Tag: Competition

FTC Hearing #5: Vertical Merger Analysis and the Role of the Consumer Welfare Standard in U.S. Antitrust Law

November 1, 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:45PM

Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips opens the fifth FTC hearing The Federal Trade Commission held the fifth session of its Hearings initiative, with a one-day session to be held at the Georgetown...

FTC Announces Agenda for the Seventh Session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century; Session at Howard University to Focus on Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics

Date

October 31, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for the seventh session of its Hearings Initiative, with a two-day hearing at the Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C., on November 13-14...

FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Continue with Discussion of Vertical Mergers and the Consumer Welfare Standard

Date

October 30, 2018

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the fifth session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. WHEN: Thursday, November 1, 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. WHERE...

FTC Announces Agenda for the Sixth Session of Its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century

Date

October 29, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for the sixth session of its Hearings initiative, with two and a half days of sessions on November 6–8, 2018, to be held at American University...

Nov13

FTC Hearing #7: The Competition and Consumer Protection Issues of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Analytics

November 13, 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM

November 14, 2018 | 9:00AM - 4:30PM

The Federal Trade Commission held the seventh session of its Hearings Initiative, with a two-day hearing at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., on November 13-14, 2018. Howard...

Nov06

FTC Hearing #6: Privacy, Big Data, and Competition

November 6, 2018 | 9:00AM - 4:45PM

November 7, 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM

November 8, 2018 | 9:00AM - 12:00PM

The Federal Trade Commission held the sixth session in its Hearings initiative, with two and a half days of sessions on November 6 – 8, 2018, at American University Washington College of Law, in...

Apr09

FTC Hearing #12: The FTC’s Approach to Consumer Privacy

April 9, 2019 | 12:00AM

April 10, 2019 | 12:00AM

This hearing was originally set to take place on February 12 -13 but has been rescheduled for April 9-10, 2019 due to the government shutdown. As part of a series of Hearings on Competition and...

Dec11

FTC Hearing #9: Data Security

December 11, 2018 | 10:00AM - 4:30PM

December 12, 2018 | 9:30AM - 4:30PM

Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter'sFireside Chat on Emerging Threatsat the ninth FTC hearing The FTC held a hearing on data security December 11-12, 2018 at the FTC Constitution Center Auditorium...

FTC Requires Divestitures as Condition of Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Acquisition of Express Mart

Date

October 25, 2018

Marathon Petroleum Corp., an Ohio-based energy company, has agreed to certain conditions to settle charges that its proposed acquisition of Express Mart would violate federal antitrust law. Marathon’s...

1810002 Informal Interpretation

Date

October 24, 2018

Rule

Item 4

PNO does not require parties to search for and submit texts. However, since you know you have texts with responseive 4c content, you may voluntarily produce them as described or note that they exist...

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Public Statement

Closing Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter at FTC Hearing #4

Date

October 24, 2018

Closing Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter at FTC Hearing #4: Innovation and Intellectual Property (49.72 KB)

Teva Petitions FTC to Reopen and Modify Decision and Order in Case Involving Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Acquisition of Actavis Inc.

Date

October 23, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. requesting that the Commission reopen and modify its decision and order in...

Oct23

FTC Hearing #4: Innovation and Intellectual Property Policy

October 23, 2018 | 9:00AM - 4:00PM

October 24, 2018 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM

The Federal Trade Commission held the fourth session of the Hearings initiative with two full-day sessions held at the FTC’s Constitution Center facilities in Washington, D.C. on October 23-24, 2018...

FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century Continue with Discussion of Innovation and IP Policy

Date

October 22, 2018

WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the fourth session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. WHEN: Tuesday, October 23 and Wednesday, October 24...

FTC Requires International Industrial Gas Suppliers Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG to Divest Assets in Nine Industrial Gas Markets as a Condition of Merger

Date

October 22, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission will require industrial gas suppliers Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG to divest assets in nine industrial gases product markets in numerous geographic markets in the United...

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Statement of Commissioner Chopra in the Matter of Linde AG, Praxair, Inc., and Linde PLC

Date

October 22, 2018

Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner

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1810010 Informal Interpretation

Date

October 19, 2018

Rule

801.11

Confirmed.

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1810004 Informal Interpretation

Date

October 19, 2018

Rule

Item 6

We agree.

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