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Open for Comment
How do I file a comment? Matters Open for Comment Below is a listing of matters for which the Commission is currently accepting public comments. Matters are listed in chronological order by comment...
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Competition Matters
Location and value of patents
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Each year, the Premerger Notification Office answers thousands of letters, phone calls, and emails regarding the Hart-Scott-Rodino rules, giving informal advice on the potential reportability of...
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Pharmaceutical Agreement Filings
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 requires that brand-name drug manufacturers and generic drug applicants file certain agreements with the FTC and the...
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Competition Enforcement Database
To find more on these FTC cases, use the improved Search function with new drop-down menus and keyword searching. Merger Enforcement Actions FISCAL Year Part 2 Consents Federal Injunctions Part 3...
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Inside the Bureau of Competition
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Daniel Guarnera is the Director of the Bureau of Competition. David Shaw is Principal Deputy Director. Tara Isa Koslov, Kelse Moen, and Taylor Hoogendoorn are Deputy Directors...
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Bureau of Competition Organization Chart
This page contains a printable organizational chart for the Bureau of Competition.
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Competition Advisory Opinions
The FTC provides guidance in the form of advisory opinions concerning proposed conduct. The process starts with a request for advice from the party proposing the conduct. Many competition advisory...
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Negotiating Merger Remedies
This content is also available as a pdf. Statement of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition on Negotiating Merger Remedies The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition has...
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Webb-Pomerene Act Filings
About the Webb-Pomerene Act Associations seeking to file reports under the Webb-Pomerene Act may submit them at ElectronicFilings@ftc.gov. 2024 American Date Industry Export Trade Association American...
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American Cotton Exporters Association
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Energy Policy and Conservation Act (1975)
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Competition
Consumer Protection
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Pub. L. No. 94-163, 89 Stat. 871, codified in relevant part at 42 U.S.C. §§ 6272-6273, 6294
This Act (a) directs the Commission and the Justice Department to participate in developing, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on voluntary agreements and plans established by oil companies to...
Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
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Competition
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Pub. L. No. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803, codified in relevant part at 49 U.S.C. §10706
Section 102(a) of this Act, authorizing rail carrier rate agreements exempt from the antitrust laws, requires the Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Department of Justice, to file with...
Packers and Stockyards Act
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Competition
Consumer Protection
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Aug. 15, 1921, ch.64, 42 Stat. 159, codified in relevant part at 7 U.S.C. §§ 181-229, in particular, § 227
Section 406 of this Act (7 U.S.C. § 227) provides the Commission with jurisdiction over transactions in poultry products and margarine; and over retail sales of meat, meat food products, and livestock...
Deep Seabed Hard Minerals Act
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Competition
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Pub. L. No. 96-283, 94 Stat. 553, codified in relevant part at 30 U.S.C. § 1413
Under Section 103(d) of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce must provide the Attorney General and the Federal Trade...
Lanham Trade-Mark Act
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Competition
Consumer Protection
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Pub. L. 87–772, 76 Stat. 769; codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. § 1064
Section 14 of this Act authorizes the Commission, under certain conditions, to apply to the Patent and Trademark Office for the cancellation of registered trademarks.
Defense Production Act of 1950
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Competition
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Pub. L. No. 81–774, 123 Stat. 2006, codified in relevant part at 50 U.S.C. § 4558
Section 708 of the Act requires the Commission and the Department of Justice to participate in developing, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on voluntary agreements among industry members...
Muhammed Ali Boxing Reform Act
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Competition
Consumer Protection
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15 U.S.C. §§ 6301-6313
This Act, amending the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, specifies that a sanctioning organization may not receive any compensation from a boxing match unless it files its bylaws and a complete...
Energy Policy Act of 2005
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Competition
Consumer Protection
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Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594, codified in relevant part primarily at 42 U.S.C. §§ 6294, 7545, 16471
Under this Act, the Commission is required to: (a) issue regulations for energy efficiency labeling of a number of household appliances and plumbing fixtures, if specified conditions are met (Section...
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
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Competition
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Pub. L. No. 109-435, 120 Stat. 3198, codified in relevant part at 39 U.S.C. § 409
Section 404 of this Act (39 U.S.C. § 409), among other things, makes the United States Postal Service subject to FTC enforcement under the FTC Act with respect to unfair methods of competition.
U.S. SAFE WEB Act
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Competition
Consumer Protection
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Pub. L. No. 109-455, 120 Stat. 3372, extended by Pub. L. No. 116-173, 134 Stat. 837, codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 41 et seq.
This Act, amending the FTC Act, provides the FTC with a number of tools to improve enforcement regarding consumer protection matters, particularly those with an international dimension, including...
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