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FTC Testimony Expresses Concern that Owners of "Standard-Essential" Patents May Obtain Injunctions Enabling Them to Hold Up Other Firms
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The Federal Trade Commission expressed concern to Congress about the prospect that companies that own "standard-essential" patents which are subject to commitments to license on reasonable and non...
FTC Approves Amended Final Order Settling Charges that Teva's Proposed Acquisition of Cephalon was Anticompetitive in Markets for Several Generic Drugs
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an amended final order settling charges that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.'s proposed acquisition of rival Cephalon...
FTC Closes Its Investigation Into Sony/ATV Music Publishing's Proposed Acquisition of EMI Music Publishing
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The Federal Trade Commission has closed its nonpublic investigation of Sony/ATV Music Publishing's proposed acquisition of EMI Music Publishing, without taking any action. Accordingly, the deal may...
FTC Announces Pet Medications Workshop; Will Explore Competition and Consumer Protection Issues Related to the Pet Medications Industry
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On Tuesday, October 2, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop to examine the ways pet medications are distributed to consumers, and how these practices affect consumer choice and...
FTC Issues Modified Final Order Settling Charges that Perrigo's Acquisition of Paddock Laboratories Was Anticompetitive in Market for Generic Pharmaceuticals
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a modified final order settling charges that Perrigo Company's $540 million acquisition of Paddock Laboratories, Inc., as...
FTC Puts Conditions on Konkinlijke Ahold's Acquisition of Genuardi's Supermarkets
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The Federal Trade Commission will require Koninklijke Ahold N.V., the parent company of Giant Food Stores, LLC, to sell a supermarket outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to settle charges that its...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Kinder Morgan's Proposed Acquisition of El Paso Corporation was Anticompetitive in Several Natural Gas Pipeline Markets
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Kinder Morgan Inc.'s proposed acquisition of El Paso Corporation would have been...
FTC Approves FY 2011 HSR Premerger Notification Report Showing 24 Percent Increase in Filings Compared to FY 2010
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The Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, released the agencies' fiscal year 2011 report on their review of mergers...
FTC Puts Conditions on Johnson & Johnson's Proposed Acquisition of Synthes, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission will require Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to sell its system for surgically treating serious wrist fractures, resolving charges that J&J's proposed $21.3 billion acquisition of...
FTC Approves Energy Transfer Partners' Application to Sell Heritage Propane Express to JP Energy Partners, LP
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners, GP, L.P., requesting approval to sell their...
FTC Settlement With Graco Inc. Protects Competition in the Market for Equipment Used to Apply Paint and Other Liquid Finishes
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The Federal Trade Commission will require Graco Inc., a leader in the worldwide market for key industrial finishing equipment, to sell the worldwide liquid finishing business of Illinois Tool Works...
FTC Staff: Proposed North Carolina Dental Services Law Would Likely Reduce the Benefits of Competition for Consumers
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Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from North Carolina Representative Stephen LaRoque, stated that a bill proposed in the North Carolina legislature would likely deny consumers...
FTC Approves Modified Final Order Settling Charges that Fresenius Medical Care's Acquisition of Liberty Dialysis Holdings Was Anticompetitive in Market for Outpatient Dialysis Clinics
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a modified final order settling charges that Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's acquisition of Liberty Dialysis...
Commission Approves Filing of Joint Amicus Brief with DOJ on Direct Purchaser Antitrust Issues
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The Commission has approved the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter of Ritz Camera & Image, LLC v. SanDisk Corporation, No. 12-1183 (Fed. Cir.). The case...
FTC Places Conditions on CoStar's $860 Million Acquisition of LoopNet
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The Federal Trade Commission will require CoStar Group, the largest provider of commercial real estate information services in the United States, to sell LoopNet's ownership interest in Xceligent...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Energy Transfer Partners' Application to Sell Heritage Propane Express to JP Energy Partners, LP
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners, GP, L.P., requesting approval to sell their Heritage Propane...
FTC Action Halts Alleged Scam That Dangled the False Promise of 'Free Gas for Life' Then Charged Consumers for Unwanted E-Magazine Subscriptions
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The Federal Trade Commission put a stop to an online operation that allegedly lured consumers with a supposedly "free" book falsely promising that it would show them how to power their cars and homes...
FTC Orders Graco Inc. to Hold Separate Worldwide Liquid Finishing Equipment Businesses it is Acquiring from its Rival, ITW
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The Federal Trade Commission issued an order requiring Graco Inc. to hold separate the worldwide liquid finishing equipment businesses of Illinois Tool Works Inc. and ITW Finishing LLC, while allowing...
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