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Staples/Office Depot, In the Matter of
The FTC issued an administrative complaint and authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to enjoin the transaction pending the results of the administrative proceeding, charging that Staples, Inc.’s proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot, Inc. would significantly reduce competition nationwide in the market for “consumable” office supplies sold to large business customers for their own use. The complaint alleges that, in competing for contracts, both Staples and Office Depot can provide the low prices, nationwide distribution and combination of services and features that many large business customers require. The complaint further alleges that, by eliminating the competition between Staples and Office Depot, the transaction would lead to higher prices and reduced quality, and that entry or expansion into the market – by other office supplies vendors, manufacturers, wholesalers, or online retailers – would not be timely, likely, or sufficient to counteract the anticompetitive effects of the merger. On May 19, 2016, Staples and Office Depot abandoned their proposed merger after the district court granted the Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction. FTC dismissed the case from administrative trial process.
American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
16 CFR Part 436: Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising; Revised Monetary Thresholds for Three Exemptions from the Franchise Rule
Response to Requester (previously-processed 2015-01046)
20161111: Investindustrial V, L.P.; Reichhold Cayman LP
1605005 Informal Interpretation
FTC Staff/DOJ Joint Comment to Puerto Rico Legislature Regarding SB 991, Which Would Expand the Scope of Practice For Optometrists and Allow Them To Use and Prescribe Medications To Diagnose and Treat Diseases of the Eye
20161035: Mr. Tianqiao Chen and Ms. Chrissy Qian Qian Luo; Sotheby's
20161053: The Hearst Family Trust; Complex Media, Inc.
20161125: LANXESS AG; The Chemours Company
Letter From Alexis Gilman, Asst. Director, Mergers IV Division, Bureau of Competition, To Cynthia Dellinger, Esq., Asst. General Counsel, West Virginia Health Care Authority, And To Douglas Davis, Esq., Asst. Attorney General, State of West Virginia
20161048: Allergan plc; Sosei Group Corporation
20161028: JANA Offshore Partners, Ltd.; Team Health Holdings, Inc.
20161029: JANA Nirvana Offshore Fund, Ltd.; Team Health Holdings, Inc.
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Examining the Proposed FCC Privacy Rules," Presented by Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen
20161065: Ford Motor Company; EMC Corporation
General Workings Inc., also doing business as Vulcun, In the Matter of
1605004 Informal Interpretation
Staples/Office Depot
The FTC issued an administrative complaint and authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to enjoin the transaction pending the results of the administrative proceeding, charging that Staples, Inc.’s proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot, Inc. would significantly reduce competition nationwide in the market for “consumable” office supplies sold to large business customers for their own use. The complaint alleges that, in competing for contracts, both Staples and Office Depot can provide the low prices, nationwide distribution and combination of services and features that many large business customers require. The complaint further alleges that, by eliminating the competition between Staples and Office Depot, the transaction would lead to higher prices and reduced quality, and that entry or expansion into the market – by other office supplies vendors, manufacturers, wholesalers, or online retailers – would not be timely, likely, or sufficient to counteract the anticompetitive effects of the merger. On May 19, 2016, Staples and Office Depot abandoned their proposed merger after the district court granted the Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction. FTC dismissed the case from administrative trial process.