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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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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...
Linde AG and Praxair, Inc., In the Matter of
In 2019, following a public comment period, the FTC has approved a 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. geographic markets to four divestiture buyers. The nine product markets in which the Commission alleged harm in its October 2018 complaint are bulk liquid oxygen, bulk liquid nitrogen, bulk liquid argon, bulk liquid carbon dioxide, bulk liquid hydrogen, bulk refined helium, on-site hydrogen, on-site carbon monoxide, and excimer laser gases. In November 2022, the FTC announced the approval of a petition to modify the final order in this case.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
C4660
Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Joined by Chair Lina M. Khan
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By
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...
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals, LLC
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Citation Number
1:21-cv-00691
Federal Court
District of Delaware
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...
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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...
Deslandes v. McDonald's
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Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
The Federal Trade Commission joined with the U.S. Department of Justice in an amicus brief filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Deslandes v. McDonald’s USA, LLC...
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Deslanes v. McDonald's USA Amicus Brief
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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...
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