In that case, it is likely that both the Department of Justice and
Federal Trade Commission will look closely at how prevalent the alleged behavior is before launching an all-out investigation.
"In the past few months, the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked us how a Netflix Prize sequel might affect Netflix members' privacy, and a lawsuit was filed by KamberLaw LLC pertaining to the sequel," Hunt wrote.
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Federal Trade Commission, http://www.ftc.gov (last visited Mar.
Federal Trade Commission, Dow has been required to make certain divestitures following its acquisition of Rohm and Haas.
The first summarizes presentations to a July 2005 workshop convened jointly by the
Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services to share perspectives on marketing, self-regulation, and childhood obesity.
A series of appendixes reproduce the basic antitrust and trade regulation statutes, 1984 Department of Justice Merger Guidelines (in excerpts), 1992 Department of Justice and
Federal Trade Commission Horizontal Merger Guidelines, 1995 Department of Justice and
Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations, 1995 Department of Justice and
Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property, 1996 Department of Justice and
Federal Trade Commission Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care, and 2000 Department of Justice and
Federal Trade Commission Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations among Competitors.
(NASDAQ: TALX), the human resources services provider, is still considered a strong buy even though a recent antitrust inquiry by the
Federal Trade Commission could make the company vulnerable.
The law also would instruct the
Federal Trade Commission to evaluate the industry's rating system, conduct secret annual audits of retailers, investigate "hidden" game content, and collect consumer complaints about ratings and content descriptions.
Report unusual activity immediately to the financial institution involved and contact the
Federal Trade Commission.
Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the
Federal Trade Commission to jointly implement standards and guidelines, it defers enforcement to each industry's "functional regulator." Because insurance is regulated at the state level, insurers remain unclear whether the standards would be implemented or interpreted uniformly across the United States.
On November 29, 2005 the
Federal Trade Commission decided the case of North Texas Specialty Physicians, a case involving whether an independent physician association's (IPA) contracting activities with payers amounts to unlawful price fixing or is a competitively benign activity that may enhance efficiency and innovation in the delivery of health care.