Commission Actions

Sessions on January 30-31 to Focus on Business/Academic Testimony The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that the latest in a series...

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States Magistrate Judge has temporarily halted the marketing practices of an operation that deceptively advertised “free software CDs” but...

To Protect Competition, Carlyle and Riverstone Must Make Their Investment in Magellan Midstream Holdings Passive and Restrict Flow of Sensitive Information The Federal Trade Commission today announced...

Analyzes Transactions Occurring in Fiscal Years 1996-2005 The Federal Trade Commission today released its most recent staff analysis of horizontal merger investigations, describing transactions that...

April 10-12 Conference in Washington, D.C., Will Explore a Range of Energy Issues The Federal Trade Commission, which enforces the federal antitrust laws and is also the federal consumer protection...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved amendments to the Franchise Rule, which was originally promulgated in 1978. The amended Rule has a phased-in effective date: as of July 1, 2007, franchisors...

Commission approval of joint amicus brief filings: – The Commission has approved the filing of an amicus brief, jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice, in the case of Leegin Creative Leather...

Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced the appointment of Professor Joshua Wright to the newly created position of Scholar-In-Residence in the Bureau of Competition of the Federal Trade...