Terrell McSweeny Begins Term at Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission
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McSweeny, named an FTC Commissioner by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate, began her official duties on April 28.
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FTC Requests Public Comments on Ardagh Group S.A.’s Application for Approval to Sell Six Plants and Related Assets to Glass Container Acquisition LLC
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Ardagh Group S.A. to sell six manufacturing plants and related assets to Glass Container Acquisition LLC (GCA)...
FTC Requests Public Comments on SCI’s Application to Approve Sale of Funeral Assets in California
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to sell certain funeral and cemetery assets, as required under the FTC...
International Competition Network Adopts Recommended Practices for Predatory Pricing Analysis and Advances Convergence on Confidentiality Protections
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The International Competition Network (ICN) adopted new recommended practices for predatory pricing analysis and competition assessment, and approved new work product on international merger...
FTC Announces New Location of the Agency’s Premerger Notification Office
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has relocated its Premerger Notification Office (PNO) from the FTC headquarters building to the Constitution Center building, at the corner of 7th and D Streets S.W. in...
FTC Mails Refund Checks to Consumers Allegedly Defrauded by Telemarketers Who Charged a Fee, Promising to Help Lower Their Credit Card Interest Rates
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An administrator working for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today began mailing refund checks to more than 4,800 consumers allegedly defrauded by National Card Monitor, LLC (National), a telemarketing...
Â鶹´«Ã½ Appeals Court Upholds FTC Order Finding Ohio Hospital Acquisition Was Anticompetitive
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Decision and Order that found ProMedica Health System’s acquisition of rival St. Luke’s Hospital was anticompetitive...
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez to Participate in International Competition Network Conference in Marrakech, Morocco
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will participate in the 13th annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Marrakech, Morocco, from April 23-25, 2014. At the...
FTC Staff Submits Comments to Chicago City Council on Proposed Regulation of Transportation Network Providers
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff submitted written comments to Alderman Brendan Reilly of the Chicago City Council, in response to a request for comments on a proposed ordinance that would provide for...
Former FTC Chairman Janet D. Steiger Named Recipient of 2014 Kirkpatrick Award
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez today named former FTC Chairman Janet Dempsey Steiger the 2014 recipient of the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award for Lifetime FTC Achievement, honoring her...
Statement of FTC Bureau of Competition Director Deborah Feinstein On Jostens’ Decision to Drop its Proposed Acquisition of American Achievement Corp.
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Following today’s announcement by Jostens, Inc. (“Jostensâ€) that it will drop plans to acquire Acquisition of American Achievement Corp. (“AACâ€), the Director of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s Bureau...
Marketer of Robocalling Services Banned from Telemarketing
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The head of an operation that enabled telemarketers to make illegal robocalls, call phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and mask Caller ID information, is permanently banned from...
FTC Invites Further Public Comment on Mobile Security
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is seeking comments from the public to further explore issues raised by last year’s FTC forum examining the state of mobile security. Panelists at the forum discussed a...
FTC Presents Criminal Liaison Unit Award to Two San Francisco-Based Assistant U.S. Attorneys for Prosecution of Defendants Behind Fraudulent Billing Scheme
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is honoring Assistant United States Attorneys Hallie Mitchell Hoffman and Kyle F. Waldinger with its Criminal Liaison Unit’s Prosecuting Attorney’s Award for their work in...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Franchise Services of North America’s Application to Sell Assets Related to Simply Wheelz to Hertz and Avis Budget Group
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application submitted by Franchise Services of North America, Inc. (FSNA) to approve the sale of 22 former Advantage Rent A Car locations...
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges That Community Health Systems, Inc.’s Acquisition of Health Management Associates Inc. was Anticompetitive in Two Local Markets
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Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved a final consent order settling charges that Community Health Systems, Inc.’s (CHS) $7.6 billion acquisition of rival health...
FTC Approves Toys “R†Us Petition to Reopen and Modify 1998 Final Commission Order
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Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved a petition submitted by Toys “R†Us, Inc. (TRU) to reopen and modify a final Commission order issued in 1998. That order...
FTC Puts Conditions on Akorn Enterprises’ Proposed Purchase of Hi-Tech Pharmacal
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Akorn Enterprises, Inc. and Hi-Tech Pharmacal, Inc. will sell the rights and assets to three generic prescription eye medications and two generic topical anesthetics to Watson Laboratories, Inc., to...
April is Financial Literacy Month
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April is Financial Literacy Month, and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has information to help you make the most of your money no matter who you are – student...
I Works Billing Scheme Defendant Agrees to Settle FTC Charges
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One of the key players in the I Works scheme that allegedly took more than $275 million from consumers via deceptive “trial†memberships for bogus government-grant and money-making schemes has agreed...
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