For
Release:
April 7, 2004
FTC Testifies on "Market
Forces, Anticompetitive Activity, and Gasoline Prices"
Agency Details Initiatives to Protect
Competitive Markets Before Senate Subcommittee
Testifying today on behalf of
the Federal Trade Commission before the Subcommittee
on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
of the Senate Judiciary Committee, General Counsel William
Kovacic detailed the agency’s initiatives to maintain
competitive energy markets, and said that the Commission
will take enforcement action, if warranted, to protect
U.S. consumers from price increases resulting from illegal
anticompetitive conduct. More...
For
Release:
April 7, 2004
FTC to Co-Sponsor Conference
on Patent System Reform
On April 15 and 16, 2004, the
Federal Trade Commission, the National Academy of Sciences
(NAS), and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
will co-sponsor a conference to address patent reform
and how it might be implemented. More...
For Release:
April 7, 2004
FTC Extends Comment Period
on Spam Regulation
Comments Will be Accepted until
April 20, 2004
The Federal Trade Commission
has extended the deadline for submitting comments on
regulations regarding unsolicited commercial e-mail
- spam – to be issued under the recently-enacted
CAN-SPAM Act. More...
For
Release:
April 7, 2004
FTC Issues Administrative
Complaint Challenging Arch Coal’s Proposed Acquisition
of Triton Coal Company
The Federal Trade Commission
has issued an administrative complaint challenging Arch
Coal Inc.’s (Arch) proposed acquisition of all
the assets of Triton Coal Company, L.L.C. (Triton) from
New Vulcan Coal Holdings, L.L.C.
More...
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