http://www.ftc.gov/rss/text/prbc.xml Speeches, news, and information from the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. The FTC’s Bureau of Competition seeks to prevent business practices that restrain competition. http://www.ftc.gov/images/seal01c.gif en-us Federal Government Tuesday, 22 July 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Tuesday, 22 July 2008 16:00:00 +0000 First Public Meeting Scheduled for July 29-30, 2008, in Washington, DC http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/07/ftcat100.shtm Wednesday, 17 July 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Consent Order Requires Pernod to Stop Distributing Stolichnaya Vodka, Implement Firewall Preventing it from Getting Information on Four Competing Beam Global Brands http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/07/pernod.shtm Monday, 14 July 2008 11:00:00 +0000 What are the antitrust laws and how do they promote and protect competition? Find the answers in a new online resource from the Federal Trade Commission, the FTC Guide to the Antitrust Laws. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/07/bcwebfyi.shtm Thursday, 10 July 2008 15:00:00 +0000 Flow Required to Provide Competitors with Royalty-Free License to OMAX Patents http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/07/flowomax.shtm Monday, 30 June 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Companies Required to Sell Carlyle's Sodium Silicate Plant in Utica, Illinois http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/06/ineos.shtm Tuesday, 24 June 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Commission approval of final consent order - Following a public comment period, the FTC has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning the Missouri Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, as well as a letter responding to the commenter of record. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/06/msbefdfyi.shtm Friday, 20 June 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Commission approval of joint amicus brief filing – The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the matter of Altria v. Good et al., No. 07-562 (U.S. S. Ct.). http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/06/amicusfyi.shtm Thursday, 19 June 2008 11:30:00 +0000 No Substitute for the Agency's Own Sustained Efforts to Get Things Right http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/06/ftc100.shtm Thursday, 19 June 2008 11:00:00 +0000 The Federal Trade Commission has approved a staff comment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on a proposed congestion management rule for LaGuardia Airport. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/06/laguardiafyi.shtm Tuesday, 17 June 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Commission approval of order dismissing administrative complaint – The Commission has approved an order dismissing its administrative complaint against Inova Health System Foundation (Inova) and Prince William Health System, Inc. (PWHS) without prejudice, as the respondents publicly announced their mutual decision to terminate the proposed acquisition agreement. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/06/inovafyi.shtm Friday, 13 June 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Commission extension of public rebuttal comment period: The Commission has approved the extension of the public rebuttal comment period related to the Revised Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (RNPR) in connection with the Business Opportunity Rule. Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of Agrium, Inc. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/06/agriumfyi.shtm Tuesday, 3 June 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Commission approval of filing of staff comments - The Commission has approved the filing of comments by the staff of the Office of Policy Planning and the Bureaus of Economics, Competition, and Consumer Protection with State Representative Elaine Nekritz, of the Illinois House of Representatives, regarding Illinois House Bill 5372 (HB 5372) and the proposed regulation of retail health care facilities (retail clinics) within the state. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/06/hb5372.shtm Friday, 23 May 2008 13:30:00 +0000 Today the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has decided not to join an amicus brief filed by the Department of Justice urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari in linkLine Comm'n v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co., 503 F.3d 876 (9th Cir. 2007). http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/linkline.shtm Thursday, 21 May 2008 12:45:00 +0000 Nearly Half Involved Payment to Generic Firms, Restricted Generics' Ability to Enter the Market http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/drug.shtm Friday, 16 May 2008 17:00:00 +0000 In a unanimous opinion issued on May 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a 2005 Federal Trade Commission decision that found certain activities of North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP) violated Section 5 of the FTC Act. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/ntsp.shtm Wednesday, 14 May 2008 15:00:00 +0000 Federal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic and Commissioner Jon Leibowitz today testified before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Committee on Appropriations on the FTC's behalf, requesting $256.2 million and 1,102 full-time equivalents (FTE) to accomplish the agency's competition and consumer protection missions in fiscal year (FY) 2009. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/fy09.shtm Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:45:00 +0000 FTC and State Seek Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/inovapi.shtm Friday, 9 May 2008 17:00:00 +0000 The Federal Trade Commission has designated Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch as the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in the administrative trial on the merits challenging the proposed acquisition by Inova Health System Foundation of Prince William Health System, Inc. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/inovafyi.shtm Friday, 9 May 2008 13:00:00 +0000 Transaction Would Reduce Competition and Result in Higher Health Care Prices in Northern Virginia http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/inova.shtm Thursday, 8 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Commission filing of comment with FERC - The Commission has approved the filing of a comment with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) concerning standards of conduct for transmission providers. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/fercfyi.shtm Tuesday, 6 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Defendants Were First to be Charged with Transmitting False Caller ID to Consumers http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/scorpio.shtm Monday, 5 May 2008 09:00:00 +0000 The Federal Trade Commission today issued a complaint charging that Agrium, Inc.'s (Agrium) proposed $2.65 billion acquisition of UAP Holding Corporation (UAP) would be anticompetitive and in violation of federal antitrust laws. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/agrium.shtm Thursday, 17 April 2008 11:00:00 +0000 The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have submitted a joint letter to the Supreme Court of South Carolina regarding proposed guidelines related to the practice of law involving real estate transactions. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/scletter.shtm Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:30:00 +0000 Federal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic Promotes Antitrust Convergence at Kyoto Conference http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/icnkyoto.shtm Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:15:00 +0000 Commission approval of final consent order - Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning the Connecticut Chiropractic Association (CCA), the Connecticut Chiropractic Council (CCC), and Robert L. Hirtle (CCA's legal counsel). http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/ccafyi.shtm Friday, 14 March 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Commission approval of final consent order: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter of Multiple Listing Service, Inc., as well as a response to the commenter of record. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/03/mls.shtm Monday, 10 March 2008 15:00:00 +0000 The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on April 24, 2008, to examine recent trends related to health care delivery. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/03/hcd.shtm Wednesday, 5 March 2008 10:00:00 +0000 Chiropractors Must Modify Behavior to Protect Competition http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/03/chiro.shtm Wednesday, 13 February 2008 16:15:00 +0000 Complaint Charges Company Paid Four Generic Drug Makers in Order to Protect Monopoly Profits on its Leading Product http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/02/ceph.shtm Tuesday, 12 February 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Extension of public comment period: Following the FTC's "Ehavioral Advertising" Town Hall on December 22, 2007, Commission staff released a set of proposed online behavioral advertising principles. Commission approval of final consent orders: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Milliman, Inc., as well a letter to the commenter of record. Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved the issuance of a final consent order in the matter concerning Ingenix, Inc., as well a letter to the commenter of record. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/02/fyi08003.shtm Friday, 8 February 2008 11:00:00 +0000 Event Will be in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2008 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/02/ueama.shtm Tuesday, 5 February 2008 11:00:00 +0000 One-Day Event Scheduled for February 12, 2008, in Washington, DC http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/02/uea.shtm