Tag: Nonmerger

Joint Comment of the FTC Staff and DOJ Antitrust Division Staff to the California State Assembly Concerning California Assembly Bill 1541

Date

March 19, 2020

Matter Number

V200008

Comment by FTC and DOJ staff in response to invitation from California Assembly Member Jim Wood concerning the likely competitive effects of A.B.1541, a proposal to further restrict contracting...

Text of the Staff Comment (206.85 KB)

Federal Register Notice

Rent-to-Own Store Swaps; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment

Date

February 26, 2020

Statement of Chairman Joseph Simons and Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips Concerning the Rent-to-Own Swaps Matter

Date

February 21, 2020

Joseph J. Simons, Former Chairman;

Noah Joshua Phillips, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

191 0074

Statement of Chairman Joseph Simons and Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips Concerning the Rent-to-Own Swaps Matter (42.78 KB)

Rent-to-Own Operators Settle Charges that They Restrained Competition through Reciprocal Purchase Agreements

Date

February 21, 2020

Rent-to-own operators Aaron’s Inc., Buddy’s Newco, LLC, and Rent-A-Center, Inc. have agreed to settle FTC charges that they negotiated and executed reciprocal purchase agreements in violation of...

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra, In the Matter of Rent-to-Own Market Allocation Scheme

Date

February 21, 2020

Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

191 0074

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra, In the Matter of Rent-to-Own Market Allocation Scheme (135.54 KB)

Federal Trade Commission's Statement of Public Interest

Date

December 11, 2019

Matter Number

P859910

The Federal Trade Commission filed a statement of public interest in connection with the International Trade Commission's investigation of certain memory modules and the components thereof, ITC...

Federal Trade Commission's Statement of Public Interest (8.73 MB)

Report

2019 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration

Date

November 25, 2019

Text of the Report (196.33 KB)

Qualcomm Inc.

The FTC filed a complaint in federal district court charging Qualcomm Inc. with using anticompetitive tactics to maintain its monopoly in the supply of a key semiconductor device used in cell phones and other consumer products.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

November 25, 2019

FTC Matter/File Number

141 0199

FTC Staff Comment to the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners Regarding Proposed Rule Changes to 21 N.C. Admin. Code 16W

Date

November 19, 2019

Matter Number

V200003

Text of the Staff Comment (178.29 KB)

Comment of the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission to Massachusetts Rep. Paul J. Donato regarding HB1869 and SB1329

Date

November 13, 2019

Matter Number

V2000002

Text of the FTC Staff Comment (10.91 MB)

Dental Products Distributors Benco Dental Supply Company, Patterson Companies, Inc. Decline to Appeal ALJ Decision, Making that Decision Final

Date

November 8, 2019

After Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell held in his Initial Decision that two of three respondents named in a Federal Trade Commission complaint violated U.S. antitrust laws, those...

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Your Therapy Source, Neeraj Jindal and Sheri Yarbray

Date

October 31, 2019

Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Your Therapy Source, Neeraj Jindal and Sheri Yarbray (79.34 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of Your Therapy Source, Neeraj Jindal and Sheri Yarbray

Date

October 31, 2019

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Former Commissioner

Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter In the Matter of Your Therapy Source, LLC, Neeraj Jindal and Sheri Yarbray (41.21 KB)

Statement of Federal Trade Commission In the Matter of Your Therapy Source, Neeraj Jindal and Sheri Yarbray

Date

October 31, 2019

Joseph J. Simons, Former Chairman;

Noah Joshua Phillips, Former Commissioner;

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Former Commissioner

Statement of the Federal Trade Commission In the Matter of Your Therapy Source, LLC, Neeraj Jindal and Sheri Yarbray (42.16 KB)

FTC Approves Final Order Prohibiting Conduct by Therapist Staffing Company and Two Owners Accused of Colluding with Competitors on Compensation

Date

October 31, 2019

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that a Texas company providing therapist staffing services to home health agencies, its...

Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Reckitt Benckiser Group, plc

Date

July 11, 2019

Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

131 0036

Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Reckitt Benckiser Group, plc (66.7 KB)

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc to Pay $50 Million to Consumers, Settling FTC Charges that the Company Illegally Maintained a Monopoly over the Opioid Addiction Treatment Suboxone

Date

July 11, 2019

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc has agreed to pay $50 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the antitrust laws through a deceptive scheme to thwart lower-priced generic...

Public Statement

Competing for Companies: How M&A Drives Competition and Consumer Welfare

Date

May 31, 2019

Competing for Companies: How M&A Drives Competition and Consumer Welfare (289.15 KB)

Public Statement

Antitrust in the Digital Economy: A Snapshot of FTC Issues

Date

May 22, 2019

Antitrust in the Digital Economy: A Snapshot of FTC Issues (104.06 KB)