Word: ftc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...practices, the Federal Trade Commission has generally spoken softly and carried a small stick. In recent years, it has seemed to be insensitive to mounting consumer complaints and over lenient with offending companies. All this has suddenly changed. The five commissioners and 600 staff lawyers and economists at the FTC's shabby, gray-stone headquarters in Washington are moving with unprecedented speed and imagination...
...prodding of Moss and others, the Federal Trade Commission has just begun a study to determine advertising's part in creating a mood for drug use and what, if anything, should be done about it. The FTC will make a preliminary report of its findings on Sept. 1. Soon after, Moss, who is chairman of the Senate's consumer subcommittee, plans to hold hearings that could lead to legally binding guidelines for drug advertising. In California, a bill was introduced last January to require every drug manufacturer advertising in the state to spend a quarter of its promotion...
Seeking Fast Relief. The consumer groups went to court partly because of their impatience with the slow pace of FTC actions against questionable advertising. Only after ten years of dickering did the commission crack down on the J.B. Williams Co.'s claims that its Geritol and FemIron remedy tiredness, loss of strength or nervousness. The FTC turned the case over to the Justice Department, which is suing for $1,000,000 in penalties against Williams and its agency, Parkson Advertising. Similarly, the FTC has been investigating the advertising promises of Excedrin, Anacin, Bufferin, Bayer, St. Joseph aspirin and other...
...consumers' case against Excedrin has substantial legal significance. The plaintiffs are laying claim to some of the powers of the FTC and the Justice Department, which previously have instituted all court actions against questionable ads. If the plaintiffs win, any private groups or individuals could bring suit against all advertising that they believe to be deceptive...
What v. How. Thus it is doubtful that Mayo could have mustered the weight to hold his own against men like Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, two of the aides closest to Nixon. Shultz is expected to have that clout. Moreover, Shultz's new deputy, Weinberger, though on the FTC for only six months, has fast established a reputation as a tough, reform-minded administrator. Like Shultz, Weinberger owes his selection to merit and performance rather than long personal service to the President. He too may bring a new viewpoint to White House deliberations...