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Granting of Requests for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules (April 2020)
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FTC Seeks Public Comment as Part of its Review of the Prohibition of Energy Market Manipulation Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on whether to make changes to its Prohibition of Energy Market Manipulation Rule, as part of the agency’s systematic review of all current FTC...
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16 CFR Part 317: Energy Market Manipulation Rule; Request for Public Comment
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2005005 Informal Interpretation
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801.11
Size of person is met because the facts you have shared demonstrate the financials are not consolidated at the UPE level, and the ordinary course balance sheets of the controlled portfolio entities...
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2005001 Informal Interpretation
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803.11, 803.12
The PNO created HSRHelp@ftc.gov to assist filing parties with their substantive questions regarding the HSR rules and to help them determine whether or not a filing is required. This is also the email...
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AbbVie Inc. and Allergan plc; Analysis of Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
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FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges that Rent-to-Own Operators Restrained Competition through Reciprocal Purchase Agreements
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges that rent-to-own operators Aaron’s Inc., Buddy’s Newco, LLC, and Rent-A-Center, Inc...
Rent-A-Center, Inc., In the Matter of
Rent-to-own operators Aaron’s Inc., Buddy’s Newco, LLC, and Rent-A-Center, Inc. agreed to settle FTC charges that they negotiated and executed reciprocal purchase agreements in violation of federal antitrust law. The complaints allege that from June 2015 to May 2018, Aaron’s, Buddy’s, and Rent-A-Center each entered into anticompetitive reciprocal agreements with each other and other competitors. The three proposed consent agreements prohibited the rent-to-own companies and their franchisees from entering into any reciprocal purchase agreement or inviting others to do so, and from enforcing the non-compete clauses still in effect from the past reciprocal purchase agreements. After a public comment period, the Commission announced the final consent agreements.
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Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
191 0074
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Pending
Buddy's Newco, LLC, In the Matter of
Rent-to-own operators Aaron’s Inc., Buddy’s Newco, LLC, and Rent-A-Center, Inc. agreed to settle FTC charges that they negotiated and executed reciprocal purchase agreements in violation of federal antitrust law. The complaints allege that from June 2015 to May 2018, Aaron’s, Buddy’s, and Rent-A-Center each entered into anticompetitive reciprocal agreements with each other and other competitors. The three proposed consent agreements prohibited the rent-to-own companies and their franchisees from entering into any reciprocal purchase agreement or inviting others to do so, and from enforcing the non-compete clauses still in effect from the past reciprocal purchase agreements. After a public comment period, the Commission announced the final consent agreements.
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Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
191 0074
Case Status
Pending
Aaron's Inc., In the Matter of
Rent-to-own operators Aaron’s Inc., Buddy’s Newco, LLC, and Rent-A-Center, Inc. agreed to settle FTC charges that they negotiated and executed reciprocal purchase agreements in violation of federal antitrust law. The complaints allege that from June 2015 to May 2018, Aaron’s, Buddy’s, and Rent-A-Center each entered into anticompetitive reciprocal agreements with each other and other competitors. The three proposed consent agreements prohibited the rent-to-own companies and their franchisees from entering into any reciprocal purchase agreement or inviting others to do so, and from enforcing the non-compete clauses still in effect from the past reciprocal purchase agreements. After a public comment period, the Commission announced the final consent agreements.
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Administrative
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191 0074
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Pending
2005002 Informal Interpretation
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802.63
We agree that 802.63 is not available under these facts.
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2005004 Informal Interpretation
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801.1
It appears that Trust has the final say since it has the right to approve and/or veto any director elected by a majority of Corporation A’s Board of Directors, so we cannot agree that Trust does not...
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Statement of Chairman Joseph J. Simons, Commissioner Noah J. Phillips and Commissioner Christine S. Wilson Concerning the Proposed Acquisition of Allergan plc by AbbVie Inc.
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Joseph J. Simons, Former Chairman;
Noah Joshua Phillips, Former Commissioner;
Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner
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191 0169
FTC Imposes Conditions on AbbVie Inc.’s Acquisition of Allergan plc
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Pharmaceutical companies AbbVie Inc. and Allergan plc have agreed to divest assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that AbbVie’s proposed $63 billion acquisition of Allergan would violate...
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of AbbVie Inc. and Allergan plc
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Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
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191 0169
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Regarding the Proposed Acquisition of Allergan plc by AbbVie Inc.
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Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Former Commissioner
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191 0169
Evonik/PeroxyChem, In the Matter of
The Federal Trade Commission authorized an action to block Evonik Industries AG’s proposed $625 million acquisition of PeroxyChem Holding Company, alleging the merger of the chemical companies would substantially reduce competition in the Pacific Northwest and the Southern and Central United States for the production and sale of hydrogen peroxide, a commodity chemical used for oxidation, disinfection, and bleaching.
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Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
191 0029
Docket Number
9384
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Closed
FTC Chairman Releases 2019 Annual Highlights
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joe Simons released a summary of the agency’s 2019 Annual Highlights today, calling attention to the Commission’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers and promote a...
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Axon Enterprise, Inc. and Safariland, LLC; Analysis of Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
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