The Federal Trade Commission today announced a complaint seeking civil penalties against a New Jersey-based telemarketer that allegedly made misrepresentations to consumers when fund-raising for police, firefighter, and other non-profit organizations, in violation of a 1998 stipulated order and the Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). According to the FTC, although the stipulated order and the […]
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FTC Challenges Mylan’s Proposed Acquisition of Merck’s Generic Subsidiary
The Federal Trade Commission today announced its challenge of Mylan Laboratories’ (Mylan) proposed $6.6 billion acquisition of Germany’s E. Merck oHG (Merck), alleging that the transaction would result in significantly reduced competition for the sale and manufacture of five generic drugs in the U.S. currently produced by both companies. Under a consent order resolving the […]
FTC Challenges Mylan’s Proposed Acquisition of Merck’s Generic Subsidiary
The Federal Trade Commission today announced its challenge of Mylan Laboratories’ (Mylan) proposed $6.6 billion acquisition of Germany’s E. Merck oHG (Merck), alleging that the transaction would result in significantly reduced competition for the sale and manufacture of five generic drugs in the U.S. currently produced by both companies. Under a consent order resolving the […]
FTC Challenges Mylan’s Proposed Acquisition of Merck’s Generic Subsidiary
The Federal Trade Commission today announced its challenge of Mylan Laboratories’ (Mylan) proposed $6.6 billion acquisition of Germany’s E. Merck oHG (Merck), alleging that the transaction would result in significantly reduced competition for the sale and manufacture of five generic drugs in the U.S. currently produced by both companies. Under a consent order resolving the […]
FTC, Houston Better Business Bureau to Sponsor Advertising Workshop
A one-day “back to basics” workshop on complying with truth-in-advertising laws is being presented on Thursday, October 25, 2007, by the Federal Trade Commission’s Southwest Region and the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston. Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC-BBB Rules of the Road for Advertisers features a roster of national experts discussing the latest […]
FTC Launches “Pilot” International Fellows Program
The Federal Trade Commission is launching a pilot program to strengthen international enforcement relationships with counterpart agencies abroad. The first International Fellow, from Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense, will begin work in the FTC Bureau of Competition on September 27. Fellows from Competition Bureau Canada and the New Brunswick Office of the Attorney General […]
FTC Launches “Pilot” International Fellows Program
The Federal Trade Commission is launching a pilot program to strengthen international enforcement relationships with counterpart agencies abroad. The first International Fellow, from Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense, will begin work in the FTC Bureau of Competition on September 27. Fellows from Competition Bureau Canada and the New Brunswick Office of the Attorney General […]
FTC, Houston Better Business Bureau to Sponsor Advertising Workshop
A one-day “back to basics” workshop on complying with truth-in-advertising laws is being presented on Thursday, October 25, 2007, by the Federal Trade Commission’s Southwest Region and the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston. Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC-BBB Rules of the Road for Advertisers features a roster of national experts discussing the latest […]
FTC Launches “Pilot” International Fellows Program
The Federal Trade Commission is launching a pilot program to strengthen international enforcement relationships with counterpart agencies abroad. The first International Fellow, from Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense, will begin work in the FTC Bureau of Competition on September 27. Fellows from Competition Bureau Canada and the New Brunswick Office of the Attorney General […]
FTC, Houston Better Business Bureau to Sponsor Advertising Workshop
A one-day “back to basics” workshop on complying with truth-in-advertising laws is being presented on Thursday, October 25, 2007, by the Federal Trade Commission’s Southwest Region and the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston. Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC-BBB Rules of the Road for Advertisers features a roster of national experts discussing the latest […]