Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it is issuing a second Federal Register notice on proposed compulsory process orders to marketers of electronic cigarettes to provide information...

Press Release

FTC Files Joint Amicus Brief with U.S. Department of Justice in Supreme Court Cases Involving Visa and MasterCard

Date

October 28, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission has joined the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division in an amicus brief filed by the Solicitor General in the cases of Visa Inc., et al. v. Osborn and Visa Inc...

Press Release

Investment Firm Founder Fayez Sarofim to Pay $720,000 to Settle FTC Charges For Violation of U.S. Premerger Notification Requirements

Date

October 28, 2016

Investment firm founder Fayez Sarofim has agreed to pay $720,000 in civil penalties to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that he violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act by failing to report...

Press Release

FTC Action Halts Telemarketing Scheme That Pitched Money-Making Opportunities and Grants

Date

October 28, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission has charged three individuals and five companies they control with bilking money from seniors, veterans, and debt-laden consumers by selling them a worthless money-making...

Federal Register Notice

16 CFR Part 305: Energy Labeling Rule; Final Rule; Correction

Date

October 28, 2016

Case Timeline Item

United States (For the Federal Trade Commission) v. Fayez Sarofim (timeline item) - October 28, 2016

Date

October 28, 2016

Complaint For Civil Penalties For Failure to Comply With the Premerger Reporting and Waiting Requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (2.06 MB)

Stipulation (566.08 KB)

[Proposed] Final Judgment (26.97 KB)

Competitive Impact Statement (68.07 KB)

United States’ Explanation of Consent Decree Procedures (33.36 KB)

Case Timeline Item

1-800 Contacts, Inc, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 28, 2016

Date

October 28, 2016

Administrative Law Judge's Order on Respondent’s Motion for Issuance of a Subpoena Under Rule 3.36 (2.38 MB)

Case Timeline Item

Max Results Marketing/Blue Saguaro Marketing (timeline item) - October 28, 2016

Date

October 28, 2016

Complaint for Permanent Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief [Seal Lifted] (201.92 KB)

Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze, Appointment of Temporary Receiver, Limited Expedited Discovery, and Other Equitable Relief [Seal Lifted] (4.8 MB)

Order Extending Temporary Restraining Order Until November 8, 2016 (48.94 KB)

Amicus Briefs

In the Supreme Court of the United States: Visa Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Sam Osborn, et al., and Visa Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Mary Stoumbos, et al., On Writ of Certiorari To the United States Court of Appeals For the District of Columbia Circuit

Date

October 28, 2016

Citation Number

15-961 and 15-962

Federal Court

Supreme Court of the United States

Brief For the United States (Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission) As Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents, Arguing That Respondents' United States District Court Complaints Adequately...

Text of the Amicus Brief (323.57 KB)

October 27, 2016

Public Statement

China’s Fair Competition Review: Insights from the U.S. Experience

Date

October 27, 2016

Speech by Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen - China’s Fair Competition Review: Insights from the U.S. Experience (150.86 KB)

Press Release

FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez Statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s Approval of New Broadband Consumer Privacy Rules

Date

October 27, 2016

Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has issued the enclosed statement following the approval of new broadband consumer privacy rules by the Federal Communications Commission today: “I am...

Oct27

Event

Cmr. McSweeny a panelist at the Women’s Diversity Event sponsored by the ABA Antitrust Section’s Civil Practice and Procedure

October 27, 2016 | 6:00PM

Commissioner McSweeny will speak on a panel at the Women’s Diversity Event sponsored by the ABA Antitrust Section’s Civil Practice and Procedure, White & Case, at 701 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20005...

Oct27

Event

Cmr. Ohlhausen speech at a panel on the Application of Competition Rules in the Internet Industry

October 27, 2016 | 1:30PM

Commissioner Ohlhausen will attend the 2016 China Competition Policy Annual Forum and she will be speaking at a panel on the Application of Competition Rules in the Internet Industry, Beijing, China...

Case Timeline Item

Caledonia Investments plc (timeline item) - October 27, 2016

Date

October 27, 2016

Motion and Memorandum of the United States in Support of Entry of Final Judgment (34.73 KB)

Certificate of Compliance with Provisions of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act (23.66 KB)

October 26, 2016

Public Statement

Opening Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at FTC FinTech Series

Date

October 26, 2016

Opening Remarks of Commissioner Terrell McSweeny at FinTech Series (27.13 KB)

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