Settlement Protects Competition, Requires LabCorp to Sell Paternity Testing Assets The Federal Trade Commission will require laboratory testing companies Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) and Orchid Cellmark Inc. (Orchid) to …
Final Opinion and Order Uphold Initial Decision Issued in July 2011 The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners illegally thwarted competition by working to bar non-dentist providers of teeth whitening goods and services from selling their …
In testimony today before a U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee, the Federal Trade Commission detailed its work to promote competition and benefit consumers, including preventing anticompetitive mergers, restricting "pay-for-delay…
Settlement Prohibits Pool Corporation from Using Threats and Coercion to Stop Manufacturers From Selling Products to Competitors Pool Corporation (PoolCorp), the largest distributor of swimming pool products in the United States, has agreed to stop …
Alleges Acquisition Will Increase Health Care Costs for Consumers, Businesses As part of its ongoing effort to protect U.S. health care consumers ,the Federal Trade Commission today challenged OSF Healthcare System’s proposed acquisition of Rockford …
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on an application filed by the Divestiture Trustee in the Tops Markets matter seeking approval to sell one former Penn Traffic supermarket to Moran Foods, Inc., d/b/a Save-A-Lot, Ltd., a wholly owned …
FTC Approves BASF's Application to Extend Manufacturing Agreement Related to 2009 Acquisition of Ciba The Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by global chemical company BASF SE to extend a manufacturing agreement, entered into in …
SDI's Audit Businesses Must Be Sold to Settle FTC Charges The Federal Trade Commission today announced that Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc., the parent company of market research firm IMS Health Inc., has agreed to sell two product lines …
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that DaVita, Inc.’s acquisition of CDSI I Holding Company, also known as DSI, was anticompetitive and reduced competition in the U.S. market for …
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today named former FTC Commissioner and Chairman William E. Kovacic the 2011 recipient of the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award for Lifetime FTC Achievement, noting how much of his professional career and personal …
FTC Chairman Asks Congressional Supercommittee to Reduce the Deficit and Lower Nations Health Care Costs by Restricting Pay-for-Delay Deals According to an overview of industry data released by the staff of the Federal Trade Commission, in …
Guidance Will Help Health Care Providers Form Procompetitive ACOs and Protect Health Care Consumers from Higher Prices and Lower Quality Care The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today issued the final version of a joint …
Agencies Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Cooperation Agreement The Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and the European Commission today issued an updated set of “best practices” that they use to coordinate their merger reviews. The …
Universal Health Services, Inc. has submitted an application to the Federal Trade Commission to sell what are known as the Puerto Rico Divestiture Assets, including Hospital San Juan Capestrano and its affiliated outpatient centers, to Donald R. Dizney and …
Par Pharmaceuticals Will Acquire Drug Assets, Enter Agreement To Make Generic Provigil To protect competition in the market for prescription drugs, the Federal Trade Commission will require Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to sell the rights …
The Federal Trade Commission has amended its Rules of Practice making it easier for parties to obtain FTC approval for minor contract changes relating to FTC divestiture orders. The amendments provide a procedure for waiving the requirement that the full …
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by The Dow Chemical Company to amend an asset purchase agreement executed on July 31, 2009, between Dow and Arkema Inc. The application was required by the FTC’s …
As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s systematic review of all of the agency’s rules and guides , the FTC is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule. The Rule, issued in 1975, requires that …
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on an application by global chemical company BASF SE to extend a manufacturing agreement, entered into in compliance with a 2009 settlement order, which imposed certain requirements on BASF’s …
The Federal Trade Commission has approved a divestiture trustee’s request for a 90-day extension of the deadline for selling a former Penn Traffic supermarket in Bath, New York. Tops Markets is required to divest the Bath store following its acquisition of …
