Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, April 1 and 20, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 904 pages |
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Page 811 - A copy of such petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Board and thereupon the aggrieved party shall file in the court the record in the proceeding certified by the Board as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code.
Page 315 - The law is not made for the protection of experts, but for the public — that vast multitude which includes the ignorant, the unthinking and the credulous, who, in making purchases, do not stop to analyze, but are governed by appearances and general impressions.
Page 252 - ... has become final, and while such order is in effect, shall forfeit and pay to the United States a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation...
Page 281 - It is the declared policy of the Congress that the Government should aid, counsel, assist, and protect insofar as is possible the interests of small business concerns in order to preserve free competitive enterprise...
Page 15 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, this concludes my prepared statement. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Page 805 - Said corporation shall nevertheless continue in existence for the purpose of paying, satisfying and discharging any existing debts or obligations, collecting and distributing its assets and doing all other acts required in order to adjust and wind up its business and affairs...
Page 813 - ... or with respect to which the action of the court in which said petition is so filed is not subject to further review by the Supreme Court of the United States in proceedings provided for in said paragraph, or an order issued under subsection (h) of this section, and (2) the term "violation" includes without limitation any action (alone or with another or others) for or toward causing, bringing about, participating in.
Page 807 - Unless the association shall appear at the hearing by a duly authorized representative, it shall be deemed to have consented to the Issuance of the cease-and-desist order.
Page 718 - ... (1) whether the practice without necessarily having been previously considered unlawful, offends public policy as it has been established by statutes, the common law, or otherwise — whether, in other words, it is within at least the penumbra of some common-law statutory, or other established concept of unfairness; (2) whether it is immoral, unethical, oppressive, or unscrupulous; (3) whether it causes substantial injury to consumers (or competitors or other businessmen).
Page 809 - States attorney, with the commission of or participation in a felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust, the...