Reporting and compliance provisions similar to those required of the DRI defendants apply as well. The Commission vote to authorize staff to file the stipulated final judgments was 5-0. The stipulated final judgments were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on June 4, 2001. The judgments require the court's final approval and are not binding until signed by the judge. These stipulated final judgments are for settlement purposes only and do not constitute an admission by the defendants of a law violation.
Stipulated judgments have the force of law when signed by the judge.
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop and avoid them. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. Time Marketing, Inc., et al.