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Benco/Schein/Patterson, In the Matter of
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission issued an administrative complaint alleging that Benco, Henry Schein and Patterson, the nation's three largest dental supply companies, violated U.S. antitrust laws by conspiring to refuse to provide discounts to or otherwise serve buying groups representing dental practitioners. These buying groups sought lower prices for dental supplies and equipment on behalf of solo and small-group dental practices seeking to gain discounts by aggregating and leveraging the collective purchasing power and bargaining skills of the individual practices. The complaint also alleges an FTC Act Section 5 violation against Benco for inviting a fourth competing distributor to join the conspiracy.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
151 0190
Docket Number
9379
Case Status
Closed
Rent-A-Center, Inc., In the Matter of
Rent-to-own operators Aaron’s Inc., Buddy’s Newco, LLC, and Rent-A-Center, Inc. agreed to settle FTC charges that they negotiated and executed reciprocal purchase agreements in violation of federal antitrust law. The complaints allege that from June 2015 to May 2018, Aaron’s, Buddy’s, and Rent-A-Center each entered into anticompetitive reciprocal agreements with each other and other competitors. The three proposed consent agreements prohibited the rent-to-own companies and their franchisees from entering into any reciprocal purchase agreement or inviting others to do so, and from enforcing the non-compete clauses still in effect from the past reciprocal purchase agreements. After a public comment period, the Commission announced the final consent agreements.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
191 0074
Case Status
Pending
Aaron's Inc., In the Matter of
Rent-to-own operators Aaron’s Inc., Buddy’s Newco, LLC, and Rent-A-Center, Inc. agreed to settle FTC charges that they negotiated and executed reciprocal purchase agreements in violation of federal antitrust law. The complaints allege that from June 2015 to May 2018, Aaron’s, Buddy’s, and Rent-A-Center each entered into anticompetitive reciprocal agreements with each other and other competitors. The three proposed consent agreements prohibited the rent-to-own companies and their franchisees from entering into any reciprocal purchase agreement or inviting others to do so, and from enforcing the non-compete clauses still in effect from the past reciprocal purchase agreements. After a public comment period, the Commission announced the final consent agreements.
Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
191 0074
Case Status
Pending
Joint FTC and DOJ Letter Raises Concerns about California Assembly Bill 1541, which would Impose New Restrictions on Beer Manufacturers Who Wish to Terminate Distribution Agreement with Wholesalers
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The staff of Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, and Bureau of Competition, together with the staff of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, have...
Joint Comment of the FTC Staff and DOJ Antitrust Division Staff to the California State Assembly Concerning California Assembly Bill 1541
Date
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...
File
Text of the Staff Comment
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Register Notice
Rent-to-Own Store Swaps; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
Date
Comment of the Staff of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission to Massachusetts Rep. Paul J. Donato regarding HB1869 and SB1329
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Matter Number
V2000002
File
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
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After Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell held in his Initial Decision that two of three respondents named in a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission complaint violated U.S. antitrust laws, those...
FTC Charges Surescripts with Illegal Monopolization of E-Prescription Markets
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission sued the health information company Surescripts, alleging that the company employed illegal vertical and horizontal restraints in order to maintain its monopolies over two...
FTC Commissioners Find that 1-800 Contacts Unlawfully Harmed Competition in Online Search Advertising Auctions, Restricting the Availability of Truthful Advertising to Consumers
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has held that 1-800 Contacts, the nation’s largest online retailer of contact lenses, unlawfully entered into a web of anticompetitive agreements with rival online contact...
FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Grifols S.A. to Divest Assets as Condition of Acquiring Biotest US Corporation
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Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved a final order that settles charges that Grifols S.A.’s acquisition of Biotest US Corporation is anticompetitive and...
FTC Requires Grifols S.A. to Divest Assets as Condition of Acquiring Biotest US Corporation
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will require Spain-based global healthcare company Grifols S.A. to divest blood plasma collection centers in three U.S. cities, among other conditions, as part of a...
Â鶹´«Ã½ Register Notice
1-800 Contacts, Inc. Oral Argument Before the Commission; Oral Argument; Open Meeting Â鶹´«Ã½ Register Notice
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Administrative Law Judge Upholds FTC’s Complaint that 1-800 Contacts Unlawfully Harmed Competition in Online Search Advertising Auctions, Restricting the Availability of Truthful Advertising to Consumers
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In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell upheld a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission complaint against 1-800 Contacts, ruling that the agency has proved that...
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