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Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation

Volume 83 · 83 F.T.C. 1355

Citation
83 F.T.C. 1355
Docket
C-2060
Complaint
1971-10-08
Decision
1974-03-05
Document type
modifying order
Case type
consumer protection
Statutes
FTC Act (section 5)
Industry
advertising and directory publishing
Outcome
modified
Relief
other
Source
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Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, 83 F.T.C. 1355 (1974). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v083-0126

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Order status: modified (still in effect) Commission order action. Sunset may be extended by the latest qualifying federal-court complaint alleging an order violation; complaints, dismissal/appeal outcomes, and respondent-specific extensions are not fully tracked.

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IN THE MATTER OF REUBEN H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION MODIFYING ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT . Docket C-2060. Complaint, Oct. 8, 1971—Modified Order, Mar. 5, 1974. Order reopening proceedings and modifying cease and desist order, 79 F.T.C. 599, 36 F. R. 22148, by deleting two paragraphs of the order which require respondent to disclose the approximate numerical odds of winning each prize awarded in its promotional contests or the approximate number of recipients to whom the offer is directed if the numerical odds are not reasonably capable of calculation. ORDER REOPENING PROCEEDING AND MODIFYING CEASE AND DESIST ORDER The Commission, on Jan. 22, 1974, having issued an order against respondent to show cause why the proceedings herein should not be reopened for the purpose of modifying the consent order to cease and desist entered on Oct. 8, 1971; and Respondent having answered that it has no objection to the reopening of the proceedings and the modification of the consent order, as set forth in the order to show cause. , Accordingly, It is ordered, That the matter be reopened, and that the order herein be modified in the following manner: strike Section A(2); renumber Sections A(8), A(4), A(5), and A(6) as, respectively, A(2), A(8), A(4), and A(5); strike Section B(8); renumber Sections B(4) and B(5) as, respectively, B(8) and B(4).

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