Welcome to the Bureau of Competition
Who We Are
The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition champions the rights of American consumers by promoting and protecting free and vigorous competition. The Bureau:
- reviews mergers and acquisitions, and challenges those that would likely lead to higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation;
- seeks out and challenges anticompetitive conduct in the marketplace, including monopolization and agreements between competitors;
- promotes competition in industries where consumer impact is high, such as health care, real estate, oil & gas, technology, and consumer goods;
- provides information, and holds conferences and workshops, for consumers, businesses, and policy makers on competition issues and market analysis.
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Special Highlights
Index of all HSR Enforcement Actions
FTC Guide to the Antitrust Laws
News
FTC Requires Tesoro to Sell Petroleum Terminal as a Condition for Acquiring Chevron Assets (June 17, 2013)
FTC Challenges Pinnacle Entertainment’s Proposed Acquisition
of Rival Casino Operator Ameristar
(May 29, 2013)
Administrative Law Judge Dismisses Illegal Price-Setting Charges Against McWane, But Finds That It Illegally Excluded Competitors (May 9, 2013)
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Allegations of Anticompetitive Conduct by Eight Puerto Rico Nephrologists (May 3, 2013)
Graco, Inc. Settles FTC Charges That Its Acquisitions Illegally Harmed Competition in the U.S. Market for Fast Set Equipment (April 18, 2013)
FTC Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws to Promote Competition and Protect Consumers (April 16, 2013)
Bosley, Inc. Settles FTC Charges That It Illegally Exchanged Competitively Sensitive Business Information With Rival Firm, Hair Club, Inc. (April 8, 2013)
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Settles Charges That Its 2010 Purchase of Star Pipe's Cast Iron Soil Pipe Business Was Anticompetitive (April 2, 2013)