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FTC Files Amicus Brief Explaining that Pharmaceutical “Product Hopping” Can Violate the Antitrust Laws
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit explaining that the district court made significant analytical errors in ruling for defendants...
FTC Requires Divestitures Prior to Merger of Orthopedic Device Companies
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Wright Medical Group, Inc. and Tornier N.V. have agreed to sell Tornier’s U.S. rights and assets related to its total ankle replacements and total silastic toe joint replacements to resolve Federal...
FTC Approves Application for Modification of Divestiture Agreement Between Albertsons and Haggen Holdings, LLC
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Albertsons to modify its contract with Haggen Holdings, LLC, under an order that required Albertsons to sell supermarkets in Arizona...
FTC Requires Divestitures in Connection with Endo International plc’s Proposed Acquisition of Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Pharmaceutical companies Endo International plc and Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have agreed to divest all of Endo’s rights and assets to generic glycopyrrolate tablets and generic methimazole tablets in...
In Settlement with FTC, National Association of Animal Breeders Agrees to Eliminate Rules That Limit Competition Among its Members
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The National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) has agreed to remove provisions in its Code of Ethics that the Federal Trade Commission charged limit competition among its members. The proposed...
Leucadia National Corporation to Pay $240,000 to Settle FTC Charges It Violated U.S. Premerger Notification Requirements
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FTC alleged it failed to report a conversion of its ownership interest in the financial services company Knight Capital Group, Inc.
FTC Issues Final Order Preserving Competition for Deeply Discounted General Merchandise
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that Dollar Tree Inc.’s $9.2 billion acquisition of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. would...
FTC Approves Application from ZF Friedrichshafen AG and TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. to Divest TRW’s Linkage and Suspension Business in North America and Europe
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application from ZF Friedrichshafen AG and TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. to sell TRW’s North American and European...
Third Point Funds Agree to Settle FTC Charges that They Violated U.S. Premerger Notification Requirements
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Three affiliated hedge fund companies and their management company, Third Point LLC, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated premerger reporting laws in connection...
FTC Requires Pfizer Inc. to Sell Rights to Four Products as a Condition of Acquiring Hospira, Inc.
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Pfizer Inc. has agreed to sell the rights and assets related to four pharmaceutical products in order to settle FTC charges that its proposed $16 billion acquisition of Hospira, Inc. is...
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition in U.S. Markets for Three Orthopedic Medical Products
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Zimmer Holdings, Inc.’s $13.35 billion acquisition of Biomet, Inc. is anticompetitive...
Pharmaceutical Companies Settle FTC Charges of an Illegal Agreement not to Compete, which Resulted in Higher Prices for Generic Version of ADHD Drug
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Pharmaceutical companies Concordia Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. have settled FTC charges that they entered into an unlawful agreement not to compete in the sale of generic...
FTC Issues Statement of Principles Regarding Enforcement of FTC Act as a Competition Statute
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued a Statement of Enforcement Principles that describes the underlying antitrust principles that guide the Commission’s application of its statutory authority to...
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Federal Trade Commission (Bureau of Competition) and Department of Justice (Antitrust Division): Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2014: Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a (The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976)
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FTC Approves Fiscal Year 2014 HSR Premerger Notification Report
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The Federal Trade Commission, together with the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, released the agencies’ 37 th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report. The report presents...
FTC Approves Application from Holcim LTD. and Lafarge S.A. to Divest Cement Assets
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application from Holcim Ltd. and Lafarge S.A. to sell various Holcim cement assets to an affiliate of the international...
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition in U.S. Market for Cigarettes
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the $27.4 billion merger of tobacco companies Reynolds American Inc. and Lorillard Inc...
FTC Approves Panasonic’s Application to Sell Assets It Uses to Manufacture Portable Sub-C Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Panasonic Corporation to sell to FDK Corporation assets from Panasonic’s facility in Suzhou, China that...
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