Commission Actions for April 2007

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April 30, 2007

• Commission Consideration of Conducting A Study To Analyze the Use and Likely Short- and Long-Run Competitive Effects of Authorized Generic Drugs in the Prescription Drug Marketplace: Request for Public Comments On Proposed Information Requests to Firms in the Prescription Drug Industry.
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • Authorized Generic public comments webpage
  • News Release

• FTC and Department of Justice Comments to the Honorable Helene E. Weinstein, Chair, Committee on Judiciary, New York State Assembly, Regarding New York Assembly Bill A01837, To Establish That Certain Services Related To Real Estate Transactions May Be Provided Only By Attorneys (April 2007) (V070004)
  • News Release

April 27, 2007

• In the Matter of Soyo, Inc., a corporation., FTC File No. 062-3094
• In the Matter of InPhonic, Inc., a corporation, FTC File No. 062 3066

April 26, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission Cigarette Report for 2004 and 2005
• Federal Trade Commission Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2002 Through 2005
  • News Release

April 25, 2007

• Comments of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection to NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association, Concerning NACHA's Network Enforcement Rule Proposal
  • Text of the Bureau Comment
  • News Release

April 24, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Sunny Health Nutrition Technology & Products, Inc., and Sunny Sia, Defendants. (United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Tampa Division); FTC File No. 062-3007
  CIV No. 8:06-CV-2193-T-24EAJ

April 23, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Crystal A. Ewing, individually and as a director or officer of Consumer Direct Enterprises, LLC, et al., Defendants.(United States District Court District of Nevada), FTC File No. 062-3025

April 20, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission Staff Comment to The Honorable Nellie Pou, Assemblywoman, 35th District, and Chair, Appropriations Committee, New Jersey General Assembly, Regarding the Likely Competitive Effects of Assembly Bill A-320, Which Would Regulate the Contractual Relationships Between Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Health Benefit Plans (April 2007) (V060019)

  • Text of the Statement
  • News Release
• Food Industry Marketing to Children Report, Project No. P064504: Notice of Submission of Information Collection Requirements to the Office of Management and Budget, and Request for Public Comments On Proposed Information Requests To Food and Beverage Companies and Quick Service Restaurants Concerning, Among Other Things, Their Marketing Activities and Expenditures Targeted Toward Children and Adolescents.
  • Text of the Federal Register Notice
  • News Release
• The FTC in 2007: A Champion for Consumers and Competition (April 2007)
  • Text of the Report
  • News Release

April 19, 2007

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Alternative Hormone Replacement Therapy Products, Presented by Eileen Harrington, Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Special Committee On Aging, United States Senate (April 19, 2007).
  • Text of the Testimony
  • News release

April 17, 2007

• Antitrust Enforcement and Intellectual Property Rights: Promoting Innovation and Competition: A Report Issued By the
  U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (April 2007)
  • Text of the Report
  • News Release

April 16, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Paul L. Foster, Western Refining, Inc., and Giant Industries, Inc., Defendants (United States District Court for the District of New Mexico) Civil Action No.: 07cv352 JH/ACT
  File No. 061 0259
• In the Matter of Actavis Group hf. a corporation; and Abrika Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a corporation, FTC File No. 071 0063

April 13, 2007

• In the Matter of Equitable Resources, Inc., Dominion Resources, Inc., Consolidated Natural Gas Company, and The Peoples Natural Gas Company File No. 061-0140; Docket No. 07-cv-490

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Merchant Processing, Inc., Vequity Financial Group, Inc., Direct Merchant Processing, Inc., and Aaron Lee Rian, Defendants. (United States District Court District of Oregon) Civil Action No.: CV07-0533; FTC File No. 052-3162

April 12, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Paul L. Foster, Western Refining, Inc., and Giant Industries, Inc., Defendants
  (United States District Court for the District of New Mexico)
  
  
• Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Fifth Follow-Up Review of Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress (April 2007)
  • Text of the Commission Report
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of Koninklijke Ahold N.V. and Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc.; File No. 011 0247, Docket No. C-4027

 

April 10, 2007

• Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On The Commission's Work To Protect Consumers and Promote Competition, Presented by Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras Before the Committee On Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate (April 10, 2007)
  • Text of the Statement
  • News Release
    
    
• In the Matter of Service Corporation International and Alderwoods Group, Inc., File No. 061 0156, Docket No. C-4174

April 9, 2007

• Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. John Raymond Salvator Bezeredi, individually and doing business as Dominion Investments, Eurobond Fidelity Ltd.,and Imperial Investments, Defendants., United States District Court Western District of Washington at Seattle, FTC File No. 042 3152, Civil Action No.: CV5 1739

April 5, 2007

• The National Do Not Call Registry: Annual Report to Congress for FY 2006 Pursuant to the Do Not Call Implementation Act On Implementation of the National Do Not Call Registry (April 2007)
  • Text of the Commission Report
  • News Release

April 3, 2007

• In the Matter of Darden Restaurants, Inc., GMRI Inc., and Darden GC Corp., corporations
  FTC File No. 062 3112
  
  
• In the Matter of Guidance Software, Inc., a corporation, FTC File No. 062 3057