Commission Actions

FTC Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips will participate in a roundtable on illicit streaming devices. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 17th Street and State Place, NW, Room 474, Washington, DC

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Tronox/Cristal USA, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 14, 2018

Date

14 de mayo de 2018

Notice of Appearance Filed by Counsel for a Third Party Akzo Nobel Inc. (178.86 KB)

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Benco/Schein/Patterson, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 14, 2018

Date

14 de mayo de 2018

Notice of Appearance Filed by Counsel for a Third Party Georgia Dental Association, Inc. (171.79 KB)

11 de mayo de 2018

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Tronox/Cristal USA, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 11, 2018

Date

11 de mayo de 2018

Complaint Counsel’s Opposition To Respondents’ Motion To Stay and Temporarily Withdraw This Matter From Adjudication (108.71 KB)

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Impax Laboratories, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 11, 2018

Date

11 de mayo de 2018

Initial Decision by Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell [Redacted Public Version] (1.53 MB)

Amicus Briefs

Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al. v. Capital One Financial Corp. et al.

Date

11 de mayo de 2018

Citation Number

18-1367

Federal Court

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

This amicus brief, filed jointly with the Department of Justice, addresses the scope of the Noerr-Pennington doctrine and argues that the doctrine does not exempt from antitrust scrutiny the unlawful...

Brief for the United States of America as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party (254.77 KB)

10 de mayo de 2018

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FTC Settlement Will Ban Fraudulent Marketers from Invention Promotion Business

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10 de mayo de 2018

Scott Cooper and his companies, World Patent Marketing Inc. and Desa Industries Inc., have agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that bans them from the invention promotion business...

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World Patent Marketing (timeline item) - May 10, 2018

Date

10 de mayo de 2018

[Proposed] Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment (344.13 KB)

Notice of Lodging Proposed Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment (34.33 KB)

9 de mayo de 2018

Cases and Proceedings

Closing Letters

Superwinch, LLC

Date

9 de mayo de 2018

Matter Number

P074204

Closing letter to Scott Salmon, Vice President of Consumer Business, Superwinch, LLC (74.02 KB)

8 de mayo de 2018

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FTC Obtains Preliminary Injunction Against Mortgage Relief Operation That Deceived Homeowners

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8 de mayo de 2018

The Federal Trade Commission has charged a mortgage relief operation with deceiving distressed homeowners by falsely promising to make their mortgages more affordable and prevent foreclosure. A...

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FTC Chairman Simons Names Senior Staff

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8 de mayo de 2018

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons has named seven senior staff members with extensive experience in consumer protection and antitrust law. “I am very pleased to have a strong leadership...

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Tronox/Cristal USA, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 8, 2018

Date

8 de mayo de 2018

Notice of Appearance Filed by Counsel for a Third Party Mississippi Polymers, Inc. (171.71 KB)

Non-party Iluka Resources Incorporated’s Motion for In Camera Treatment (1.29 MB)

Respondents’ Certification Regarding Motion to Stay and Temporarily Withdraw this Matter from Adjudication (96.14 KB)

Non-Party Venator Materials PLC's Motion for In Camera Treatment (517.36 KB)

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Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, et al. (timeline item) - May 8, 2018

Date

8 de mayo de 2018

Federal Trade Commission’s Memorandum Supporting Its Motion for Preliminary Injunction (437.71 KB)

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Capital Home Advocacy Center (timeline item) - May 8, 2018

Date

8 de mayo de 2018

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and other Equitable Relief (1.12 MB)

Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order With Asset Freeze, Appointment of Temporary Receiver, Limited Expedited Discovery, and Order to Show Cause Why Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue [Seal Lifted] (175.21 KB)

(In Chambers) Order (1) Extending TRO as to Individual Defendants Christine Rodriguez, Sergio Rodriguez, and Jaime Aburto; and (2) Entering a Preliminary Injunction Against the Corporate Defendants and Marcus Fierro (103.59 KB)

Preliminary Injunction With Asset Freeze, Appointment of Receiver, Limited Expedited Discovery, and Other Equitable Relief as to Defendants American Home Servicing Center, LLC, Capital Home Advocacy Center, National Advocacy Center, LLC, and Marcus Fierro (235.94 KB)

Amicus Briefs

Apple Inc. v. Robert Pepper, et al.

Date

8 de mayo de 2018

Citation Number

17-204

Federal Court

Supreme Court of the United States

Brief of the United States (Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission), to reverse the court of appeals decision. This amicus brief argues that the appellate court misapplied the rule...

Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae (341.78 KB)