When a court considers a case whose outcome may affect consumers or competition, the FTC may file a “friend of the court” brief to provide information that can help the court make its decision in a way that protects consumers or promotes competition. To find a specific FTC brief, use the filters on this page.
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Citation Number
05-5754-cv
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae, addressing the proper application of the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act where a foreign plaintiff's...
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Citation Number
05-381
Federal Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae, urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari in this case, in which the court of appeals held that the standard for...
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Citation Number
05-5017
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In this amicus brief supporting consumers a case under Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), the The Commission argues that the district court erred in holding that a mortgage insurance company was not...
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Whitfield v. Radian Guaranty, Inc
(1.07 MB)
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Citation Number
CGC-04-434884
In this amicus brief opposing a proposed settlement of a class action by Netflix customers, the Commission raises two concerns. First, because the settlement involves limited-time free service or...
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Chavez v. Netflix, Inc.
(1.05 MB)
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Citation Number
03-7641
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
An amicus brief in support of plaintiffs-appellants’ petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc. The case concerns a decision by a divided panel of the appeals court upholding the dismissal...
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In re Tamoxifen Citrate Antitrust Litigation
(133.21 KB)
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Citation Number
04-805
Federal Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae, urging the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling of the court of appeals, which had held that an agreement between two...
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Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher
(173.86 KB)
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Citation Number
04-1329
Federal Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Joint brief of the United States, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Patent and Trademark Office, as amici curiae, urging the Court to reverse the ruling of the court of appeals, which was based on...
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Date
Citation Number
04-805
Federal Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae, urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari in this case, in which the court of appeals held that an agreement...
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Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher
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Citation Number
04-905
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae, urging the Supreme Court to reverse the judgment of the court of appeals, which upheld a verdict of unlawful price...
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Citation Number
01-7115
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae, addressing the proper application of the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act. This brief, which was filed after...
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Date
Citation Number
04-1186
In this amicus brief in support of Teva’s combined petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc, the Commission argues that the court erred in affirming the district court’s dismissal of Teva’s...
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03-1269, 1286
Amicus Brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission addressing the proper methodology for construing the claims of a patent. This brief was filed in response to an order of the Court of...
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Edward H. Phillips v. AWH Corporation
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Citation Number
01-7115
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae, addressing the proper application of the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act. This brief is in response to an...
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Citation Number
04-35394
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
FTC amicus brief arguing that the district court erred in its interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it held that an insurance company cannot take “adverse action” against a consumer, as...
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Ashby v. Farmers Group, Inc
(146.03 KB)
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Citation Number
04-16334
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Joint amicus brief of the Federal Trade Commission, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors...
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American Bankers Ass’n v. Lockyer
(1.26 MB)
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Citation Number
04-35313
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Commission argued that the district court erred in its interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it held that an insurance company cannot take “adverse action” against a consumer, as...
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Spano v. SAFECO Insurance Co
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Date
Citation Number
04-0817
Brief of the FTC as amicus curiae, in private action regarding whether non-lawyers who participate in the workers’ compensation process before the Industrial Commission of Ohio are engaged in the...
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Cleveland Bar Ass’n v. Compmanagement, Inc
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Date
Citation Number
03-779
Federal Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, urging the Court to deny a writ of certiorari in this case, regarding private patent litigation and the legal standards applicable to...
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Andrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Kroger Co
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Citation Number
04-5387
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission urging reversal of district court order dismissing private antitrust action on grounds of the state action doctrine.
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