Other Litigation and Disputes

Other Litigation and Disputes Articles

• Federal Trade Commission Evaluation of the Tobacco Industry Analysis Submitted to Congress on October 8, 1997

  This evaluation has been prepared by the staff of the Federal Trade Commission in response to several congressional requests. (2) In September, the FTC staff prepared a report analyzing the financial impact of the proposed tobacco industry ...

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• Federal Trade Commission Formal Interpretation Concerning Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements for Airlines Under 16 CFR Part 802

  : Federal Trade Commisaion : Notice of Formal Interpretation : On November 14, 1988, the Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, issued ...

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• Federal Trade Commission Formal Interpretation of Early Termination of Waiting Periods Under the Pre-merger Notification Rules

  FORMAL INTERPRETATION UNDER 16 C.F.R. ' 803.30 CONCERNING EARLY TERMINATION UNDER ' 7A(b)(2) AND ' 803.11 Commission staff have received several requests for interpretation of ' 803.11 of the premerger notification rules ("the rules"), promulgated ...

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• Federal Trade Commission Formal Interpretation of Pre-merger Notification Rules

  August 15, 1978 Malcolm R. Pfunder, Esq. Associate Director, Premerger Notification and Screening Federal Trade Commission Pennsylvania Avenue at 16th Street Washington, D.C. 20580 Dear Mr. Pfunder: I write to record my understanding, based upon ...

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• Federal Trade Commission Formal Interpretation of the Treatment of Accounts Receivable Under Pre-merger Notification Rules

  FORMAL INTERPRETATION PURSUANT TO ' 803.30 OF THE PREMERGER NOTIFICATION RULES, 16 C.F.R. ' 803.30: The Treatment of Accounts Receivable under ' 801.21 of the Premerger Notification Rules, 16 C.F.R. ' 801.21 The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust ...

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• Federal Trade Commission Formal Interpretation Regarding Attorney-Client Communications Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Act

  September 13, 1979 John W. Barnum, Esquire White & Case 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Mr. Barnum: This is in response to your March 1, 1979, letter to Chairman Pertschuk, discussing the treatment of attorney-client ...

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• Federal Trade Commission Franchise and Business Opportunities: Frequently Asked Questions

  The five most frequently asked questions about franchise and business opportunities are: The FTC does not require filings of franchise and business opportunity disclosure statements or offering circulars. For this reason, we are unable to provide ...

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• Federal Trade Commission Names Its Dirty Dozen: 12 Scams Most Likely to Arrive Via Bulk Email

  July 1998 Email boxes are filling up with more offers for business opportunities than any other kind of unsolicited commercial email. That's a problem, according to the Federal Trade Commission, because many of these offers are scams. In response ...

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• FERC Issues New Rules Governing the Accounting, Reporting and Rate Filing Requirements for Asset Retirement Obligations

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission") has issued new regulations that address the accounting, financial reporting, and rate filing requirements applicable to asset retirement obligations imposed on public utilities ...

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• FERC Proposals and Orders on Standard Market Design and Regional Transmission Organizations

  This article is an attempt to provide an overview of the activities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relating to a standard design for electricity markets and the formation of regional transmission ...

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