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Competition Matters

Un-consummated merger

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Today, five years post-consummation, the Commission approved Polypore International, Inc.’s application to sell Microporous, a competitor it purchased in 2008. Polypore was ordered to divest the...
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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...
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. Aylin Skroejer (Acting), Kelse Moen, and Taylor Hoogendoorn are Deputy...
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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...

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...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sections 3012 and 4001

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Competition
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Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119, codified in relevant part at 42 U.S.C. § 280j note and 42 U.S.C. § 300u-10
This Act to reform health care provides for the FTC to participate in the Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality and the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, both...