Commission Actions

FTC staff and DOJ submitted a comment, in response to a request from Puerto Rico Representative Jose L. Báez Rivera, regarding potential legislation to expand the scope of practice for optometrists...

FTC Staff/DOJ Joint Comment to Puerto Rico Legislature Regarding SB 991, Which Would Expand the Scope of Practice For Optometrists and Allow Them To Use and Prescribe Medications To Diagnose and Treat Diseases of the Eye (166.4 KB)

May 17, 2016

May17

Event

Cmr. Ohlhausen remarks at Telecommunications & Electronic Media Practice Group panel

May 17, 2016 | 12:15PM

FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen will deliver remarks at a Telecommunications & Electronic Media Practice Group panel, entitled Regulatory Barriers to Innovation at the Federalist Society’s...

May 16, 2016

Staff Letters

Letter From Alexis Gilman, Asst. Director, Mergers IV Division, Bureau of Competition, To Cynthia Dellinger, Esq., Asst. General Counsel, West Virginia Health Care Authority, And To Douglas Davis, Esq., Asst. Attorney General, State of West Virginia

Date

May 16, 2016

Alexis Gilman, Assistant Director, Mergers IV Division

Text of the Letter (372.08 KB)

Press Release

FTC Adjusts Monetary Thresholds for Three Exemptions In Franchise Rule

Date

May 16, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission is adjusting three monetary exemption thresholds for inflation in its Franchise Rule. The thresholds are used to determine whether the sale of a franchise qualifies for an...

May16

Event

Chwn. Ramirez remarks at 12th Annual International Bar Association Competition Mid-Year Conference

May 16, 2016 | 11:15AM

FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will deliver remarks at the 12th Annual International Bar Association Competition Mid-Year Conference, JW Marriott Mexico City Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico, 11:15 a.m...

Case Timeline Item

LabMD, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 16, 2016

Date

May 16, 2016

Commission Order Correcting Transcript and Corrected Transcript of Oral Argument Before the Commission (869.51 KB)

Respondent LabMD, Inc.'s Notice of Supplemental Authority (608.11 KB)

May 13, 2016

Press Release

FTC Requires Industrial Gas Suppliers to Divest Assets as a Condition of Merger

Date

May 13, 2016

Two of the largest suppliers of gases, American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. and Airgas, Inc., have agreed to divest certain production and distribution assets to settle Federal Trade Commission charges...

Press Release

FTC Issues Warning Letters Regarding Agency’s Eyeglass Rule

Date

May 13, 2016

Federal Trade Commission staff has sent 38 letters to eyeglass prescribers warning them of potential violations of the agency’s Ophthalmic Practice Rules, known as the Eyeglass Rule, which ensures...

Case Timeline Item

The Penn State Hershey Medical Center/PinnacleHealth System, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 13, 2016

Date

May 13, 2016

Administrative Law Judge’s Order Scheduling Final PreHearing Conference (66.39 KB)

Case Timeline Item

California Naturel, In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 13, 2016

Date

May 13, 2016

Administrative Law Judge’s Order on Deadline for Respondent To File Answer to Complaint (214.79 KB)

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KFJ Marketing, LLC (timeline item) - May 13, 2016

Date

May 13, 2016

Amended Complaint for Civil Penalties, Permanent Injunction, and Other Relief; Demand for Jury Trial (203.5 KB)

Case Timeline Item

American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - May 13, 2016

Date

May 13, 2016

Agreement Containing Consent Orders (28 KB)

Decision and Order (86.13 KB)

Appendix A [Gases Locations] (23 KB)

Order to Maintain Assets (54.54 KB)

Appendix A [Gases Locations] (23 KB)

Complaint (26.79 KB)

Analysis of Proposed Agreement Containing Consent Orders to Aid Public Comment (42.54 KB)

Commission Letter Approving Monitor and Monitor Agreement (29.36 KB)

Monitor Agreement (102.77 KB)

May 12, 2016

Public Statement

Keynote Address of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez

Date

May 12, 2016

Keynote Address of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez (72.58 KB)

May12

Event

Cmr. Ohlhausen remarks at Future of Privacy Forum

May 12, 2016 | 10:30AM

FTC Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen will deliver remarks at the Information Accountability Foundation Briefing on Assessment Processes to Achieve Assurance that Data Use is Legitimate and not Unfair...

May12

Event

Chwn. Ramirez remarks at ABA Health Law Section, 2016 Antitrust in Healthcare Conference

May 12, 2016 | 10:00AM

FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will deliver remarks at the American Bar Association Health Law Section, 2016 Antitrust in Healthcare Conference, The Ritz Carlton Pentagon City, Arlington, VA, 10 a.m...

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