Commission Actions

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...

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South Lake Tahoe Lodging Association (timeline item) - October 19, 1998

Date

19 de Oct de 1998

Complaint (5.11 KB)

Decision & Order (7.48 KB)

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Nortek, Inc. (timeline item) - October 19, 1998

Date

19 de Oct de 1998

Complaint (9.54 KB)

Decision & Order, and Agreement to Hold Separate (29.59 KB)

16 de Oct de 1998

Public Statement

Promoting Innovation Competition Through the Aspen/Kodak Rule

Date

16 de Oct de 1998

Two Supreme Court monopolization decisions, Aspen Skiing and Kodak, establish a legal rule: a firm with monopoly power violates Sherman Act §2 if it excludes rivals from the monopolized market by...

Public Statement

Efficiencies in Defense of Mergers: 18 Months After

Date

16 de Oct de 1998

It is now 18 months since the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission published Revised Guidelines for treatment of efficiency claims in defense of mergers. (2) My goal today is to present...

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Pitofsky Assesses Impact of Merger Guideline Revisions

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16 de Oct de 1998

Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said today that 18 months after adoption of new guidelines for treating efficiency claims in defense of mergers, dire predictions about the...

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LaFarge Settles FTC Charges

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16 de Oct de 1998

LaFarge, Corp. has agreed to restructure its agreement to purchase certain assets of Holnam, Inc., to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the purchase agreement violated federal antitrust...

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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 16, 1998

Date

16 de Oct de 1998

Order Regarding Complaint Counsel's Motion to Strike Expert Witnesses (75.16 KB)

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Lafarge, S.A., and Lafarge Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 16, 1998

Date

16 de Oct de 1998

Agreement Containing Consent Order (11.17 KB)

Complaint (10.32 KB)

Analysis to Aid Public Comment on the Proposed Consent Order (5.26 KB)

15 de Oct de 1998

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FTC and Eight Attorneys General Seek Preliminary Injunction to Require Marketer of "Do-It-Yourself" Termite Bait System to Change Its Ads

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15 de Oct de 1998

The Federal Trade Commission and eight state Attorneys General today sought a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court to require the marketer of TERMINATE, a termite bait system, to modify the...

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FTC Continues to Steer Consumers away from Deceptive Automobile Lease and Credit Ads

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15 de Oct de 1998

Chrysler Corporation, its national advertising agency, Bozell Worldwide Inc., and Martin Advertising, Inc., a regional advertising agency for General Motors’ dealerships and dealer associations, have...

Federal Register Notice