Commission Actions

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today announced four appointments to leadership positions in the agency. Andrew I. Gavil will join the FTC from Howard University School of Law and...

Press Release

Scammers Exploit the FTC's Good Name, Promise Phony Sweepstakes Prizes

Date

August 3, 2012

Someone who claims to work for the Federal Trade Commission calls to inform you that you have won a lottery or sweepstakes. To receive the prize, all you have to do is pay the taxes and insurance. The...

Case Timeline Item

Affiliate Strategies, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - August 3, 2012

Date

August 3, 2012

Appellees' Joint Response Brief (171.17 KB)

Amicus Briefs

Olivea Marx v. General Revenue Corporation

Date

August 3, 2012

Citation Number

11-1175

Federal Court

Supreme Court of the United States

Joint brief of the United States, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal Trade Commission, as amici curiae in support of the petitioner, urging the Supreme Court to rule that...

Olivea Marx v. General Revenue Corporation (136.92 KB)

August 2, 2012

Federal Register Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request (Admongo)

Date

August 2, 2012

Case Timeline Item

McWane, Inc., and Star Pipe Products, Ltd., In the Matter of (timeline item) - August 2, 2012

Date

August 2, 2012

McWane, Inc.s Motion In Limine to Preclude Complaint Counsels Proposed Proffer of Investigational Hearing Transcripts at Trial (172.56 KB)

McWane, Inc.s Motion In Limine to Preclude Complaint Counsel from Using Privilege as a Sword and a Shield (173.25 KB)

Motion In Limine to Exclude Certain Opinions and Price Analyses in Dr. Parker Normanns Expert Report (408.97 KB)

Respondent's Motion In Limine to Exclude Opinion Testimony (201.49 KB)

August 1, 2012

Press Release

FTC Seeks Comments on Additional Proposed Revisions to Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule

Date

August 1, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission is publishing a Federal Register Notice seeking public comments on additional proposed modifications to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule. In updating the Rule...

Case Timeline Item

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (timeline item) - August 1, 2012

Date

August 1, 2012

Answering Brief of Plaintiff-Appellee Federal Trade Commission (74.5 KB)

July 31, 2012

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Statement of the Commission Regarding Withdrawal of the Commission’s Policy Statement on Monetary Equitable Remedies in Competition Cases

Date

July 31, 2012

Statement of the Commission Regarding Withdrawal of the Commission’s Policy Statement on Monetary Equitable Remedies in Competition Cases (21.35 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen - Dissenting from the Commission's Decision to Withdraw its Policy Statement on Monetary Equitable Remedies in Competition Cases

Date

July 31, 2012

Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner and Former Acting Chair

Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen - Dissenting from the Commission's Decision to Withdraw its Policy Statement on Monetary Equitable Remedies in Competition Cases (29.65 KB)

Press Release

FTC Withdraws Agency's Policy Statement on Monetary Remedies in Competition Cases; Will Rely on Existing Law

Date

July 31, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission has withdrawn the Policy Statement on Monetary Equitable Remedies in Competition Cases. The Statement was issued in 2003 and outlined a framework for determining when the...

Case Timeline Item

McWane, Inc., and Star Pipe Products, Ltd., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 31, 2012

Date

July 31, 2012

Unopposed Motion of Non-Party Sigma Corporation for in Camera Treatment of Certain Designated Hearing Exhibits (660.32 KB)

Notice of Appearance Filed by Counsel for Third-Party The Distribution Group Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, P.C. (114.71 KB)

Star Pipe Products, Ltd.s Motion for in Camera Treatment of Proposed Evidence (345.07 KB)

Non-Party United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC's Motion For in Camera Treatment of Complaint Counsel Proposed Trial Exhibits (463.17 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Freedom Companies Marketing, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - July 31, 2012

Date

July 31, 2012

Stipulated Preliminary Injunction with Asset Freeze and Other Equitable Relief (4.25 MB)

July 30, 2012

Public Statement

Bending the Health Care Cost Curve: The View from the Federal Trade Commission

Date

July 30, 2012

Bending the Health Care Cost Curve: The View from the Federal Trade Commission (81.59 KB)

Press Release

Una acción de la FTC detiene una estafa de asistencia para deudores hipotecarios operada desde la República Dominicana por incurrir en un presunto fraude contra propietarios de vivienda hispanoparlantes de Estados Unidos por más de $2 millones de dólares

Date

July 30, 2012

A petición de la Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC, por su sigla en inglés), una corte federal de distrito ha ordenado el cese de una estafa operada a nivel nacional desde la República Dominicana –...

Press Release

FTC Staff Comment to CFPB Supports Protection of Consumers Who Use General Purpose Reloadable Cards

Date

July 30, 2012

In a comment submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), staff of the Federal Trade Commission expressed support for protecting users of general purpose reloadable (GPR) cards and...

Press Release

FTC Action Halts Dominican Mortgage Assistance Scam That Allegedly Defrauded Spanish-Speaking U.S. Homeowners of more than $2 Million

Date

July 30, 2012

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted a nationwide scam operating from the Dominican Republic – but pretending to be in Chicago – that allegedly peddled fake...

Case Timeline Item

Freedom Companies Marketing, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - July 30, 2012

Date

July 30, 2012

Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief (672.33 KB)

Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission's Memorandum in Support of its Ex Parte Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze, Other Equitable Relief, and Order to Show Cause Why a Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue (785.75 KB)

Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze, Other Equitable Relief, and Order to Show Cause Why a Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue (773.42 KB)

Case Timeline Item

McWane, Inc., and Star Pipe Products, Ltd., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 30, 2012

Date

July 30, 2012

McWane, Inc.'s Motion to Amend the Protective Order Governing Discovery (395.11 KB)

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