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April 6, 2009
April 3, 2009
FTC Staff Comment Says New York Bill to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers May Increase Pharmaceutical Prices for New York Consumers; Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Dow Chemical Company and Rohm & Haas Company
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FTC Staff Comment Says New York Bill to Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers May Increase Pharmaceutical Prices for New York Consumers – Federal Trade Commission staff filed a comment stating that...
FTC Halts Bogus Cancer Cures
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The Federal Trade Commission has brought to a halt two peddlers of bogus cancer cures that were targeted during Operation False Cures, a law enforcement sweep announced last fall. The FTC charged the...
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Dow Chemical Company, The (timeline item) - April 3, 2009
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Decision and Order
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Public Exhibits 1-5
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Order To Hold Separate and Maintain Assets
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Complaint
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Mary T. Spohn, individually and d/b/a Herbs for Cancer, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 3, 2009
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Notice
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Native Essence Herb Company; Mark J. Hershiser, individually, d/b/a Native Essence Herb Company, and as an officer of the corporation; and Marianne Hershiser, individually, d/b/a Native Essence, In the Matter of (timeline item) - April 3, 2009
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Agreement Containing Consent Order
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Part 3 Administrative Complaint
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Exhibits A - C
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April 2, 2009
Public Statement
Consumer Protection and the Debt Settlement Industry: A View From the Commission
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FTC Offers Red Flags Web Site To Help Creditors and Financial Institutions Design Identity Theft Prevention Programs
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The Federal Trade Commission has launched a Web site to help entities covered by the Red Flags Rule design and implement identity theft prevention programs. The Rule requires “creditors” and...
FTC Intervenes in BASFs Proposed $5.1 Billion Acquisition of Ciba Holding Inc.
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BASF has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed $5.1 billion acquisition of rival chemical manufacturer Ciba Holding Inc. would be anticompetitive and violate federal law by...
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Universal Premium Services, Inc. (also known as Premier Benefits Inc.), et al. (timeline item) - April 2, 2009
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BASF SE, a corporation, in the Matter of (timeline item) - April 2, 2009
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Agreement Containing Consent Orders
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Decision and Order
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Order To Maintain Assets
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Complaint
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April 1, 2009
Report
The Evolution of the Baby Food Industry 2000-2008
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Eight years have elapsed since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prevented the merger of the formerly number two and number three baby food manufacturers in the U.S. Since the abandoned merger, the...
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Beyond Voice: Mapping the Mobile Marketplace: A Federal Trade Commission Staff Report
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Text of the Staff Report
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The Success of Divestitures in Merger Enforcement: Evidence from the J&J-Pfizer Transaction
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Despite being a widely used tool in merger enforcement, there have been few studies of whether antitrust divestitures are successful. We help fill this void by conducting a study of the divestitures...
Telemarketers Settle Charges of Misleading Consumers with Free Product Pitches
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A group of sellers and telemarketers charged in 2008’s “Operation Tele-PHONEY” interagency law enforcement sweep have agreed to post a $5 million performance bond before calling consumers and have...
Competition Acting Director David Wales to Leave FTC
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced today that David P. Wales, Acting Director of the Bureau of Competition for the past nine months, will leave the FTC in May. “Dave has done a...
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