Press Releases 2021

The Federal Trade Commission today sued to block U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp.’s $40 billion acquisition of U.K. chip design provider Arm Ltd. Semiconductor chips power the computers and...

The Federal Trade Commission has appointed Gregory Heltzer as the substitute monitor to oversee the Decision and Order In the Matter of Corpus Christi Polymers LLC, et al. because the original monitor...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2021 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration . The Energy Policy Act of 2005 directs the Commission to perform an annual review of market concentration in...

The Federal Trade Commission is sending 71,899 checks totaling more than $1.8 million to consumers, including many older Americans, tricked into paying for supposedly free in-home medical alert...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced an agenda for its upcoming virtual workshop regarding competition in labor markets. First announced on Oct. 27, 2021, “ Making Competition Work: Promoting...

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division participated in a Competition Enforcers Summit (Summit...

The Federal Trade Commission is ordering nine large retailers, wholesalers, and consumer good suppliers to provide detailed information that will help the FTC shed light on the causes behind ongoing...

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a petition by DTE Energy Company to reopen and modify the FTC’s 2019 final order . The order remedied the agency’s...

Today, the Federal Trade Commission released the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2021. The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and...

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced several new additions to the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning. Olivier Sylvain, Meredith Whittaker, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West will be working...

The Federal Trade Commission today voted to expand its criminal referral program as part of its work to stop and deter corporate crime. While the FTC’s authority is limited to civil enforcement, the...

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan issued the following statement regarding the confirmation of Jonathan Kanter to serve as the Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice's...

The Federal Trade Commission issued its Fiscal Year 2021 Agency Financial Report, which describes the agency’s strong fiscal management and key program performance during the past year. The report...

The Federal Trade Commission has approved certain modifications to Bristol Meyers Squibb’s, or BMS’s, Divestiture Agreements that the FTC approved and incorporated into its order as part of a consent...

The Federal Trade Commission has released a preliminary draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2026 for public review and comment. Every four years, government agencies are required to submit...

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that 7-Eleven’s acquisition of Marathon’s Speedway subsidiary violated federal antitrust...

The Federal Trade Commission will require generic drug marketers ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Novitium Pharma LLC to divest, to Prasco LLC, ANI’s development rights to one generic drug used to treat...

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, November 18, 2021. The open meeting will begin at 1pm ET and...

New York-based supermarket operators The Golub Corp., which owns the Price Chopper chain, and Tops Market Corp. have agreed to divest 12 Tops supermarkets to C&S Wholesale Grocers to settle Federal...

The Federal Trade Commission obtained an order permanently banning a payment processor that facilitated a fraudulent student loan debt relief scheme from processing debt relief payments. The order...