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Tri Star Energy and Hollingsworth Oil, In the Matter of
Tri Star Energy, LLC, Hollingsworth Oil Company, Inc., C & H Properties, and Ronald L. Hollingsworth, which operate fuel outlets and convenience stores, agreed to settle FTC charges that Tri Star’s acquisition of retail outlets and related interests of Hollingsworth would violate antitrust law. The complaint alleges that the proposed acquisition would harm competition for both retail gasoline sales and retail diesel fuel sales in the two local markets of Whites Creek, Tennessee and Greenbrier, Tennessee. Under the proposed consent agreement, Tri Star would be required to divest to Cox Oil Company, Inc. retail fuel assets in Whites Creek and Greenbrier within 10 days after Tri Star completes the acquisition. On August 14, 2020, the Commission announced it had approved the final consent order in this matter.
2008006 Informal Interpretation
20201306: Thoma Bravo Discover Fund II, L.P.; Majesco Limited
20201309: KKR Energy Income and Growth Fund I L.P.; Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc.
20201310: Spectacle BidCo LP; TPG VII CDS Holdings, L.P.
20201311: Stanley C. Middleman; Joseph C. Lewis
20201313: Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; BSI Platform Holdings, LLC
20201314: KPS Special Situations Fund V, LP; Ronald O. Perelman
20201315: Atlas Capital Resources III LP; Exide Holdings, Inc.
20201316: Thoma Bravo Explore Fund, L.P.; Frederick J. Ode
AWS, LLC, et al. (FBA Stores)
The marketer of a scheme to make money on Amazon, and his companies, are banned from marketing and selling business opportunities and business coaching services under a settlement with the FTC. The settlement order against Jeffrey A. Gomez (aka Jeffrey Adams), Adams Consulting LLC, and Global Marketing Services L.L.C. also requires them to surrender funds and assets for consumer redress. In August 2020, the FTC returned more than $9.1 million to consumers defrauded through the scheme.