Terrell McSweeny Begins Term at Federal Trade Commission
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McSweeny, named an FTC Commissioner by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate, began her official duties on April 28.
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FTC Requests Public Comments on Ardagh Group S.A.’s Application for Approval to Sell Six Plants and Related Assets to Glass Container Acquisition LLC
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The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Ardagh Group S.A. to sell six manufacturing plants and related assets to Glass Container Acquisition LLC (GCA)...
FTC Requests Public Comments on SCI’s Application to Approve Sale of Funeral Assets in California
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The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to sell certain funeral and cemetery assets, as required under the FTC...
International Competition Network Adopts Recommended Practices for Predatory Pricing Analysis and Advances Convergence on Confidentiality Protections
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The International Competition Network (ICN) adopted new recommended practices for predatory pricing analysis and competition assessment, and approved new work product on international merger...
FTC Announces New Location of the Agency’s Premerger Notification Office
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The Federal Trade Commission has relocated its Premerger Notification Office (PNO) from the FTC headquarters building to the Constitution Center building, at the corner of 7th and D Streets S.W. in...
1403012 Informal Interpretation
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Rule
801.10, 802.30
I agree that this would not be an assumed liability ___________________________ Unless the acquisition of the additional 50% of the LLC from B is uncertain to occur, the acquisition would be of 100%...
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Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics
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Citation Number
14-8003
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Brief of the United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit addressing the proper application of the provisions of the...
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds FTC Order Finding Ohio Hospital Acquisition Was Anticompetitive
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a Federal Trade Commission Decision and Order that found ProMedica Health System’s acquisition of rival St. Luke’s Hospital was anticompetitive...
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez to Participate in International Competition Network Conference in Marrakech, Morocco
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Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will participate in the 13th annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Marrakech, Morocco, from April 23-25, 2014. At the...
FTC Staff Submits Comments to Chicago City Council on Proposed Regulation of Transportation Network Providers
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Federal Trade Commission staff submitted written comments to Alderman Brendan Reilly of the Chicago City Council, in response to a request for comments on a proposed ordinance that would provide for...
1403010 Informal Interpretation
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Rule
801.2
This is still our position. We get all of the information we need on the JVs and it seems burdensome to subject the other 50% holder to filing when nothing is actually being acquired from that holder.
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Statement of FTC Bureau of Competition Director Deborah Feinstein On Jostens’ Decision to Drop its Proposed Acquisition of American Achievement Corp.
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Following today’s announcement by Jostens, Inc. (“Jostens”) that it will drop plans to acquire Acquisition of American Achievement Corp. (“AAC”), the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Franchise Services of North America’s Application to Sell Assets Related to Simply Wheelz to Hertz and Avis Budget Group
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application submitted by Franchise Services of North America, Inc. (FSNA) to approve the sale of 22 former Advantage Rent A Car locations...
1404010 Informal Interpretation
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Rule
802.1, 15 USC 18a(c)(1) – 7A(c)(1)
The acquisition of an undivided interest in real property (i.e., the power plant) is itself treated as a real property acquisition, so it would not fit into any of the sections of 802.1. It also does...
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1404008 Informal Interpretation
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802.1. 15 USC 18a(c)(1) – 7A(c)(1)
No - I don't see any section of 802.1 that applies. If they were unproductive, they could be covered by 802.2(c). 7A(c)(1) would not apply, because we have limited the use of the statutory exemption...
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FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges That Community Health Systems, Inc.’s Acquisition of Health Management Associates Inc. was Anticompetitive in Two Local Markets
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that Community Health Systems, Inc.’s (CHS) $7.6 billion acquisition of rival health...
FTC Approves Toys “R” Us Petition to Reopen and Modify 1998 Final Commission Order
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a petition submitted by Toys “R” Us, Inc. (TRU) to reopen and modify a final Commission order issued in 1998. That order...
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Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
941 0040
Docket Number
9278
FTC Puts Conditions on Akorn Enterprises’ Proposed Purchase of Hi-Tech Pharmacal
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Akorn Enterprises, Inc. and Hi-Tech Pharmacal, Inc. will sell the rights and assets to three generic prescription eye medications and two generic topical anesthetics to Watson Laboratories, Inc., to...
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