Commission Actions

The director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection notified Facebook and WhatsApp about their obligations to protect the privacy of their users in light of Facebook’s...

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Ardagh Group SA Settles FTC Litigation Charging That Acquisition of Rival Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. Would be Anticompetitive

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10 de Abr de 2014

Ardagh Group SA has agreed to sell six of its nine glass container manufacturing plants in the United States to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its $1.7 billion proposed acquisition of...

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FTC, DOJ Issue Antitrust Policy Statement on Sharing Cybersecurity Information

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10 de Abr de 2014

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice today issued a policy statement on the sharing of cyber-security information that makes clear that properly designed cyber threat information...

Case Timeline Item

ECM BioFilms, Inc., also d/b/a Enviroplastics International, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 10, 2014

Date

10 de Abr de 2014

Second Revised Scheduling Order (551.72 KB)

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LabMD, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 10, 2014

Date

10 de Abr de 2014

Administrative Law Judge's Order on Respondent's Motion to Compel a Proper Privilege Log (363.19 KB)

Joint Motion to Extend Deadline for Expert Depositions (712.71 KB)

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Ardagh Group S.A., Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 10, 2014

Date

10 de Abr de 2014

Agreement Containing Consent Orders (1.83 MB)

Decision and Order [Redacted Public Version] (93.15 KB)

Order To Hold Separate and Maintain Assets [Redacted Public Version] (70.63 KB)

Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment (40.3 KB)

Statement of the Commission

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Wright

9 de Abr de 2014

Public Statement

The Economics of Resale Price Maintenance & Implications for Competition Law and Policy, Remarks before the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London

Date

9 de Abr de 2014

The Economics of Resale Price Maintenance & Implications for Competition Law and Policy, Remarks before the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London (1.11 MB)

Public Statement

Promoting Innovation Through Consumer Protections and Competition Enforcement

Date

9 de Abr de 2014

Promoting Innovation Through Consumer Protections and Competition Enforcement (117.59 KB)

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Two Data Brokers Settle FTC Charges That They Sold Consumer Data Without Complying With Protections Required Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

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9 de Abr de 2014

Two data brokers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by providing reports about consumers to users such as prospective...

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FTC Warns Small Businesses: Don't Open Email Falsely Claiming to be From FTC

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9 de Abr de 2014

The Federal Trade Commission is warning small businesses that an email with a subject line “Pending consumer complaint” is not from the FTC. The email falsely states that a complaint has been filed...

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FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Flashlight App Creator

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9 de Abr de 2014

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges against Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, and its owner, Erik Geidl. According to the FTC’s...

Federal Register Notice