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August 21, 2014

Press Release

FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that “BrainStrong Adult” Supplement Marketers Made Deceptive Memory Improvement Claims

Date

August 21, 2014

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that supplement marketers i-Health, Inc. and Martek Biosciences made deceptive claims while...

Press Release

FTC Alerts Major Retailers to Concerns About Concussion Protection Claims for Athletic Mouthguards Made on Websites

Date

August 21, 2014

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to five major retailers, alerting them to concerns about whether there is adequate substantiation for concussion-protection claims made for...

Press Release

FTC Approves Final Order in Case Against GMR Transcription Services

Date

August 21, 2014

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order resolving FTC allegations that GMR Transcription Services, Inc., engaged in deceptive and unfair information...

Press Release

Federal Trade Commission Joins Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Filing Amicus Brief in Debt Collection Case

Date

August 21, 2014

The Federal Trade Commission has joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in filing an amicus brief in the matter of Hernandez v. Williams, Zinman & Parham, P.C (WCP) (Case No. 2:12-cv...

Press Release

FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition in Markets for Acne Treatments

Date

August 21, 2014

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.’s proposed $475 million acquisition of...

Cases and Proceedings

Closing Letters

Circle Y Saddles, Inc.

Date

August 21, 2014

Matter Number

P074204

Closing letter to Ms. Amy Orsak, Marketing and Design Manager for Circle Y Saddles, Inc. (198.12 KB)

Case Timeline Item

GMR Transcription Services, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - August 21, 2014

Date

August 21, 2014

Complaint (41.75 KB)

Decision and Order (61.16 KB)

Letter To Commenter Association For Healthcare Documentation Integrity (62 KB)

Letter To Commenter Campbell (62.44 KB)

Exhibits A-D

Case Timeline Item

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and Precision Dermatology, In the Matter of (timeline item) - August 21, 2014

Date

August 21, 2014

Decision and Order [Redacted Public Version] (127.83 KB)

Order To Maintain Assets

Complaint

Case Timeline Item

i-Health and Martek, In the Matter of (timeline item) - August 21, 2014

Date

August 21, 2014

Complaint (591.28 KB)

Decision and Order (42.16 KB)

Letter To Commenter Leonard Gordon, Representing The Organic and Natural Health Association (48.16 KB)

Letter To Commenter Caleb Laieski (44.28 KB)

Letter To Commenter Mark Mead, Representing The Natural Health Foundation (41.8 KB)

Exhibits A-D

Exhibit B (Television Advertisement)

Statement of Chairwoman Ramirez and Commissioner Brill

Separate Statement of Commissioner Ohlhausen, Dissenting in Part

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Wright

Case Timeline Item

CD Capital Investments, LLC (timeline item) - August 21, 2014

Date

August 21, 2014

Order Entering Stipulated Preliminary Injunction (53.87 KB)

Amicus Briefs

Hernandez v. Williams, Zinman & Parham, P.C.

Date

August 21, 2014

Citation Number

14-15672

Federal Court

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Brief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressing the proper application of Section 809 of the Fair Debt...

Hernandez v. Williams, Zinman & Parham, P.C. (114.9 KB)

August 20, 2014

Public Statement

Blog Post: Savvy Shopping with Your Smartphone

Date

August 20, 2014

Press Release

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to Pay $896,000 to Resolve FTC Allegations That it Violated Premerger Filing Requirements

Date

August 20, 2014

Investment holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has agreed to pay $896,000 in civil penalties to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that it violated premerger reporting laws in connection...

Press Release

Judge Expected to Rule in FTC Case Against Marketers Ordered to Pay $40 Million for Making Fraudulent Weight-Loss Product Claims

Date

August 20, 2014

A federal district judge in Atlanta is expected to provide a ruling in the coming week in a Federal Trade Commission case against the marketers of three weight-loss and health-related dietary...

Case Timeline Item

National Urological Group, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - August 20, 2014

Date

August 20, 2014

Order (Contempt) (160.32 KB)

Order (Disgorgement) (157.35 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (timeline item) - August 20, 2014

Date

August 20, 2014

Complaint for Civil Penalties for Failure to Comply with the Premerger Reporting and Waiting Requirements of the Hart-Scott Rodino Act (1.15 MB)

Stipulation (234.83 KB)

Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Final Judgment (30.69 KB)

Final Judgment (22.91 KB)

Case Timeline Item

St. Luke's Health System, Ltd, and Saltzer Medical Group, P.A. (timeline item) - August 20, 2014

Date

August 20, 2014

Brief For Amicus Curiae Center For Payment Reform In Support of Plaintiff/Appellee the Federal Trade Commission and Affirmance of the District Court’s Order (195.64 KB)

Amicus Brief of America’s Health Insurance Plans in Support of the District Court’s Ruling (238.51 KB)

Brief of the Association of Independent Doctors as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees (208.49 KB)

Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amici Curiae Economics Professors (462.72 KB)

Brief of Amicus Curiae the States of California, Washington, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Tennessee (198.54 KB)

August 19, 2014

Cases and Proceedings

Commission Letters

Commissioner Brill’s letter to the ERISA Advisory Council Regarding PBM Compensation and Fee Disclosure

Date

August 19, 2014

Julie Brill, Former Commissioner

Commissioner Brill’s letter to the ERISA Advisory Council Regarding PBM Compensation and Fee Disclosure (83.41 KB)

Press Release

FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges Against Fandango and Credit Karma

Date

August 19, 2014

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges against Fandango, Inc. and Credit Karma, Inc. According to the FTC’s complaints, the...

Case Timeline Item