Commission Actions

A California company that provides voice-over-Internet “voice broadcasting” services has agreed to stop transmitting illegal robocalls to consumers to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it...

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FTC Issues Annual Financial Acts Enforcement Letter to CFPB

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14 de mayo de 2013

The Federal Trade Commission has issued its annual letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on FTC enforcement and related activities regarding the Truth in Lending Act (TILA)...

Federal Register Notice

Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

Date

14 de mayo de 2013

Case Timeline Item

E.M.A. Nationwide, also d/b/a EMA and Expense Management America, et al. (timeline item) - May 14, 2013

Date

14 de mayo de 2013

Stipulated Final Order for Permanent Injunction and Settlement of Claims between Plaintiff and Defendant Phillip Kwon (224.97 KB)

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Skyy Consulting, Inc. (timeline item) - May 14, 2013

Date

14 de mayo de 2013

Complaint for Civil Penalties, Permanent Injunction, and Other Relief (3.6 MB)

Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Civil Penalty Judgment (3.34 MB)

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen (13.82 KB)

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Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc., Phoebe North, Inc., HCA Inc., Palmyra Park Hospital, Inc., and Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 14, 2013

Date

14 de mayo de 2013

Administrative Law Judge’s Order Granting Respondents’ Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to Respond to Motion of St. Francis Hospital to Quash or Limit Subpoena [PDF- 2 pages] (61.16 KB)

Respondents’ Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to File a Response to St. Francis Hospital’s Motion to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum[PDF-7 pages] (188.68 KB)

Respondent Palmyra Park Hospital, Inc.’s Responses and Objections to Complaint Counsel’s First Request for Admissions [Redacted Public Version] [PDF – 19 pages] (2.77 MB)

13 de mayo de 2013

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McWane, Inc., and Star Pipe Products, Ltd., In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 13, 2013

Date

13 de mayo de 2013

Complaint Counsels Notice of Appeal (124.33 KB)

Respondent McWane, Inc.s Notice of Appeal (214.76 KB)

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Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc., Phoebe North, Inc., HCA Inc., Palmyra Park Hospital, Inc., and Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 13, 2013

Date

13 de mayo de 2013

Mayo Clinic Health System-WayCross' s MotionTo Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum (163.68 KB)

Jackson Hospital’s Motion to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum (1009.61 KB)

Complaint Counsel’s Motion to Compel Phoebe Putney to Produce Documents Requested by Complaint Counsel’s First Request for the Production of Documents (278.41 KB)

Notice of Appearance by David B. Hamilton, Womble Carlyle, on behalf of Archbold Medical Center, Brooks County Hospital, Cook Medical Center, Fannin Regional Hospital, Flowers Hospital and Grady General Hospital (119.11 KB)

10 de mayo de 2013

Staff Letters

Cases and Proceedings

Resolution of Referrals from BBB National Programs

Summit Metal Products, Inc. (Rain Deck)

Date

10 de mayo de 2013

Mary K. Engle, Associate Director

Text of the Letter (121.31 KB)

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IAB Marketing Associates, LP, d/b/a IAB, et al. (timeline item) - May 10, 2013

Date

10 de mayo de 2013

Brief of the Federal Trade Commission (191.35 KB)

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Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc., Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc., Phoebe North, Inc., HCA Inc., Palmyra Park Hospital, Inc., and Hospital Authority of Albany-Dougherty County, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 10, 2013

Date

10 de mayo de 2013

Administrative Law Judge’s Order Granting Unopposed Motions of Nonparties Aetna Inc. and Coventry Health Care of Georgia to Extend Deadline to File Motion to Quash or Limit Subpoena [PDF – 2 pages] (70.51 KB)

AMGP Georgia Managed Care Company, Inc., d/b/a Amerigroup Community Care’s Motion to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum [PDF – 36 pages] (7.09 MB)

DeKalb Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a DeKalb Medical Center at North Decatur and DeKalb Medical Center at Hillandale’s Consolidated Motion to Quash and/or Limit Subpoenas Duces Tecum [PDF – 211 pages] (19.32 MB)

Northside Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Northside Hospital-Atlanta, Northside Hospital-Cherokee, and Northside Hospital-Forsyth’s Consolidated Motion to Quash and/or Limit Subpoenas Duces Tecum [PDF – 228 pages] (18.77 MB)

Notice of Appearance Filed by Counsel for Third Party Aetna Inc. [PDF – 1 page] (144.79 KB)

Notice of Appearance Filed by Counsel for Third Party Coventry Health Care of Georgia [PDF – 1 page] (39.84 KB)

Notice of Appearance Filed by Counsel for Third Party Jackson Hospital [PDF – 1 page] (146.68 KB)

Peach State Health Plan’s Motion to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum [PDF – 26 pages] (4.86 MB)

9 de mayo de 2013

Public Statement

Taking Notes: Observations on the First Five Years of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law

Date

9 de mayo de 2013

Taking Notes: Observations on the First Five Years of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law (75.96 KB)

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FTC Issues Modified Final Order Settling Charges that Western Digital's Acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Was Anticompetitive in Market for Desktop Hard Disk Drives

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9 de mayo de 2013

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved and issued a modified final Decision and Order settling charges that Western Digital Corporation’s proposed acquisition of...

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Administrative Law Judge Dismisses Illegal Price-Setting Charges Against McWane, But Finds That It Illegally Excluded Competitors

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9 de mayo de 2013

In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell dismissed charges in a Federal Trade Commission complaint that McWane Inc. -- one of the largest U.S...

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FTC Provides $1.7 Million in Refunds to Nearly 23,000 Consumers Who Lost Money in 'Free Government Grant' Scheme

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9 de mayo de 2013

An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission today began mailing refund checks totalling approximately $1.7 million to 22,764 consumers who were defrauded by a group that used websites to...

Cases and Proceedings

Petitions to Quash