Commission Actions

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the agency’s 2006 Annual Report at the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal regulators today released Evolution of a Prototype Financial Privacy Notice, a report by Kleimann Communication Group summarizing consumer research commissioned by the...

Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing a public workshop to be held on May 3, 2006, concerning the...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will travel to Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, Korea, and Beijing, China from April 1 through April 10. The Chairman and other FTC staff will be meeting...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today issued the agency’s 2006 Annual Report at the American Bar Association’s Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in Washington, DC. The...

Fresenius AG will sell 91 outpatient kidney dialysis clinics and financial interests in 12 more to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Fresenius’ purchase of rival dialysis provider Renal...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, that there are steps that government, industry, and consumers can take to help stem the...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today presented FTC testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of...

The Federal Trade Commission today released the results of its latest nationwide undercover shop of electronic and video game stores. The FTC conducted the shop to collect data on the extent to which...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division today announced that they are seeking comments in connection with their planned joint public hearings on how best...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced its intention to conduct a study of the use, and likely short- and long-term competitive effects, of authorized generics in the prescription drug...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras today announced the appointments of two new deputy directors of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition. Kenneth L. Glazer joins the agency from The...

Petition for approval of proposed divestiture: The Commission has received a petition from The Cypress Group, related to a 2001 consent order concerning Nestle Holdings, Inc. and Ralston Purina...

A proposed plan by a physician-hospital organization that would involve collective bargaining with insurers over doctor fees likely would violate federal antitrust laws, according to the FTC staff...