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20191982: Global Diversified Infrastructure (North America) LP; SteelRiver Infrastructure Fund North America LP
1909002 Informal Interpretation
Comment of the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection: In the Matter of Proposed Rule with Request for Public Comment, Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F)
Comment Submission of Commissioner Chopra to Department of Justice Initiative on Labor Market Competition
Commissioner Slaughter Comment on the CFPB’s Proposed Rule Regarding Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F)
Comment Submission of Commissioner Rohit Chopra on CFPB Proposed Debt Collection Rule
20191973: Platinum Equity Capital Partners IV, L.P.; Harvest Partners V, L.P.
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: “Oversight of the Federal Antitrust Laws,” Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Granting of Requests for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules (August 2019)
20191957: AEA Investors Fund VII LP; The BMS Enterprises, Inc.
Joint Statement of Commissioners Rohit Chopra and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in the Matter of DTE Energy/Generation Pipeline
Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson in the Matter of DTE Energy Co., Enbridge Inc., and NEXUS Gas Transmission LLC
BA Sports Nutrition, LLC (BODYARMOR sports drink)
Quaker Chemical Corporation and Global Houghton Ltd., In the Matter of
Chemical companies Quaker Chemical Corp and Houghton International Inc. have agreed to divest assets to a subsidiary of French multinational corporation Total S.A., to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Quaker’s proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of Houghton would violate federal antitrust law. According to the complaint, the proposed acquisition would harm competition in the North American market for aluminum hot rolling oil and associated technical support services; and in the North American market for steel cold rolling oils, and associated technical support services. Steel cold rolling oils include sheet cold rolling oil, pickle oil, and tin plate rolling oil. Under the proposed settlement agreement, Quaker must divest Houghton’s North American aluminum hot rolling oil and steel cold rolling oil product lines and related assets to Total. On Sept. 12, 2019, the FTC announced that it has approved a final order in this matter.
1909004 Informal Interpretation
D. Blaine Leeds and SmileDirectClub, LLC v. Jackson, et al.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request (HSR Rules)
Google LLC and YouTube, LLC
Google LLC and its subsidiary YouTube, LLC agreed to pay a $170 million civil penalty to the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General to settle allegations that the YouTube video sharing service illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA).