96-15311. P. Lorillard Co.; Prohibited Trade Practices and Affirmative Corrective Actions

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 30616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15311]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. 6600]


P. Lorillard Co.; Prohibited Trade Practices and Affirmative 
Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Set aside order.

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SUMMARY: This order reopens a 1958 consent order--which required 
Lorillard to offer compensation for promotional services on 
proportionally equal terms to all competing companies that distribute 
its tobacco and other products--and sets aside the consent order 
pursuant to the Commission's Sunset Policy Statement, under which the 
Commission presumes that the public interest requires terminating 
competition orders that are more than 20 years old.

DATES: Consent order issued May 7, 1958. Set aside order issued August 
24, 1995.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Consent Order and SEt Aside Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roberta Baruch, FTC/S-2115, Washington, D.C. 20580. [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Matter of P. Lorillard Co. The 
prohibited trade practices and/or corrective actions are removed as 
indicated.

    Authority: Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or 
applies sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1526; 15 U.S.C. 13.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15311 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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