# Young & Rubicam Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative Corrective Actions

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** December 31, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 69100

## Text

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3680]

Young & Rubicam Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and Affirmative
Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of
competition, this consent order prohibits, among other things, a New
York-based advertising agency from making any pollution-removal claims
for Ford Motor Company's MicronAir Filtration System or any similar
cabin air filtration system, unless such representations are true and
the respondent possesses reliable and competent scientific evidence to
substantiate such representations.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued August 22, 1996.\1\

\1\ Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Badger, Federal Trade
Commission, San Francisco Regional Office, 901 Market Street, Suite
570, San Francisco, CA 94103, (415) 356-5270.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Thursday, April 18, 1996, there was
published in the Federal Register, 61 FR 16922, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Young & Rubicam Inc., for the
purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were given
sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or objections
regarding the proposed form of the order.
A comment was filed and considered by the Commission. The
Commission has ordered the issuance of the complaint in the form
contemplated by the agreement, made its jurisdictional findings and
entered an order to cease and desist, as set forth in the proposed
consent agreement, in disposition of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5,
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-33287 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M

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