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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Date
Citation Number
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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Date
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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Date
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)
Date
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)
Date
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
(1013.34 KB)
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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Date
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.
Date
Citation Number
03-3331
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In this amicus brief, filed at the invitation of the court, the FTC argues that, although the Fair Credit Reporting Act permits a business to obtain a consumer report if it provides the consumer with...
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Cole v. U.S. Capital, Inc. et al.
(142.41 KB)
Date
Citation Number
04-1186
The Commission argues that the district court erred by dismissing Teva's complaint against Pfizer in this Hatch-Waxman Act case. Teva sought a declaratory judgment that its generic version of...
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Date
Citation Number
CV 97-837 (NG)(CLP)
Federal Court
Eastern District of New York
Amicus brief objecting to a proposed settlement that called for consumers to be compensated with coupons for $100 off their next new mortgage or refinancing within the next two years in a case...
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Notice of Intent to Appear
(8.4 KB)
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Statement of Commissioner Harbour
(13.08 KB)
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Statement of Commissioner Thompson
(6.95 KB)
Date
Citation Number
03-35848
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Commission argued that the district court erred in holding that an insurance company cannot take “adverse action” against a consumer, as that term is defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, in...
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Willes v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co
(146.64 KB)
Date
Citation Number
03-724
Federal Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Joint brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae, supporting petitioner Hoffmann-La Roche, and arguing that, under the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act...
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Date
Citation Number
03-35695
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Commission argued that the district court erred in holding that an insurance company does not take “adverse action” against a consumer, as that term is defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act...
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Date
Citation Number
03-5245
Federal Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In this amicus brief, the FTC argues that a district court erred in holding that, because a private association of secondary schools had been deemed a state actor for constitutional purposes, it was...
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Date
Citation Number
5:03-CV-021
Federal Court
Southern District of Texas
Amicus brief, requested by the Court, addressing whether a private party has standing as a third party beneficiary to enforce a consent decree between the Federal Trade Commission and the defendant...
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Pruitt v. Kaufman and Broad Home Corp. et al.
(136.88 KB)
Date
Citation Number
2003-2, No. S03U1451
Joint amicus brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, urging the Georgia Supreme Court to reject a ruling by the Georgia State Bar Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of...
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On Review of UPL Advisory Opinion
(61.94 KB)
Date
Citation Number
CV-96-423
Amicus brief addressing proposed class action settlement, advising the court of the Commission's views on the difficulty of assessing the value of class relief based on coupons, and the need to...
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Haese v. H & R Block, Inc.,
(70.58 KB)
Date
Citation Number
02-649
Federal Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Joint amicus brief of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission, urging the Court to deny the petition for certiorari. The brief explains that, although the court of appeals applied the wrong...
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