Commission Actions

FTC Sends Full Refunds Totaling Over $2 Million to Consumers who Lost Money Through Deceptive Direct Mail Publications Scheme

Date

November 2, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission is sending 34,893 checks and PayPal refunds totaling more than $2 million to consumers who lost money through a deceptive direct mail publications scheme . Agora Financial...

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Agora Financial LLC (timeline item) - November 2, 2021

Date

November 2, 2021

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Amazon Flex (timeline item) - November 2, 2021

Date

November 2, 2021

November 1, 2021

Report

National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2021

Date

November 1, 2021

The National Do Not Call Registry provides an easy and efficient way for consumers to tell companies they do not want to receive most telemarketing sales calls and robocalls. If a consumer receives a...

fy2021.zip (91.25 KB)

dnc_data_book_2021.pdf (4.37 MB)

Federal Register Notice

SES Performance Review Board

Date

November 1, 2021

October 29, 2021

Dissenting Statement of Commissioners Christine S. Wilson and Noah Joshua Phillips Regarding the Statement of the Commission on Use of Prior Approval Provisions in Merger Orders (283.83 KB)

Dissenting Statement of Commissioners Christine S. Wilson and Noah Joshua Phillips Regarding the Statement of the Commission on Use of Prior Approval Provisions in Merger Orders

Date

October 29, 2021

Noah Joshua Phillips, Former Commissioner;

Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner

Public Statement

Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter: SEPs, Antitrust, and the FTC

Date

October 29, 2021

Remarks of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (214.68 KB)

Federal Register Notice

Revisions to Procedures for Responding to Petitions for Rulemaking

Date

October 29, 2021

Case Timeline Item

Illumina, Inc., and GRAIL, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 29, 2021

Date

October 29, 2021

Respondents' Motion to Exclude Portions of Complaint Counsel's Rebuttal Experts' Reports (928.7 KB)

Complaint Counsel's Opposition to Non-Party Antitrust, Patent, and Law-and-Economics Scholars and Jurists Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents (1.45 MB)

Complaint Counsel’s Motion to Close the Record and For Expedited Consideration (1.53 MB)

Respondents’ Notice of Withdrawal of Exhibit Number Rx3868 (786.3 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc. and Englewood Healthcare Foundation (timeline item) - October 29, 2021

Date

October 29, 2021

FTC v. Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc. (3d Cir.), Answering Brief of the FTC, 21-2603 (322.89 KB)

October 28, 2021

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips on Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Negative Option Marketing

Date

October 28, 2021

Noah Joshua Phillips, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

P064202

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips on Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Negative Option Marketing (210.55 KB)

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson on Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Negative Option Marketing

Date

October 28, 2021

Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

P064202

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson on Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Negative Option Marketing (150.17 KB)

Policy Statements

Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Negative Option Marketing

Date

October 28, 2021

Matter Number

P064202

Text of Policy Statement (252.12 KB)

FTC Sues Utah-based Company for Falsely Claiming Its Nasal Sprays Can Prevent and Treat COVID-19

Date

October 28, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission sued Xlear, Inc., a Utah-based company, for violating the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act, alleging that it falsely pitched its saline nasal sprays as an effective way to...

Petition for Prior Approval of Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A.'s Proposed Acquisition of Novasep Process SAS's Chromatography Equipment Business (456.59 KB)

FTC to Ramp up Enforcement against Illegal Dark Patterns that Trick or Trap Consumers into Subscriptions

Date

October 28, 2021

This release was updated at October 29, 2021 10:00AM to correct an earlier error. The Federal Trade Commission issued a new enforcement policy statement warning companies against deploying illegal...

Case Timeline Item

Danaher Corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 28, 2021

Date

October 28, 2021

October 27, 2021

Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Joined by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Regarding Regulatory Review of the Safeguards Rule

Date

October 27, 2021

Lina M. Khan, Former Chair and Commissioner;

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

P145407

Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Joined by Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Regarding Regulatory Review of the Safeguards Rule (235.02 KB)

Joint Statement of Commissioners Noah Joshua Phillips and Christine S. Wilson in the Matter of the Final Rule amending the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's Safeguards Rule (218.86 KB)

Joint Statement of Commissioners Noah Joshua Phillips and Christine S. Wilson in the Matter of the Final Rule amending the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's Safeguards Rule

Date

October 27, 2021

Noah Joshua Phillips, Former Commissioner;

Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

P145407

Public Statement

Thurlow M. Gordon 1906 Lecture at Politics, Markets, and Populism: Antitrust at the Crossroads

Date

October 27, 2021

Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips at Politics, Markets, and Populism: Antitrust at the Crossroads (251.5 KB)