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Apr16

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Health Care Information and Competition conference

April 16, 2004 | 12:00AM

This quasi-academic conference, organized by Stanford health economist Dan Kessler, brought together academics and health policy makers to examine the production of and use of health care market...

Apr15

Event

Ideas into Action: Implementing Reform of the Patent System

April 15, 2004 | 12:00AM - April 16, 2004 | 12:00AM

The FTC, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology co-sponsored a conference to address patent reform and how it might be implemented. The event brought...

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FTC Staff: New York Direct Shipment of Wine Bills Would Promote E-commerce and Consumer Welfare

Date

March 30, 2004

In response to requests from three New York state legislators, the staffs of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Northeast Regional Office, and Bureaus of Competition, Consumer...

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FTC: E-commerce Increases Choice and Convenience for Contact Lens Wearers

Date

March 29, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report concluding that e-commerce offers consumers greater choices and more convenience in the contact lens market. This staff report is part of a...

Press Release

FTC Staff: Kansas Bill Is Likely to Deter Gasoline Price Cuts

Date

March 16, 2004

In response to a request from Kansas State Senator Les Donovan, the staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics filed comments...

Press Release

FTC Staff Concludes that Alabama Motor Fuels Marketing Act Restricts Competition

Date

January 29, 2004

The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics have sent a letter to Alabama House of Representatives Speaker Pro Tempore, Demetrius C. Newton...

Press Release

FTC Staff: Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act Likely Raises Gas Prices

Date

October 16, 2003

In comments provided on October 15 at the request of Wisconsin State Rep. Shirley Krug, the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics stated...

Press Release

Revised New York Gasoline Bill Could Still Harm Consumers, Says FTC Staff

Date

July 28, 2003

In comments provided last Friday at the request of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning and Bureau of Competition stated that...

Press Release

FTC Staff Sends North Carolina Comments On Bill Regarding Below-cost Sale of Motor Fuels

Date

May 21, 2003

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, and Bureau of Competition yesterday filed comments with North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper and State...

Feb26

Event

Health Care and Competition Law and Policy Hearings

February 26, 2003 | 1:30PM - October 1, 2003 | 12:30PM

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice will commence public hearings in Washington, D.C. on February 26, 2003 on the implications of competition law and policy for health care...

Press Release

Gasoline Price Controls Would Likely Harm Hawaii's Consumers

Date

January 28, 2003

Policies other than gasoline price controls provide the best options for reducing retail gasoline prices and preventing gasoline shortages in Hawaii, according to Jerry Ellig, Deputy Director of the...

Oct08

Event

Possible Anticompetitive Efforts to Restrict Competition on the Internet

October 8, 2002 | 12:00AM - October 10, 2002 | 12:00AM

The FTC hosted a public workshop to explore how certain state regulations and private business practices may be having significantly anticompetitive effects on e-commerce. Some private estimates...

Press Release

Agenda for Public Workshop on Anticompetitive Efforts to Restrict Competition on the Internet

Date

October 7, 2002

What: A public workshop to explore possible anticompetitive efforts to restrict competition on the Internet. While much of this regulation and conduct undoubtedly has pro-competitive and pro-consumer...

Sep09

Event

Workshop on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy

September 9, 2002 | 12:00AM - September 10, 2002 | 12:00AM

The FTC held a public workshop on the implications of competition law and policy for health care financing and delivery. The workshop considered the impact of competition law and policy on the cost...

Press Release

Proposed New York Gasoline Legislation Could Harm Consumers, Says FTC Staff

Date

August 14, 2002

In comments provided last week at the request of New York Governor George Pataki, staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition and Office of Policy Planning noted that two pieces of...

Press Release

FTC Staff Sends Virginia House of Delegates Comments on Bill Regarding Below-Cost Sales of Motor Fuels

Date

February 18, 2002

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning and Bureau of Competition today filed comments with the Commonwealth of Virginia's House of Delegates, at its request, regarding...

Feb02

Event

Competition and IP Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy Hearings

February 2, 2002 | 2:00PM - November 6, 2002 | 4:00PM

A series of FTC and DOJ hearings.

May07

Event

Emerging Issues for Competition Policy in the World of E-Commerce

May 7, 2001 | 12:00AM - May 8, 2001 | 12:00AM

The FTC held a public workshop to examine selected issues of competition policy that arise in connection with business-to-business ("B2B") and business-to-consumer (B2C) electronic marketplaces.

Jun29

Event

Workshop on Competition Policy in the World of B2B Electronic Marketplaces

June 29, 2000 | 12:00AM - June 30, 2000 | 12:00AM

The FTC held a public workshop to examine issues of competition policy that arise in connection with business-to-business ("B2B") electronic marketplaces.

May31

Event

Workshop on Slotting Allowances and Other Grocery Marketing Practices

May 31, 2000 | 12:00AM - June 1, 2000 | 12:00AM

Slotting allowances are the lump-sum, up-front payments that manufacturers of food items often pay in order to get new products on supermarket shelves. The goals of the workshop were to provide a...

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