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Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
20100603: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.; Golden Gate Capital Investment Fund II, L.P.
E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co. v. Kolon Industries, Inc.
1004007 Informal Interpretation
20100628: Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P.; AmRest Holdings SE
FTC Comment Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Concerning Demand Response Compensation in Organized Wholesale Energy Markets (Docket No. RM10-17-000)
20100625: Banijay Holding S.A.S.; Jonathan B. Murray
20100619: Rush Enterprises, Inc.; Edward S. Pace
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Entitled "An Examination of Children's Privacy: New Technology and The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act"
20100606: AIG Credit Facility Trust; Prudential plc
Transitions Optical, Inc.
The Commission charged that Transitions Optical, Inc., the nation’s leading manufacturer of photochromic treatments that darken corrective lenses used in eyeglasses, used anticompetitive practices to maintain its monopoly and increase prices. Photochromic treatments are applied to eyeglass lenses and treated lenses darken when exposed to UV light. The FTC charges that the company illegally maintained its monopoly by engaging in exclusive dealing at nearly every level of the photochromic lens distribution chain. The FTC alleged that Transitions’ exclusionary tactics locked out rivals from approximately 85 percent of the lens caster market, and partially or completely locked out rivals from up to 40 percent or more of the retailer and wholesale lab market. Under FTC consent order, Transitions agreed to stop all exclusive dealing practices that pose a threat to competition, making it easier for competitors to enter.