Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson Concerning the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Non-Compete Clause Rule
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Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
P201200
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Statement of Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro M. Bedoya Concerning the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Non-Compete Clause Rule
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Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner;
Alvaro Bedoya, Commissioner
Matter Number
P201200
FTC Cracks Down on Companies That Impose Harmful Noncompete Restrictions on Thousands of Workers
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The Federal Trade Commission has taken legal action against three companies and two individuals, forcing them to drop noncompete restrictions that they imposed on thousands of workers. Drawing from...
FTC Orders an End to Illegal Mastercard Business Tactics and Requires it to Stop Blocking Competing Debit Card Payment Networks
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The Federal Trade Commission is ordering an end to illegal business tactics that Mastercard has been using to force merchants to route debit card payments through its payment network, and is requiring...
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Farm Store Competition in the Midwest and the South
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order settling charges that Tractor Supply Company’s acquisition of the rival chain Orscheln Farm and Home LLC...
Tractor Supply Company/Orscheln Farm and Home LLC, In the Matter of
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
211 0083
Docket Number
C-4776
Case Status
Pending
FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block technology giant Microsoft Corp. from acquiring leading video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc. and its blockbuster gaming franchises such as...
FTC Issues Annual Report on Ethanol Market Concentration 2022
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2022 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration . The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directs the Commission to perform an annual review of market concentration in...
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2022 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration
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FTC Further Modifies 2019 Order Requiring Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG to Sell Assets in Nine Industrial Gases Product Markets
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The Federal Trade Commission’s 2019 modified final order requiring industrial gas suppliers Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG to sell assets in nine industrial gases product markets in numerous U.S...
FTC Releases Updated Do Not Call Registry Data Book; Impersonator Fraud Tops List of Consumer Complaints
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The Federal Trade Commission today released the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2022 . The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and...
Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Joined by Chair Lina M. Khan
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Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Commissioner;
Lina M. Khan, Chair
Docket Number
C-4660
FTC Joins Justice Department in Amicus Brief Supporting Workers’ Challenge to McDonald’s “No Hire” Franchise Restrictions
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The Federal Trade Commission joined the Department of Justice in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the cases of Deslandes v. McDonald’s USA, LLC and...
FTC Amicus Brief Challenges Abuse of FDA “Orange Book” Listing Procedures to Block Drug Competition
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in the case of Jazz Pharmaceuticals v. Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals. The Brief highlights the...
FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair Methods of Competition
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The Federal Trade Commission issued a statement today that restores the agency’s policy of rigorously enforcing the federal ban on unfair methods of competition. Congress gave the FTC the unique...
FTC Staff Opposes Proposed Certificate of Public Advantage That Could Shield SUNY Upstate Medical University’s Acquisition of Crouse Health System from Antitrust Scrutiny
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The Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment to the New York State Department of Health opposing a request by SUNY Upstate Medical University and Crouse Health System to grant a certificate...
FTC Approves Final Order against JAB Consumer Partners to Protect Pet Owners from Private Equity Firm’s Rollup of Veterinary Services Clinics
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has finalized a consent order against JAB Consumer Partners designed to prevent the private equity firm from further consolidating...
JAB Consumer Partners/VIPW/Ethos Veterinary Health, In the Matter of
The FTC imposed strict limits on JAB Consumer Partners’ future acquisitions of specialty and emergency veterinary clinics as a condition of JAB’s proposed $1.65 billion acquisition of VIPW, LLC, the parent of Ethos, an owner and operator of specialty and emergency veterinary clinics. The Commission alleged that the acquisition was likely to be anticompetitive in four geographic markets, ordering divestitures for various types of veterinary care in and around Richmond, Virginia, in and around the Washington DC Metro Area, particularly for customers to the southeast in Virginia and Maryland, in and around Denver, Colorado, and in and around downtown San Francisco, California. The Commission finalized the order in October 2022.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
211 0174
Docket Number
C-4770
Case Status
Pending
Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, and the European Commission Hold Their Second US-EU Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue
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Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, and Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager of the European...
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