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January 19, 2017

Report

Privacy & Data Security Update (2016)

Date

January 19, 2017

An overview of the FTC’s enforcement, policy initiatives, and consumer outreach and business guidance in the areas of privacy and data security, from January 2016 - December 2016.

Privacy and Data Security Update 2016 (1.83 MB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Chairwoman Edith Ramirez Response to Direct Selling Association's Letter

Date

January 19, 2017

Edith Ramirez, Former Chairwoman

Text of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez Response to Direct Selling Association's Letter (684.03 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen In the Matter of Uber, Inc.

Date

January 19, 2017

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair

Matter Number

152 3082

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen (17.83 KB) (17.83 KB)

Press Release

FTC Announces Annual Update of Size of Transaction Thresholds for Premerger Notification Filings and Interlocking Directorates

Date

January 19, 2017

For 2017, the size-of-transaction threshold for reporting proposed mergers and acquisitions under Section 7A of the Clayton Act will increase from $78.2 million to $80.8 million. The new 2017...

Press Release

Uber Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Settle FTC Charges That It Recruited Prospective Drivers with Exaggerated Earnings Claims

Date

January 19, 2017

Uber Technologies, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company, has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled prospective drivers with exaggerated earning...

Press Release

Puerto Rico Ophthalmologist Group Settles FTC Charges that Members Agreed to an Illegal Boycott of Health Plan

Date

January 19, 2017

OFTACOOP, a Puerto Rico ophthalmologist cooperative, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its actions harmed competition. The complaint charges that OFTACOOP – also known as...

Press Release

Western Union Admits Anti-Money Laundering Violations and Settles Consumer Fraud Charges, Forfeits $586 Million in Settlement with FTC and Justice Department

Date

January 19, 2017

The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Federal Trade...

Case Timeline Item

Neovi, Inc. d/b/a Neovi Data Corporation and Qchex.com; G7 Productivity Systems, Inc. d/b/a Qchex.com; et al. (timeline item) - January 19, 2017

Date

January 19, 2017

Federal Trade Commission v. Neovi, Inc. (9th Cir.), Answering Brief of the Federal Trade Commission, 15-56730 (463.38 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Cooperativa de Médicos Oftalmólogos de Puerto Rico, In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 19, 2017

Date

January 19, 2017

Agreement Containing Consent Order (39.13 KB)

Decision and Order (30.01 KB)

Complaint (39.35 KB)

Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Order To Aid Public Comment (31.05 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Uber Technologies Inc. (timeline item) - January 19, 2017

Date

January 19, 2017

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (189.12 KB)

[Proposed] Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment (248.54 KB)

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen (17.83 KB)

Case Timeline Item

The Western Union Company (timeline item) - January 19, 2017

Date

January 19, 2017

Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Final Judgment (5.28 MB)

Complaint for Permanent Injunctive and Other Equitable Relief (356.72 KB)

January 18, 2017

Report

Enforcement Actions

Date

January 18, 2017

enforcement_actions_final_updated_jan_2017.pdf (40.48 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen In the Matter of Mallinckrodt ARD Inc.

Date

January 18, 2017

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair

Matter Number

1310172

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen In the Matter of Mallinckrodt ARD Inc.(Questcor Pharmaceuticals) (14.96 KB)

Public Statement

Patent Rights in a Climate of Intellectual Property Rights Skepticism

Date

January 18, 2017

Patent Rights in a Climate of Intellectual Property Rights Skepticism (456.25 KB)

Press Release

Mallinckrodt Will Pay $100 Million to Settle FTC, State Charges It Illegally Maintained its Monopoly of Specialty Drug Used to Treat Infants

Date

January 18, 2017

Mallinckrodt ARD Inc., formerly known as Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and its parent company, Mallinckrodt plc, have agreed to pay $100 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

Press Release

FTC Halts Scheme That Advertised Phony Rental Properties and ‘Free’ Credit Reports to Enroll Consumers in Costly Credit Monitoring Service

Date

January 18, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Credit Bureau Center LLC and three individuals with luring consumers with fake rental property ads and deceptive promises of “free” credit reports into signing...

Cases and Proceedings

Closing Letters