Competition

The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, urging it to reverse a district court dismissal in the case of Lamictal Direct Purchaser...

Cases and Proceedings

Closing Letters

Proposed Merger of Rochester General Health System and Unity Health System

Date

April 30, 2014

Matter Number

131 0129

Closing Letter to Counsel for Rochester General Health System and Unity Health System (30.29 KB)

Press Release

FTC Requests Public Comments on Two Applications by Fidelity National Financial Inc. for Approval to Divest Oregon Title Plant Assets

Date

April 29, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on two applications by Fidelity National Financial Inc. to sell Oregon real estate title plant assets, as required by the FTC order...

Amicus Briefs

In re Lamictal Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation

Date

April 28, 2014

Citation Number

14-1243

Federal Court

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Brief of the Federal Trade Commission as amicus curiae urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reverse a district court determination that a brand-name drug manufacturer’s commitment...

140428lamictalbrief.pdf (278.35 KB)

Press Release

Terrell McSweeny Begins Term at Federal Trade Commission

Date

April 28, 2014

Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez welcomed Terrell McSweeny as she began her official duties today as an FTC Commissioner. President Obama named McSweeny to a term that ends on...

Press Release

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

Date

April 28, 2014

The Federal 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)...

Press Release

FTC Requests Public Comments on SCI’s Application to Approve Sale of Funeral Assets in California

Date

April 28, 2014

The Federal 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...

Press Release

International Competition Network Adopts Recommended Practices for Predatory Pricing Analysis and Advances Convergence on Confidentiality Protections

Date

April 25, 2014

The International Competition Network (ICN) adopted new recommended practices for predatory pricing analysis and competition assessment, and approved new work product on international merger...

Press Release

FTC Announces New Location of the Agency’s Premerger Notification Office

Date

April 25, 2014

The Federal 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...

HSR Informal Interpretations

1403012 Informal Interpretation

Date

April 24, 2014

Rule

801.10, 802.30

I agree that this would not be an assumed liability ___________________________ Unless the acquisition of the additional 50% of the LLC from B is uncertain to occur, the acquisition would be of 100%...

Original Image File (270.01 KB)

Amicus Briefs

Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics

Date

April 24, 2014

Citation Number

14-8003

Federal Court

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Brief of the United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit addressing the proper application of the provisions of the...

Motorola Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics (168.67 KB)

Press Release

Federal Appeals Court Upholds FTC Order Finding Ohio Hospital Acquisition Was Anticompetitive

Date

April 22, 2014

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a Federal Trade Commission Decision and Order that found ProMedica Health System’s acquisition of rival St. Luke’s Hospital was anticompetitive...

Press Release

FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez to Participate in International Competition Network Conference in Marrakech, Morocco

Date

April 21, 2014

Federal 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...

Press Release

FTC Staff Submits Comments to Chicago City Council on Proposed Regulation of Transportation Network Providers

Date

April 21, 2014

Federal 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...

Cases and Proceedings

Petitions to Quash

Ziegler Supersystems, Inc.

Date

April 21, 2014

Matter Number

131 0206

Commission Order Denying Petition To Limit or Quash Civil Investigative Demand (April 21, 2014) (68.13 KB)

Petition to Limit or Quash the Federal Trade Commission's February 11, 2014, Civil Investigative Demand (1.61 MB)

HSR Informal Interpretations

1403010 Informal Interpretation

Date

April 20, 2014

Rule

801.2

This is still our position. We get all of the information we need on the JVs and it seems burdensome to subject the other 50% holder to filing when nothing is actually being acquired from that holder.

Original Image File (123.7 KB)

Press Release

Statement of FTC Bureau of Competition Director Deborah Feinstein On Jostens’ Decision to Drop its Proposed Acquisition of American Achievement Corp.

Date

April 17, 2014

Following today’s announcement by Jostens, Inc. (“Jostens”) that it will drop plans to acquire Acquisition of American Achievement Corp. (“AAC”), the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau...

Press Release

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

Date

April 17, 2014

The Federal 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...

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