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FTC attorneys file hundreds of merits briefs each year to advance our competition and consumer protection cases through the federal courts. The briefs explain the rights or wrongs of a case or of prior decisions made on the case. Use the Legal Library to search through the merits briefs filed by us in support of our cases.