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Oral Remarks of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson for the Open Commission Meeting on September 15, 2021
Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding the Motion to Rescind the 2020 FTC-DOJ Vertical Merger Guidelines
Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Regarding Non-HSR Reported Acquisitions by Select Technology Platforms, 2010-2019: An FTC Study
Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Regarding Commission's Policy Statement on Privacy Breaches by Connected Health Apps
Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Regarding the Proposed Rescission of the FTC's Approval of the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines
Dissenting Statement of Commissioners Noah Joshua Phillips and Christine S. Wilson Regarding the Commission's Rescission of the 2020 FTC/DOJ Vertical Merger Guidelines and the Commentary on Vertical Merger Enforcement
Statement of the DOJ Antitrust Division and FTC on Preserving Competition in the Wake of Hurricane Ida
Dissenting Statement of Commissioners Noah Joshua Phillips and Christine S. Wilson Regarding the Issuance of Eight Omnibus Resolutions
Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Joined by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Actions to Expedite Staff Investigations
Statement of Commissioner Chopra Regarding Law Enforcement Authorizations to Protect Military Families
2109001 Informal Interpretation
Campbell Capital LLC
In 2018, the FTC and State of New York alleged that Campbell Capital, LLC and its owner, Robert Heidenreich, along with a number of other related companies, collected payments on debts from consumers that exceeded the amounts they allegedly owed. The defendants in the case were able to collect these funds by allegedly using tactics such as threatening that consumers would be arrested or served with legal papers at work if they did not make payments immediately. In some cases, according to the suit filed by the FTC and New York, the collectors pretended to be sheriff’s office employees or process servers when making such threats in phone calls with consumers.
Heidenreich agreed to a settlement with the FTC and New York in February 2020 that permanently banned him from the debt collection industry and required him to turn over funds to be used to provide refunds to affected consumers. In total, $19,826.64 will be sent to consumers, with each receiving a check for $32.88.