Commission Actions

FTC Issues 2012 Update of Horizontal Merger Investigation Data Report

Date

January 4, 2013

To promote transparency in merger enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission released an updated staff report on the agency’s major investigations of horizontal mergers . The update adds four more...

Closing Letters

Wang Jian (BGI-Shenzhen) / Complete Genomics, Inc.

Date

January 4, 2013

Matter Number

131 0003

Closing Letter To Counsel For Wang Jian (BGI-Shenzhen) (53.75 KB)

Closing Letter To Counsel For Complete Genomics, Inc. (57.94 KB)

January 3, 2013

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Statement of the Federal Trade Commission - In the Matter of Motorola Mobility LLC and Google Inc.

Date

January 3, 2013

Matter Number

121 0120

Text of the Statement (30.35 KB)

Policy Statements

Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Certain Imported Textile, Wool, and Fur Products

Date

January 3, 2013

Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Certain Imported Textile, Wool, and Fur Products (53.19 KB)

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Regarding Google’s Search Practices - In the Matter of Google Inc.

Date

January 3, 2013

Matter Number

111 0163

Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Regarding Google’s Search Practices (22.86 KB)

Separate Statement of Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen - In the Matter of Google Inc.

Date

January 3, 2013

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

111-0163

Separate Statement of Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen (26.65 KB)

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen - In the Matter of Motorola Mobility LLC and Google Inc.

Date

January 3, 2013

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

121-0120

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen (52.64 KB)

Public Statement

Concurring and Dissenting Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch Regarding Google's Search Practices - In the Matter of Google Inc.

Date

January 3, 2013

Matter Number

111-0163

Concurring and Dissenting Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch Regarding Google's Search Practices (56.29 KB)

Public Statement

Opening Remarks of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz - Google Press Conference (As Prepared for Delivery)

Date

January 3, 2013

Text of the Speech (90.85 KB)

Public Statement

Statement of the Commission Regarding Google's Search Practices

Date

January 3, 2013

Matter Number

111-0163

Statement of the Commission Regarding Google's Search Practices (22.86 KB)

Public Statement

Separate Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch Regarding Google's Standard Essential Patent Enforcement Practices - In the Matter of Motorola Mobility LLC and Google Inc.

Date

January 3, 2013

Matter Number

121-0120

Separate Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch Regarding Google's Standard Essential Patent Enforcement Practices (38.42 KB)

Public Statement

Statement of the Commission Regarding the Consent Agreement with Google/Motorola

Date

January 3, 2013

Matter Number

121-0120

Statement of the Commission Regarding the Consent Agreement with Google/Motorola (35.49 KB)

Google Agrees to Change Its Business Practices to Resolve FTC Competition Concerns In the Markets for Devices Like Smart Phones, Games and Tablets, and in Online Search

Date

January 3, 2013

Google Inc. has agreed to change some of its business practices to resolve Federal Trade Commission concerns that those practices could stifle competition in the markets for popular devices such as...

FTC Announces Enforcement Policy Statement for Retailers that Directly Import Textile, Wool, and Fur Products

Date

January 3, 2013

The Federal Trade Commission today announced an Enforcement Policy Statement regarding the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, the Wool Products Labeling Act, and the Fur Products Labeling Act...

Four National Retailers Agree to Pay Penalties Totaling $1.26 Million for Allegedly Falsely Labeling Textiles as Made of Bamboo, While They Actually Were Rayon

Date

January 3, 2013

Amazon.com, Inc .; Leon Max, Inc .; Macy’s, Inc .; and Sears, Roebuck and Co. and its Kmart subsidiaries, Kmart Corporation and Kmart.com , have agreed to pay penalties totaling $1.26 million to...