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Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding Activating Civil Penalties for Made In USA Fraud
Bob Robinson, LLC
The Federal Trade Commission mailed checks totaling nearly $1.1 million to 87,256 consumers who paid for work-at-home opportunities based on the allegedly deceptive advertising practices of Bob Robinson, LLC and other related defendants. The defendants operated under various brand names, including Work At Home EDU, Work At Home Program, Work At Home Ecademy, Work At Home University, Work At Home Revenue, and Work at Home Institute.
20191094: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.; Anand Khubani
1904002 Informal Interpretation
1904005 Informal Interpretation
20191106: Berwind Holding Corp.; Harbour Group Investments VI, L.P.
20191110: Progress Software Corporation; Roger Greene
Separate Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part Concerning FTC v. Avant, LLC
Separate Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part Concerning FTC v. Avant, LLC
Joint Statement of Commissioners Noah Joshua Phillips and Christine S. Wilson Concerning U.S. v. iSpring Water Systems, LLC. et al.
Granting of Requests for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules (October 2018)
Granting of Requests for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules (September 2018)
InterBill, Ltd. and Thomas Well
Thomas Wells and his payment processing company, Priority Payout Corp. (formerly known as InterBill, Ltd), have agreed to settle FTC charges that they repeatedly violated a 2009 court order issued against them. The settlement permanently bans Wells and Priority Payout Corp, from engaging in, and assisting others with, payment processing, and includes a $1.8 million contempt judgment against them.
Fresenius Medical Care and NxStage Medical, In the Matter of
The FTC required healthcare companies Fresenius Medical Care AG & KGaA and NxStage Medical, Inc. to divest all rights and assets related to NxStage’s bloodline tubing set business to B. Braun Medical, Inc. as part of a settlement resolving charges that Fresenius’s proposed $2 billion acquisition of NxStage likely would be anticompetitive. The FTC’s complaint alleges that the proposed merger would harm competition in the U.S. market for bloodline tubing sets that are compatible with hemodialysis machines used in clinics that treat chronic renal failure. Bloodline tubing sets are single-use plastic tube sets used during hemodialysis treatments. Fresenius and NxStage are two of only three significant suppliers of bloodline tubing sets used in open architecture hemodialysis machines in the United States. Fresenius and NxStage together control 82 percent of the market for bloodlines.The settlement requires Fresenius and NxStage to divest to B. Braun all assets and rights to research, develop, manufacture, market, and sell NxStage’s bloodline tubing sets.