Commission Actions for January 2007

January 30, 2007

• United States of America (for the Federal Trade Commission), Plaintiff, v. TJ Web Productions, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company, Defendant., United States District Court, District of Nevada; Civil Action No: CV-S-05-0882-RLH-GWF; FTC File No.: 052-3047; X050062
  
  
• 16 C.F.R. Part 305 (R511994): The Appliance Labeling Rule: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Public Comment On Proposed Amendments to the Rule, To Implement A New Design for EnergyGuide Labels, Replace Labeling Requirements for Heating and Cooling Equipment With Marking Requirements, and Effect Other Changes
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • Consumer Research Discussed in the Notice: Background Information
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a general partnership. FTC File No. 062-3019

January 29, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Lane Labs-USA, Inc., Cartilage Consultants, Inc., corporations, and I. William Lane and Andrew J. Lane, individuals (United States District Court for the District of New Jersey) Case No. 00CV3174; FTC File No. 982 3558; FTC File No. X000086

January 26, 2007

• Enforcement Activities of the Federal Trade Commission Under the Truth In Lending Act, the Consumer Leasing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act During 2006
  • Text of the Commission Report
  • News Release

January 25, 2007

• In the Matter of TC Group, L.L.C., a limited liability company, Riverstone Holdings LLC, a limited liability company, Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund II, L.P., a limited partnership, and Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund III, L.P., a limited partnership; File No. 061 0197; Docket No. C-4183

• Horizontal Merger Investigation Data, Fiscal Years 1996-2005
  • News Release
    
    
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Think All Publishing, L.L.C. and Yuri Mintskovsky, Defendants.
  (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Sherman Division); Civil Action No.: 4:07-CV-11;
  FTC File No. 062-3012

January 23, 2007

• File No. 061 0279
  Proposed Acquisition of McData Corporation by Brocade Communications Systems Inc.
  • Closing Letter to Counsel for Brocade Communications Systems Inc.
  • Closing Letter to Counsel for McData Corporation
    
    
• 16 C.F.R. Part 436: Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising
  16 C.F.R. Part 437: Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Business Opportunities
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice Containing the Final Rule Language and the Statement of Basis and Purpose
  • News Release

January 22, 2007

• In the Supreme Court of the United States: Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc., Petitioner, v. PSKS, Inc., doing business as Kay's Kloset . . . Kay's Shoes, On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Brief for the United States and the Federal Trade Commission As Amicus Curiae Supporting Petitioner (Case No. 06-480).
  • Text of the Brief
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Supreme Court of the United States: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, formerly known as Credit Suisse First Boston LLC., et al., Petitioners, v. Glen Billing, et al., On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Brief for the United States and The Federal Trade Commission As Amicus Curiae Supporting Vacatur (Case No. 05-1157).
  • Text of the Brief
  • News Release

January 19, 2007

In the Matter of Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Inc., File No. 061 0220 Docket No. C-4180

January 18, 2007

In the Matter of Hospira, Inc. and Mayne Pharma Limited, File No. 071 0002, Docket No. C-4182

January 17, 2007

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Anticompetitive Patent Settlements in the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Benefits of A Legislative Solution, Presented by Commissioner Jon Leibowitz Before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate (January 17, 2007).
  • Text of the Commission Statement
  • News Release
    
    
• Agreements Filed With the Federal Trade Commission Under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003: Summary of Agreements Filed in Fiscal Year 2006: A Report by the Bureau of Competition (January 2007)
  • Text of the Report
  • News Release

January 16, 2007

• Section 7A of the Clayton Act: Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds For Filings Made Pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino
  Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
  • Text of Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• Section 8 of the Clayton Act: Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Interlocking Directorates
  • Text of Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
    
    
• 16 C.F.R. Part 255: Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising: Request for Public Comments
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release

January 12, 2007

• Federal Trade Comission, Plaintiff, v. Digital Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a movieland.com, a California corporation; Triumphant Videos, Inc., d/b/a popcorn.net, a California corporation; Pacificon International, Inc., d/b/a Vitalix, a California corporation; Alchemy Communications, Inc., a California corporation; Accessmedia Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Innovative Networks, Inc., a California corporation; Film Web, Inc., a Wyoming corporation; Binary Source, Inc., d/b/a moviepass.tv, a California corporation; Mediacaster, Inc., d/b/a mediacaster.net, a Delaware corporation; CS Hotline, Inc., a California corporation; Easton Herd; and Andrew Garroni, Defendants.United States District Court Central District Of California Western Division Civil Action No.: CV06-4923 CAS (AJWx); FTC File No.: 062-3008

January 9, 2007

• In the Matter of Service Corporation International and Alderwoods Group, Inc., File No. 061 0156, Docket No. C-4174

January 8, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Randall L. Leshin, Randall L. Leshin, P.A. also d/b/a Express Consolidation, Express Consolidation, Inc., Consumer Credit Consolidation, Inc., and Maureen A. Gaviola, Defendants. (United States District Court Southern District of Florida); Civil Action No.: 0:06-CV-61851-WJZ; File No. 052-3146
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission v. InterBill, Ltd. and Thomas Well, individually and as an officer or director of InterBill (United States District Court for the District of Nevada), CV-S-06, FTC File No. 042-3192

January 5, 2007

• In the Matter of Service Corporation International and Alderwoods Group, Inc., File No. 061 0156, Docket No. C-4174

January 4, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Robert Chinery, Jr.; Tracy A. Chinery; and RTC Research & Development, LLC, Defendants (United States District Court for the District of New Jersey), Civil Action No. 05-3460 (GEB)
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Window Rock Enterprises, Inc., also d/b/a, Window Rock Health Laboratories, also d/b/a CortiSlim, Infinity Advertising, Inc., Stephen F. Cheng, Shawn M. Talbott, and Gregory S. Cynaumon, Defendants., United States District Court, Central District of California Civil Action No.: CV04-8190 DSF (JTLx)
  
  
• In the Matter of Goen Technologies Corporation; Nutramerica Corporation; Trimspa, Inc.; and Alexander Szynalski, also known as Alexander Goen, File No. 042 3127
  
  
• United States of America (for the Federal Trade Commission), Plaintiff, v. Bayer Corporation, Defendant, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; Civ. Action No. 07-01 (HAA)

January 3, 2007

• In the Matter of General Dynamics Corporation, File No. 061 0150, Docket No. C-4181
  
  
• 16 C.F.R. Part 18: Guides For the Nursery Industry: Completion of Regulatory Review and Confirmation of Guides
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release