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April 2, 2009

Press Release

FTC Offers Red Flags Web Site To Help Creditors and Financial Institutions Design Identity Theft Prevention Programs

Date

April 2, 2009

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...

Press Release

FTC Intervenes in BASFs Proposed $5.1 Billion Acquisition of Ciba Holding Inc.

Date

April 2, 2009

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...

Case Timeline Item

BASF SE, a corporation, in the Matter of (timeline item) - April 2, 2009

Date

April 2, 2009

Agreement Containing Consent Orders (116.57 KB)

Decision and Order (263.24 KB)

Order To Maintain Assets (195.83 KB)

Complaint (116.19 KB)

Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment (167.92 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Universal Premium Services, Inc. (also known as Premier Benefits Inc.), et al. (timeline item) - April 2, 2009

Date

April 2, 2009

Brief for Plaintiff-Appellee Federal Trade Commission (176.68 KB)

April 1, 2009

Report

The Success of Divestitures in Merger Enforcement: Evidence from the J&J-Pfizer Transaction

Date

April 1, 2009

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...

The Success of Divestitures in Merger Enforcement: Evidence from the J&J-Pfizer Transaction (118.92 KB)

Report

Beyond Voice: Mapping the Mobile Marketplace: A Federal Trade Commission Staff Report

Date

April 1, 2009

Text of the Staff Report (1.53 MB)

Report

The Evolution of the Baby Food Industry 2000-2008

Date

April 1, 2009

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...

The Evolution of the Baby Food Industry 2000-2008 (72.63 KB)

Public Statement

Assessing the Quality of Competition Policy: The Case of Horizontal Merger Enforcement

Date

April 1, 2009

Assessing the Quality of Competition Policy: The Case of Horizontal Merger Enforcement (784.46 KB)

Press Release

Telemarketers Settle Charges of Misleading Consumers with Free Product Pitches

Date

April 1, 2009

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...

Press Release

Competition Acting Director David Wales to Leave FTC

Date

April 1, 2009

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...

Case Timeline Item

Direct Connection Consulting, Inc. also d/b/a Sure Touch Long Distance, and Digicom, LLC also d/b/a DigiTouch Long Distance, et al. (timeline item) - April 1, 2009

Date

April 1, 2009

Final Judgment and Order of Permanent Injunction (1.17 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC and Department of Justice Comment Before the Supreme Court of Hawaii Concerning Proposed Definition of the Practice of Law

Date

April 1, 2009

Matter Number

V080004

FTC and Department of Justice Comment Before the Supreme Court of Hawaii Concerning Proposed Definition of the Practice of Law (119.88 KB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Concerning Competitive Assessments of Partial Acquisitions

Date

April 1, 2009

Matter Number

V090008

FTC Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Concerning Competitive Assessments of Partial Acquisitions (106.92 KB)

March 31, 2009

Testimony

FTC FY2009 Appropriation Testimony

Date

March 31, 2009

For Fiscal Year 2009, the Commission was appropriated $259,200,000 through H.R. 1105-P.L. 111-8 the “Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009”, making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30...

FTC FY2009 Appropriation Testimony (101.47 KB)

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "How Pay-For-Delay Settlements Make Consumers and the Federal Government Pay More For Much Needed Drugs"

Date

March 31, 2009

J. Thomas Rosch, Former Commissioner

Testimony (306.03 KB)

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Leveraging FTC Resources To Protect Consumers of Financial Services and Promote Competition"

Date

March 31, 2009

Jon Leibowitz, Former Chairman

Testimony (101.47 KB)

Public Statement

Oral Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch on "How Pay-For-Delay Settlements Make Consumers and the Federal Government Pay More for Needed Drugs,"

Date

March 31, 2009

Oral Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch on "How Pay-For-Delay Settlements Make Consumers and the Federal Government Pay More for Needed Drugs," (53.59 KB)

Press Release

New FTC Web Site Helps Consumers Cope With Tough Economic Times

Date

March 31, 2009

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has a new Web site at ftc.gov/MoneyMatters for people dealing with debt; struggling to find a job; or trying to create a budget...

Press Release

FTC Testifies in Support of Bill Banning Pay-for-Delay Settlements Between Brand and Generic Drug Companies

Date

March 31, 2009

Testifying today on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, FTC Commissioner J...

Press Release

Bristol-Myers Squibb to Pay $2.1 Million Penalty for Failure to Disclose Agreement Involving Substantial Payments to Delay Entry of a Generic Version of the Drug Plavix

Date

March 31, 2009

Drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) will pay $2.1 million – the largest fine allowed by law – for failing to inform the Federal Trade Commission of agreements reached with Apotex, Inc...

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