When a court considers a case whose outcome may affect consumers or competition, the FTC may file a “friend of the court†brief to provide information that can help the court make its decision in a way that protects consumers or promotes competition. To find a specific FTC brief, use the filters on this page.
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Citation Number
18-1994 (FLW) (TJB)
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
District of New Jersey
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission urging the District of New Jersey to reject argument that Hatch-Waxman patent infringement suits are categorically exempt from antitrust scrutiny as potential...
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Date
Citation Number
18-1367
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Circuit
This amicus brief, filed jointly with the Department of Justice, addresses the scope of the Noerr-Pennington doctrine and argues that the doctrine does not exempt from antitrust scrutiny the unlawful...
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Citation Number
17-204
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Brief of the United States (Department of Justice and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission), to reverse the court of appeals decision. This amicus brief argues that the appellate court misapplied the rule...
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Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae
(341.78 KB)
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Citation Number
17-368
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Brief of the United States (Department of Justice and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission), in support of the court of appeals decision. This amicus brief argues that a district court decision denying a...
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Date
Citation Number
17-35640
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Brief of the United States Department of Justice and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, urging the Ninth Circuit to reject application of the state action doctrine to this case because the "clear...
Date
Citation Number
16-2113
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission as amicus curiae, taking no position on the merits of the case, but explaining that the district court erroneously dismissed the complaint on Noerr-Pennington...
Date
Citation Number
15-961 and 15-962
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Brief For the United States (Department of Justice and Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission) As Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents, Arguing That Respondents' United States District Court Complaints Adequately...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(323.57 KB)
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Citation Number
15-2236
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission in support of a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc and urging the court to clarify or amend its September 28, 2016, decision in the case. The brief...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(155.28 KB)
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Citation Number
16-50017
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Brief of the United States Department of Justice and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission as amici curiae, urging the Fifth Circuit to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction or, if the Court finds...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(433.29 KB)
Date
Citation Number
16-7008
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in support of plaintiff-appellant. The brief argues that the district court erroneously concluded that the plaintiff...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(155.58 KB)
Date
Citation Number
15-1184, 15-1185, 15-1186, 15-1187, 15-1274, 15-1323, 15-1342
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supplemental Brief of Amicus Curiae Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Supporting Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Motion For Leave To File Supplemental Brief, Filed to urge the Court of Appeals to reject defendants’...
Date
Citation Number
15-3559, 15-3591, 15-3681, 15-3682
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission arguing that the district court committed multiple legal errors that should be corrected on appeal. The district court erroneously concluded that a reverse...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(266.47 KB)
Date
Citation Number
15-2005, 15-2006, 15-2007
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission arguing that the district court committed legal error by conflating two distinct analyses under antitrust law: the existence of an antitrust violation, which...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(267.26 KB)
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stating that the district court erred in dismissing a class action complaint alleging that a collection bureau hired...
Date
Citation Number
15-1184, 15-1185, 15-1186, 15-1187, 15-1274, 15-1323, 15-1342
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission urging the Third Circuit to reject the district court’s holding that an alleged reverse-payment settlement agreement between a brand-name drug company and a...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(131.82 KB)
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Citation Number
15-3001
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission urging the Seventh Circuit to reverse the district court’s holding that the mere sale of large-sized packages to one merchant but not another could violate...
Date
Citation Number
15-2236
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission urging the Third Circuit to reverse the district court’s summary judgment ruling, which held (1) that a brand-name drug manufacturer lacked monopoly power and (2)...
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Date
Citation Number
14-14200
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission before the Eleventh Circuit seeking rehearing en banc of a panel ruling that an entity who acquires and collects on defaulted debts does not qualify as a “debt...
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Keith Davidson v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.
(148.96 KB)
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Citation Number
15-1056
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission in support of Appellee. This case involves the application of a provision of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(124.95 KB)
Date
Citation Number
14-2071 and 15-1250 (Consolidated)
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Brief of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission As Amicus Curiae In Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit addressing the applicability of the rule of reason...
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Text of the Amicus Brief
(384.91 KB)
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