Tag: Manufacturing

FTC Completes Review of Recycled Oil Rule

Date

July 24, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission has completed its regulatory review of the Recycled Oil Rule (formally, the “Test Procedures and Labeling Standards for Recycled Oil”). The Rule, issued in 1995, allows...

Statement by FTC Bureau of Competition Acting Deputy Director Haidee L. Schwartz on the U.S. District Court’s Grant of a Preliminary Injunction and Announcement from Wilhelmsen Maritime Services that It will Abandon Acquisition of Drew Marine Group

Date

July 23, 2018

Following a U.S. District Court ruling granting the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction against Wilhelmsen Maritime Services’ proposed $400 million acquisition of Drew...

Staff Letters

Resolution of Referrals from BBB National Programs

Conair Corporation (Cuisinart kitchen appliances)

Date

July 18, 2018

Devin Willis fka Devin Domond, Former Chief of Staff for Advertising Practices

Text of the Letter (272.61 KB)

FTC Approves Final Order Imposing Conditions on Merger of Generic Drug Marketers Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and Impax Laboratories Inc.

Date

July 10, 2018

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Amneal’s $1.45 billion acquisition of an equity share in Impax likely would be...

Amneal Holdings and Impax Laboratories, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

July 10, 2018

FTC Matter/File Number

181 0017

C-4650

FTC Requires Construction Company CRH plc to Divest Facilities in Montana, Nebraska and Kansas as a Condition of Acquiring Competitor Ash Grove Cement Company

Date

June 14, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission will require Dublin, Ireland-based construction company CRH plc to divest facilities in three states as part of a settlement resolving charges that CRH’s $3.5 billion...

Daktronics, Inc.

Date

June 5, 2018

Matter Number

P074204

Closing letter to Shawna Hanson, General Counsel to Daktronics, Inc. (1.51 MB)

Semyx, LLC

Date

May 30, 2018

Matter Number

P074204

Closing letter to Jeffrey J. Dean, Counsel for Semyx, LLC (160.46 KB)

FTC Requires Generic Drug Marketers Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and Impax Laboratories Inc. to Divest Rights to 10 Generic Medications as Condition of Merger

Date

April 27, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission will require generic drug marketers Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and Impax Laboratories Inc. to divest Impax’s rights and assets for 10 products to three other companies, as...

FTC Approves Final Order with Community Newspaper Owner Oregon Lithoprint Inc.

Date

April 27, 2018

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a negotiated final order that prohibits Oregon Lithoprint Inc. from making or attempting to make any agreement to refuse...

Saylite, LLC, also doing business as Mobern Lighting

Date

April 18, 2018

Matter Number

P074204

Closing letter to John W. Van Lonkhuyzen, Counsel to Saylite, LLC (289.61 KB)

EBSCO Sign Group, LLC

Date

April 17, 2018

Matter Number

P074204

Closing letter to Paul D. Rubin, Counsel to EBSCO Sign Group, LLC (323.94 KB)

FTC Approves Final Consent Settling Charges that Bollman Hat Company Made Deceptive ‘Made in USA’ and Certification Claims

Date

April 17, 2018

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that Pennsylvania-based Bollman Hat Company has agreed to stop deceptive use of its...

Federal Register Notice

Oregon Lithoprint, Inc.; Analysis to Aid Public Comment; Proposed Consent Agreement; Correction

Date

March 22, 2018

FTC Proposes Repeal of Picture Tube Rule

Date

March 13, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission is proposing to repeal its Picture Tube Rule . The Rule (formally, the “Trade Regulation Rule Concerning the Deceptive Advertising as to Sizes of Viewable Pictures Shown...

Nectar Brand LLC Agrees to Settle FTC Charges that Company’s Claims about Chinese-Made Mattresses Being ‘Assembled in USA’ Are False

Date

March 13, 2018

A California-based company has agreed to stop making false claims that its Chinese-made mattresses are assembled in the United States, under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission . According...

Community Newspaper Owner Oregon Lithoprint Inc. Settles Charges that It Restrained Competition in the Local Market for Foreclosure Notices

Date

March 9, 2018

Oregon Lithoprint Inc., owner of the News-Register , a twice-weekly community newspaper based in Yamhill, Oreg., has agreed to settle FTC charges that it invited a competitor to collude in an...

FTC Challenges Wilhelmsen Maritime Services’ Proposed Acquisition of Competitor Drew Marine Group

Date

February 23, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint charging that Wilhelmsen Maritime Services’ proposed $400 million acquisition of Drew Marine Group would violate the antitrust laws...

FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Canadian Fertilizer and Chemical Companies PotashCorp and Agrium to Divest 2 Production Facilities as Condition of Merger

Date

February 7, 2018

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the merger of Canadian fertilizer and chemical companies Potash Corporation of...