Commission Actions

Discusses whether statutory and catalog sales exemption from definition of telemarketing applies to seller that solicits inbound calls in response to mailed catalogs, but does not complete a sale...

opinion_14-1.pdf (157.27 KB)

November 4, 2014

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LabMD, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 4, 2014

Date

November 4, 2014

Respondent LabMD, Inc.'s Motion To Strike Tiversa Holding Corp.'s "Notice of Information" (26.68 MB)

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Jerk, LLC, d/b/a Jerk.com, In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 4, 2014

Date

November 4, 2014

Respondent John Fanning’s Opposition to Complaint Counsel’s Motion for Summary Decision (16.18 MB)

November 3, 2014

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Jerk, LLC, d/b/a Jerk.com, In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 3, 2014

Date

November 3, 2014

Administrative Law Judge’s Order on Complaint Counsel’s Motion for Alternate Service on Respondent Jerk, LLC (666.85 KB)

October 31, 2014

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Statement of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioner Julie Brill Federal Trade Commission - In the Matter of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., et al.

Date

October 31, 2014

Edith Ramirez, Former Chairwoman;

Julie Brill, Former Commissioner

Statement of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioner Julie Brill Federal Trade Commission - In the Matter of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., et al. (31.27 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen - In the Matter of AmeriGas and Blue Rhino

Date

October 31, 2014

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen - In the Matter of AmeriGas and Blue Rhino (56.42 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Joshua D. Wright - In the Matter of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.

Date

October 31, 2014

Joshua D. Wright, Former Commissioner

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Joshua D. Wright - In the Matter of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (165.01 KB)

Press Release

FTC Requires Divestiture as a Condition of Surgery Center Holdings' Acquisition of Competitor Symbion

Date

October 31, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission will require Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., known as Surgery Partners, and Symbion Holdings Corporation to divest Symbion’s ownership interest in an ambulatory surgery...

Press Release

Blue Rhino, AmeriGas Settle FTC Charges of Restraining Competition

Date

October 31, 2014

The two leading suppliers of propane exchange tanks, Blue Rhino and AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange, have agreed to settle FTC charges that the companies illegally agreed not to deviate from their plans to...

Press Release

FTC Requests Public Comments on SCI’s Application to Approve Sale of Funeral Home in Auburn, California

Date

October 31, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to sell a funeral home located in Auburn, California, as required under...

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H.I.G. Bayside Debt, et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 31, 2014

Date

October 31, 2014

Agreement Containing Consent Orders (1.68 MB)

Decision and Order (38.38 KB)

Order To Hold Separate and Maintain Assets (92.12 KB)

Complaint (48.21 KB)

Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment (28.28 KB)

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AmeriGas and Blue Rhino, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 31, 2014

Date

October 31, 2014

Agreement Containing Consent Order As To Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas L.P. (the Blue Rhino Respondents) (27.31 KB)

Decision and Order As To Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas L.P. (the Blue Rhino Respondents) (43.26 KB)

Analysis of Agreements Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment (30.37 KB)

Agreement Containing Consent Order As To AmeriGas Partners, L.P. and UGI Corporation (the ACE Respondents) (28.02 KB)

Decision and Order As To AmeriGas Partners, L.P. and UGI Corporation (the ACE Respondents) (43.6 KB)

Analysis of Agreements Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment (30.36 KB)

Statement of Chairwoman Ramirez and Commissioner Brill

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Ohlhausen

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Wright

Case Timeline Item

Service Corporation International and Stewart Enterprises, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 31, 2014

Date

October 31, 2014

Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestiture (Claney Oatmeyer Semenyuk Inc.) (386.06 KB)

October 30, 2014

Report

Tax Pass-Through in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel: The 2003 Washington State Nickel Funding Package Increase

Date

October 30, 2014

This paper considers a previously unexamined increase in excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel that were part of Washington State’s Nickel Funding Package of 2003. We fail to reject full pass...

Tax Pass-Through in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel: The 2003 Washington State Nickel Funding Package Increase (331 KB)

Public Statement

One Agency, Two Missions, Many Benefits: The Case for Housing Competition and Consumer Protection in a Single Agency

Date

October 30, 2014

One Agency, Two Missions, Many Benefits: The Case for Housing Competition and Consumer Protection in a Single Agency (175.06 KB)

Press Release

La FTC acusa a Gerber de anunciar falsamente que su fórmula Good Start Gentle protege a los lactantes contra el desarrollo de alergias

Date

October 30, 2014

La Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC, por su sigla en inglés), presentó cargos contra Gerber Products Co., también en ejercicio del comercio bajo el nombre Nestlé Nutrition, por anunciar engañosamente...

Press Release

FTC Charges Gerber with Falsely Advertising Its Good Start Gentle Formula Protects Infants from Developing Allergies

Date

October 30, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission has charged Gerber Products Co., also doing business as Nestlé Nutrition, with deceptively advertising that feeding its Good Start Gentle formula to infants with a family...

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