our knowledge, the FTC has not yet had an...studies supporting the Body Flex ...

Article: Lily of France sets debut of Body Flex sports bra for Nov.
WWD;  November 3, 1988 ;     300 words ...LILY OF FRANCE SETS DEBUT OF BODY FLEX SPORTS BRA FOR NOV. NEW YORK -- Lily...bra during the November market. Called Body Flex, the new style allows independent movement...national sales manager of foundations. Body Flex is of a two-piece fabric construction...

Article: FTC files a lawsuit against fitness program
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 11, 2003 ;     110 words ...WASHINGTON -- The government charges that Body Flex, a weight- loss program featured in television...Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Body Flex on Monday in U.S. District Court in Los...company made claims that aren't true. Body Flex spent $22 million this year to air its...

Article: Body Flex Seeks to Exorcise 'Bowflex' in Fight with Vancouver, Wash., Maker.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 15, 2004 ;     464 words ......rule it has the right to use the name Body Flex for its product and that the name, despite...markets in which the two products compete. Body Flex is a breathing program that costs $40...said. Costa said Savvier has used the Body Flex name much longer than Nautilus has employed...

Article: -FTC: FTC charges three Indiana telemarketers with deceptively soliciting small businesses.
M2 Presswire;  October 8, 1998 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-8 October 1998-FTC: FTC charges three Indiana telemarketers with deceptively soliciting small...widely distributed in the businesses' local areas. According to the FTC, not only were the advertisements unordered, but the publications...

Article: FTC Lines Up Witnesses for BP-Arco Fight.
The Oil Daily;  February 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ......about the US Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) line of attack in challenging BP Amoco...Texas. BP is understood to have told the FTC that it is prepared to divest all assets...not yet clear whether this would meet the FTC's criteria for maintaining competition...

Article: Anti-trust Concerns: Now It's Intel's Turn.(FTC charges Intel with anti-competitive practices)(Company Business and Marketing)
ENT;  June 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ......this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged Intel Corp. with using its monopoly...dominate the microprocessor market. The FTC claims that Intel illegally used its dominant...Intergraph Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. The FTC's position is that Intel took these steps...

Article: House OKs funding for FTC after giving updated reauthorizations. (Federal Trade Commission)
Daily News Record;  October 9, 1987 ;     541 words ...House OKs Funding for FTC After Giving Updated Reauthorizations The...resale price maintenance. Since 1982, the FTC has lacked such formal reauthorization...preceded by similar Senate action, would fund FTC at levels of $69.9 million in fiscal 1988...

Article: The FTC's Ex Parte asset freeze on Q-Ray: a sign of the times? (Legal Review).(Federal Trade Commission)
Response;  July 1, 2003 ;     634 words ...On June 2, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a court had granted its request for an...should cause alarm, because it may signal a shift m FTC policy. Section 13(b) of the FTC Act authorizes the commission to seek a TRO against...

Article: FTC: FTC files comment with FCC about truth in billing proposal.
M2 Presswire;  November 17, 1998 ;     469 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-17 November 1998-FTC: FTC files comment with FCC about truth in billing proposal (C)1994-98...make telephone bills more readable and accurate. In the comment, the FTC agrees with the FCC's statement that even the most sophisticated...

Article: FTC comes under attack from ABA, textile makers. (Federal Trade Commission; American Bar Association)
WWD;  May 18, 1988 ;     700+ words ...FTC COMES UNDER ATTACK FROM ABA, TEXTILE MARKETS BY HAL TAYLOR...of a task force to study the purpose and performance of the FTC in both antitrust and consumer protection. A similar investigation...will be heading the new inquiry. Kirkpatrick also served as FTC chairman for 1970 to 1973. INSIDE WASHINGTON ...

Article: Trust Busters FTC Weighs the Mega-Mergers.(Industry Overview)
Chemical Week;  February 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ......18 months, the federal Trade Commission (FTC) has blocked or amended some of the chemical...Octel-Ethyl (table, p. 22). Last month, FTC knocked down its biggest chemicals deal...sub]2) unit Tioxide (CW, Jan. 13, p. 7). FTC's enforcement activity is on the rise, but...

Article: US FTC: FTC halts Internet "cramming" >T.
M2 Presswire;  July 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-22 July 1999-US FTC: FTC halts Internet cramming (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:210799...Court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC, the defendants, through their telemarketing operations, called consumers...