When a court considers a case whose outcome may affect consumers or competition, the FTC may file a “friend of the court” brief to provide information that can help the court make its decision in a way that protects consumers or promotes competition. To find a specific FTC brief, use the filters on this page.
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Date
Citation Number
15-3559, 15-3591, 15-3681, 15-3682
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission arguing that the district court committed multiple legal errors that should be corrected on appeal. The district court erroneously concluded that a reverse...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(266.47 KB)
Date
Citation Number
15-2005, 15-2006, 15-2007
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission arguing that the district court committed legal error by conflating two distinct analyses under antitrust law: the existence of an antitrust violation, which...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(267.26 KB)
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Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stating that the district court erred in dismissing a class action complaint alleging that a collection bureau hired...
Date
Citation Number
15-1184, 15-1185, 15-1186, 15-1187, 15-1274, 15-1323, 15-1342
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission urging the Third Circuit to reject the district court’s holding that an alleged reverse-payment settlement agreement between a brand-name drug company and a...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(131.82 KB)
Date
Citation Number
15-3001
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission urging the Seventh Circuit to reverse the district court’s holding that the mere sale of large-sized packages to one merchant but not another could violate...
Date
Citation Number
15-2236
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission urging the Third Circuit to reverse the district court’s summary judgment ruling, which held (1) that a brand-name drug manufacturer lacked monopoly power and (2)...
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Date
Citation Number
14-14200
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission before the Eleventh Circuit seeking rehearing en banc of a panel ruling that an entity who acquires and collects on defaulted debts does not qualify as a “debt...
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Keith Davidson v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.
(148.96 KB)
Date
Citation Number
15-1056
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission in support of Appellee. This case involves the application of a provision of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(124.95 KB)
Date
Citation Number
14-2071 and 15-1250 (Consolidated)
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission As Amicus Curiae In Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit addressing the applicability of the rule of reason...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(384.91 KB)
Date
Citation Number
14-8003
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Brief of the United States Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Department of State, and Department of Commerce before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit addressing the...
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Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics Corp.
(163.57 KB)
Date
Citation Number
14-15672
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Brief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressing the proper application of Section 809 of the Fair Debt...
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Hernandez v. Williams, Zinman & Parham, P.C.
(114.9 KB)
Date
Citation Number
14-8003
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Supplemental brief of the United States Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Department of State, and Department of Commerce before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit...
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Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics Corp.
(120.23 KB)
Date
Citation Number
2:14-CV-2094-ES-MAH
Federal Court
District of New Jersey
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey addressing the proper application of antitrust principles to a pharmaceutical company’s refusal to...
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Date
Citation Number
14-1243
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission as amicus curiae urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reverse a district court determination that a brand-name drug manufacturer’s commitment...
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140428lamictalbrief.pdf
(278.35 KB)
Date
Citation Number
14-8003
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Brief of the United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit addressing the proper application of the provisions of the...
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Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics
(168.67 KB)
Date
Citation Number
13-16819
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Brief of the Federal Trade Commission urging the Ninth Circuit to reject the district court’s suggestion that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) preempts state law privacy...
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Jo Batman v. Facebook, Inc.
(75.07 KB)
Date
Citation Number
13-2523
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Amicus brief of the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau supporting reversal and providing the agencies’ combined knowledge and expertise on the Fair Debt Collection...
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Esther Buchanan v. Northland Group Inc.
(167.84 KB)
Date
Citation Number
13-2742
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Brief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission as amici curiae before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, addressing the question of whether...
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Sykes v. Mel S. Harris and Associates LLC
(304.14 KB)
Date
Citation Number
13-2280
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Brief of the United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressing the proper application of the provisions of the Foreign...
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Date
Citation Number
12-57246
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Brief of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission as amici curiae before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, addressing the question of how long, under...
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Moran v. The Screening Pros LLC
(163.06 KB)
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