Commission Actions

Today, the Federal Trade Commission and its staff took a suite of actions to address growing concern about unfair and deceptive practices by franchisors—to ensure that the franchise business model...

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FTC Publishes Inflation-Adjusted Monetary Thresholds for Three Exemptions in Franchise Rule

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12 de Jul de 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has adjusted for inflation three monetary exemption thresholds used to determine whether the sale of a franchise qualifies for an exemption under the agency’s Franchise...

Federal Register Notice

Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising

Date

12 de Jul de 2024

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Kroger Company/Albertsons Companies, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 12, 2024

Date

12 de Jul de 2024

Order on Respondents' Motion to Recess the Evidentiary Portion of the Part 3 Administrative Hearing (742.62 KB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Lidl US, LLC - B. Sicalides, J. Weiss (1.28 MB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Boston Consulting Group, Inc. - H. Ovington, M. Ford (1.05 MB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Wegmans Food Market, Inc. - D. Powers (1.41 MB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Dollar Tree, Inc. - J. Burns, R. Levy (1.36 MB)

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Jim Iree Lewis, In the matter of (timeline item) - July 12, 2024

Date

12 de Jul de 2024

Notice of Appearance - B. Beauman, R. Price, M. Pujals, A. Farrell (1.21 MB)

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Natalia Lynch, In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 12, 2024

Date

12 de Jul de 2024

Joint Stipulation (700.29 KB)

Brief of Appellant In Answer to Judge Himes' Order of July 11, 2024 (730.06 KB)

The Authority's Brief on Redacted Documents (875.58 KB)

11 de Jul de 2024

Cases and Proceedings

Closing Letters

HeHealth/Calmara

Date

11 de Jul de 2024

Closing Letter (266.67 KB)

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Tempur Sealy International, Inc. and Mattress Firm Group Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 11, 2024

Date

11 de Jul de 2024

Order Setting Prehearing Scheduling Conference (657.99 KB)

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Kroger Company/Albertsons Companies, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 11, 2024

Date

11 de Jul de 2024

Complaint Counsel's Opposition to Respondents Motion to Recess the Evidentiary Portion of the Part 3 Administrative Hearing (7.09 MB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Dollar Tree Corporation - S. Razi, A. Gridi (1.37 MB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Costco Wholesale Corp. - J. Larson (1.52 MB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Raley's and Raley's Arizona, LLC - C. Ahler, M. Baker (1.31 MB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Walmart Inc. - R. Racine M. Yost Hale (666.19 KB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. - R. Quillian (1.94 MB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party The J.M. Smucker Company and Robert Crane - B. Grube (797.63 KB)

Notice of Appearance of Non-Party Bain & Company, Inc. (817.93 KB)

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Natalia Lynch, In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 11, 2024

Date

11 de Jul de 2024

Order Setting Prehearing Conference and Ordering Briefing (689.45 KB)

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Vroom, Inc. FTC v. (timeline item) - July 11, 2024

Date

11 de Jul de 2024

Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Judgment, and Other Relief (824.19 KB)

10 de Jul de 2024

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FTC, ICPEN, GPEN Announce Results of Review of Use of Dark Patterns Affecting Subscription Services, Privacy

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10 de Jul de 2024

The Federal Trade Commission and two international consumer protection networks announced the results of a review of selected websites and apps that showed a large percentage of the websites and...

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FTC Submits Comment Supporting Proposed USPTO Terminal Disclaimer Rule

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10 de Jul de 2024

The Federal Trade Commission submitted a comment supporting a proposed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rule regarding new requirements associated with patent terminal disclaimer practice to...

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