Public Statement
Joint Vertical Merger Guidelines (Draft Released for Public Comment)
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Matter Number
P810034
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Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson Concerning the Publication of FTC-DOJ Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines for Public Comment
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By
Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
P810034
FTC and DOJ Announce Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines for Public Comment
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division seek public comment on draft 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines. The draft guidelines, open to comment for 30 days...
Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding the Request for Comment on Vertical Merger Guidelines
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By
Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner
Matter Number
P810034
FTC Challenges Consummated Merger of Companies that Market Body-Worn Camera Systems to Large Metropolitan Police Departments
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint challenging Axon Enterprise, Inc.’s consummated acquisition of its body-worn camera systems competitor VieVu, LLC. Before the...
Statement of Gail Levine, Deputy Director of FTC Bureau of Competition, Regarding the Announcement that Illumina Inc. has Abandoned Its Proposed Acquisition of Pacific Biosciences of California
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Following today’s announcement that the parties are abandoning their proposed merger, Gail Levine, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition, made this statement: “This deal threatened to let a...
FTC Alleges Post Holdings, Inc.’s Proposed Acquisition of TreeHouse Foods, Inc.’s Private Label Ready-to-Eat Cereal Business Will Harm Competition
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Today the Federal Trade Commission filed an administrative complaint challenging Post Holdings, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of TreeHouse Foods, Inc.’s private label ready-to-eat cereal business. Post...
FTC Chairman Simons Announces Senior Appointments in Bureau of Competition
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons has made two appointments to the Bureau of Competition’s senior leadership team. Simons announced that, with the approval of the Federal Trade...
Third Point LLC
Investment advisor Third Point LLC and three funds that it controls have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the funds violated the premerger notification and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, or HSR Act, after they acquired the voting securities of DowDuPont Inc. According to the complaint, on Aug. 31, 2017, the shares of Dow Inc. held by the three Third Point funds – Third Point Partners Qualified L.P., Third Point Ultra, Ltd., and Third Point Offshore Fund Ltd. – converted to shares of the newly formed DowDuPont Inc. following the merger of Dow Inc. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The three funds have agreed to collectively pay $609,810 in civil penalties, and they, together with Third Point LLC, will be barred from committing future violations of the HSR Act in connection with corporate consolidations.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
181 0087
FTC Challenges Illumina’s Proposed Acquisition of PacBio
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The Federal Trade Commission has authorized an action to block Illumina Inc.’s proposed $1.2 billion acquisition of Pacific Biosciences of California (PacBio). The Commission alleges in an...
FTC Again Named One of the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government
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The FTC ranked second overall out of 25 mid-sized agencies surveyed by the non-profit, non-partisan Partnership for Public Service, maintaining its position among the top-rated places to work in the...
Federal Trade Commission Closes Investigation of Roche Holding AG’s Proposed Acquisition of Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation into Roche Holding AG’s proposed acquisition of Spark Therapeutics, Inc. According to a Commission Statement, after an exhaustive, 10-month...
Deputy Bureau of Competition Director Marian Bruno Retiring
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons today announced that Marian Bruno, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition, is stepping down and will retire at the end of the year. “Marian has...
FTC Approves Final Order Imposing Conditions on NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC’s Acquisition of Generation Pipeline LLC
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC’s acquisition of Generation Pipeline LLC would likely harm...
Federal Trade Commission's Statement of Public Interest
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Matter Number
P859910
The Federal Trade Commission filed a statement of public interest in connection with the International Trade Commission's investigation of certain memory modules and the components thereof, ITC...
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FTC Comment to Texas Medical Board on Its Proposed Rule 193.13 to Add Supervision Requirements for Texas-Certified Nurse Anesthetists
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Matter Number
V200009
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Text of the Staff Comment
(18.18 MB)
FTC Comment to Texas Medical Board Raises Competitive Concerns about Proposed Rule Imposing Additional Supervisory Requirements on Texas-Certified Nurse Anesthetists
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The Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted a comment to the Texas Medical Board raising concerns that the board’s Proposed Rule § 193.13 could harm competition by impeding access to surgical and...
FTC Issues Annual Report on Ethanol Market Concentration for 2019
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2019 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directs the Commission to perform an annual review of market concentration in the...
FTC’s Maribeth Petrizzi Earns Presidential Rank Award
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The Federal Trade Commission announced that Maribeth Petrizzi, Assistant Director for Compliance in the Bureau of Competition and a former Section Chief at the Department of Justice Antitrust Division...
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