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Statement of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioner Julie Brill Federal Trade Commission - In the Matter of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., et al.
Federal Trade Commission Act
Clayton Act
FTC Secures Fair Pricing Protections by Taking Action Against Major Wholesale T-Shirt Distributors
FTC and USDA Seek Public Comment on Agricultural Equipment Manufacturing and Distribution Market Practices
FTC Secures Settlement that Protects Small Businesses from Illegal Price Discrimination
FTC, States Win Protections to Lower Pesticide Prices for American Farmers in Antitrust Case Against Corteva
Syngenta and Corteva, FTC v.
In 2022, the FTC and twelve state partners filed a lawsuit against pesticide manufacturers Syngenta and Corteva, alleging that each defendant implemented a post-patent loyalty program that paid distributors to forgo buying competing generic products.
Motions to Dismiss
Syngenta and Corteva each moved to dismiss the lawsuit. On January 12, 2024, the Court issued an opinion and order denying defendants’ motions to dismiss.
Corteva Settlement
On September 25, 2026, the FTC and state plaintiffs, together with Corteva, filed with the Court an agreed stipulated order settling the Corteva case. The stipulated order requires Corteva to dismantle its existing active-ingredient-based post-patent loyalty programs. For a period of ten years, Corteva is prohibited from conditioning payments or other benefits to a customer on that customer purchasing a high share of its requirements for a given pesticide active ingredient from Corteva or on limiting its purchases of generic equivalents, ending Corteva’s exclusionary conduct that has raised pesticide prices for farmers.
The stipulated order applies to all of Corteva’s post-patent active ingredients, and it applies to existing programs and future programs for the term of the stipulated order (10 years).
If you have concerns about whether Corteva is complying with its obligations under the stipulated order, please contact Paul Frangie at (202) 326-2697 and pfrangie@ftc.gov, Kenneth Libby at 202-326-2694 and klibby@ftc.gov, or bccompliance@ftc.gov.
FTC Approves Publication of Federal Register Notices Revising the Commission’s Rules of Practice
FTC Endorses Education Department Proposal to Expand Higher Education Accreditation Options
FTC Takes Action to Prevent Anticompetitive Arrangement in Beretta, Ruger Deal
Beretta/Ruger
The Federal Trade Commission took action to resolve antitrust concerns arising from a stock purchase agreement between two of the largest firearm manufacturers, Beretta Holding S.A. (Beretta) and Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. (Ruger), by accepting a proposed consent order that prevents anticompetitive entanglements between the two companies.
Under the terms of the FTC’s proposed consent order, Beretta, a subsidiary of Upifra S.A., will be prohibited from appointing or nominating anyone to serve on Ruger’s board of directors unless that person is independent of Beretta.