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CaseNo: FVMSI147339, CourtCode: FED, CourtName: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff: FTC, State: IL Illinois, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>FVMSI147339, Consumers, Illinois, Credit Card, Federal Trade Commission, Act, Telemarketing, Ftc, Credit Card Accounts, Membership, Southern District, Practices, Representations, Violation, Consumer Fraud, Credit Card Protection, California, United States, Ftc Act, Numerous Instances, Telemarketing Sales Rule, Membership Services, South Second Street, Low-interest Credit Cards, Membership Svcs, Authorization, Implication, Purchase Credit Card, San Francisco, Tsr, Janice, Charter, Jerome, Steiner, Elizabeth , ContentID: 120247500

Case Documents
1   COMPLAINT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 131042
26 pages
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2   STIPULATED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 117882
23 pages
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Total Documents: 2 documents , 49 pages
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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
CONSUMERS
ILLINOIS
CREDIT CARD
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
COURT
ACT
PLAINTIFFS
TELEMARKETING
ATTORNEY
CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
PRACTICES
REPRESENTATIONS
VIOLATION
CONSUMER FRAUD
CREDIT CARD PROTECTION
CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES
FTC ACT
NUMEROUS INSTANCES
TELEMARKETING SALES RULE
MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
SOUTH SECOND STREET
LOW-INTEREST CREDIT CARDS
AUTHORIZATION
IMPLICATION
PURCHASE CREDIT CARD
SAN FRANCISCO
TSR
  1  WILLIAM                     Eo  KOVACIC
              General            Counsel
  2  Federal                     Trade         Commission

              JOHN  JACOBS                   CA.  Bar  No.  134154
              Federal            Trade  Commission
              10877  Wilshire                   Boulevard,                  Suite            700
              Los  Angeles,                CA  90024
              (310)        824-4343;              Fax  (310)  824-4380

              JANICE            L.  CHARTER
              JEROME  M.  STEINER,                        JR.
  7  Federal.Trade                             Commission
              901  Market             Street,             Suite        570
  8           San  Francisco,                   CA  94131'
              (415)  848-5100;                    Fax  (415)  848-5184
  9
              ELIZABETH             A.  BLACKSTON
10            Office            of  the  Illinois                   Attorney                 General
              500  South  Second  Street                              .
11            Springfield,                 IL  62706
              (217)  782-4436;                    Fax  (217)                7824097
12

13
                                                        UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT                   
14                                                     SOUTHERN  DISTRICT                          
15
               FEDERAL  TRADE  COMMISSION  AND
16             STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,                                                                
                                                                                                   
I7  I                                             Plaintiffs,                                      
                                                   k
18i                                                                                                
                                     AND
        i                                       V.                                                 
                   REZJEF
I9 i  MEMBERSHIP  SERVICES,  INC.,  a
              Delaware              corporation,                    and
20
               JAMES  M.  SCHWINDT,                        individually
21             and  as  an  officer                     of  Membership
               Services,             Inc.,
22
23                                              *Defendants.

24
25                       Plaintigfs               Federal            Trade         Commission      
          or  YZommissiorPf)
SNIPPETS:
  • 901 Market Street, Suite 570 8 San Francisco,
  • COURT 14
  • FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS,
  • (\\FTC Act"),
  • Abuse Prevention Act ("Telemarketing Act"),
  • for defendants' deceptive acts or practices in violation of
  • 11 10 of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
  • 12 Practices Act, 815 ILCS 505/7 and 505/10,
  • 13 and Attorney General James Ryan's authority to represent
  • 16 defendants' deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 2
  • 18 Regulation Rule entitled "Telemarketing Sales Rule," 16 C.F.R.
  • Venue in the Southern District of California is proper
  • PLAINTIFFS
  • of the United States Government created by statute.
  • FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45, which prohibits unfair or deceptive
  • enforces the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR" or "the Rule"),
  • 13 restitution for injured consumers.
  • Defendant Membership Services, Inc., is a
  • 24 consumers, among others, defendants' purported credit card
  • 25 protection products or services and low-interest credit cards.
  • 23 certain laws require consumers to purchase credit card protection
  • 18 numbers of the consumers' credit card accounts.
  • Despite defendants' representations in numerous
  • In numerous instances,
  • 13 expressly or by implication, including but not limited to the
  • Consumers have given authorization for their
  • 500 South Second Street 1 San Francisco,

  • 2 . STIPULATED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MEMBERSHIP
    MEMBERSHIP SVCS
    ILLINOIS
    COURT
    JANICE
    CHARTER
    JEROME
    STEINER
    ELIZABETH
    BLACKSTON
    LAW
    REGULATIONS
    EMPLOYMENT
    RECEIVERS
    DETERMINATION
    ASSETS
    PLAINTIFFS
    
     1  JOHN  D.  JACOBS                           (CA.  Bar  No.  134154)
           Federal           Trade  Commission
     2     10877  Wilshire                   Boulevard,                  Suite  700
           Los  Angeles,                  CA  90024
     3     (310)  824-4343;                    Fax  (310)  824-4380
     4     JANICE  L.  CHARTER
           JEROME  M.  STEINER,  JR.
     5     Federal           Trade  Commission
           901  Market  Street,                            Suite        570
     6     San  Francisco,                   CA  94131
           (415)          848-5100;                Fax  (415)  848-5184
     7     ELIZABETH  A.  BLACKSTON
     8     Office          of  the  Illinois                         Attorney            General
           500  South  Second  Street
     9     Springfield,                   IL  62706
           (217)          782-4436;                Fax  (217)  782-1097
    10
    
    11                                             IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT
                                           FOR  THE  SOUTHERN  DISTRICT  OF  CALIFORNIA
    12
    
    13
    
    14          FEDERAL  TRADE  COMMISSION  AND                                                    01 
                STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,
    15
                               Plaintiffs,                                                        
    16                                                                                            
                                                    v.                                            
    17
    18          MEMBERSHIP  SERVICES,  INC.,                                      a
                Delaware                corporation,                   and
    19          JAMES  M.  SCHWINDT,  individually
                and  as  an  officer                         of  Membership
    20          Services,                Inc.,
    21                        Defendants.
    22
    
    23
    24                   WHEREAS  Plaintiffs                          Federal            Trade
    25     Illinois,             pursuant                  to  Sections                 13(b)  and/l9  
    26     Commission              Act  ("FTC  Act"),                           15  U.S.C.           5 
    27     Telemarketing                    and  Consumer  Fraud  and  Abusk  Preveqtion               
                                                                                                       
    28     U.S.C.           §I  6101  et  seq.,                                                        
    
                                                                                                       
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • JANICE L. CHARTER JEROME M. STEINER,
  • ELIZABETH A. BLACKSTON
  • 27 of any law or regulations.
  • FTC v. Membership Svcs.,Inc.
  • State of Illinois.
  • FTC v. Membership Svcs., Inc.
  • 27 employment.
  • 24 receivers.
  • I/ the Court makes its determination as to whether the temporary
  • 18 assets;
  • 22 plaintiffs.
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