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FTC Report on Drug Patent Settlements Shows Potential Pay-for-Delay Deals Decreased Substantially in the First Year Since Supreme Court’s Actavis Decision
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Pharmaceutical companies entered into substantially fewer potential pay-for-delay patent dispute settlements in fiscal year 2014, according to a new FTC staff report. The report summarizes data on...
FTC Announces Agenda and Panelists for Workshop Examining the U.S. Auto Distribution System
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced the full agenda for its upcoming workshop, “Automobile Distribution: Current Issues and Future Trends.” The all-day event, which will take place on January...
FTC Requires Kidney Dialysis Chain U.S. Renal Care to Divest Assets as a Condition of Acquiring Competitor DSI Renal
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The Federal Trade Commission will require the national kidney-dialysis chain U.S. Renal Care, Inc., for which Rangers Renal Holdings LP is the parent company, to divest its ownership interest in three...
FTC Requires Energy Investor ArcLight Energy Partners Fund to Divest Assets as a Condition of Acquiring Gulf Oil Limited Partnership from Cumberland Farms, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission will require energy investor ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VI, L.P., to divest its ownership interest in four light petroleum product terminals in Pennsylvania, as part of...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Merger of Orthopedic Practices in Berks County, Pennsylvania Would Likely Harm Competition and Inflate Prices
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that a merger combining 76 percent of the orthopedists in Berks County, PA into Keystone...
FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Two Chicago-area Hospital Systems
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The Federal Trade Commission has authorized action to block the proposed merger of Advocate Health Care Network and NorthShore University HealthSystem, two leading providers of general acute care...
FTC Requests Public Comment on Pfizer Inc.’s Application to Modify Final Order Settling Competition Concerns Related to Pfizer’s 2009 Acquisition of Wyeth
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application by Pfizer Inc. to modify the FTC’s January 2010 final order, which settled the FTC’s competition concerns arising from Pfizer’s...
FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Marketer of Rug Accessory to Stop Efforts to Illegally Coordinate Prices with Competitor
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Step N Grip, LLC, a company that sells rug accessories designed to keep rugs from...
FTC to Host Public Workshop Examining the U.S. Auto Distribution System
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a one-day workshop on January 19, 2016, to explore competition and related issues in the U.S. auto distribution system, including how consumers and businesses...
FTC Issues Annual Report On Ethanol Market Concentration
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2015 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration, an annual report required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 “to determine whether there is sufficient...
Commercial Trucking Services Company Settles FTC Charges of Invitation to Collude
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Drug Testing Compliance Group, LLC, an Idaho-based company that provides drug and alcohol testing and other services to commercial trucking companies and their drivers, has agreed to settle FTC...
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Report to Congress on Ethanol Market Concentration (December 2015)
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FTC and Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Challenge Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s Proposed Merger with PinnacleHealth System
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The Federal Trade Commission has authorized an action to block Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s (Hershey) proposed merger with PinnacleHealth System, alleging that the combination of the two health...
FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Staples, Inc. and Office Depot, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission today filed an administrative complaint charging that Staples, Inc.’s proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot, Inc. would violate the antitrust laws by...
Federal Trade Commission Appoints Lorrie Cranor as Chief Technologist
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has appointed Lorrie Faith Cranor as the agency’s Chief Technologist, succeeding Ashkan Soltani. Cranor will join the FTC staff in January and be...
FTC Requires NXP Semiconductors N.V. to Divest RF Power Amplifier Assets as a Condition of Acquiring Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. has agreed to sell its RF power amplifier assets in order to settle FTC charges that its proposed $11.8 billion acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. is anticompetitive...
FTC Staff Advises New York State Public Service Commission On Improving Proposal to Transform Electric Distribution System
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The Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment in the New York State Public Service Commission’s (NY PSC’s) Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceeding regarding that agency’s “Staff White...
FTC Amicus Brief Urges Appeals Court to Reverse District Court Ruling that Incorrectly Insulates Pharmaceutical Manufacturers from Antitrust Scrutiny
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit urging the court to reverse a district court ruling that an alleged reverse-payment settlement of...
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