The Federal Trade Commission is hosting a seminar on Consumer Generated and Controlled Health Data tomorrow, and invites webcast viewers to submit questions online. Staff will live-tweet the seminar, and take questions via Twitter, Facebook, and email. The seminar, which is part of the FTC’s spring privacy series, will examine how consumers are taking a […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
FTC Extends Public Comment Period for Healthcare Competition Workshop Through May 16, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission has extended the deadline for public comments on its recent workshop, Examining Health Care Competition. To provide interested parties additional time to submit comments, the deadline has been extended through May 16, 2014. Comments can be submitted electronically, as detailed in the Federal Register notice announcing the event. The workshop was […]
FTC Amicus Brief Urges Court of Appeals to Reverse District Court Finding That ‘No-Authorized Generic’ Commitments Are Not Reverse Payments Under Actavis Supreme Court Ruling
The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, urging it to reverse a district court dismissal in the case of Lamictal Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation. The district court found that agreements between branded and generic drug makers that include the branded firm’s commitment not to […]
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges that Company Made Misleading and Unsubstantiated Biodegradeability Claims for Its Plastic Products
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that American Plastic Manufacturing, Inc. made misleading and unsubstantiated biodegradability claims for its plastic products. The final order is the fourth resulting from a set of “green” marketing cases, first announced in October 2013. The Commission approved final orders […]
FTC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Upcoming Seminar on Privacy Implications of Consumer Generated and Controlled Health Data
The Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda and panelists for its upcoming seminar on the privacy ramifications of consumer generated and controlled health data, taking place on May 7 from 10 a.m. to noon in Washington, D.C. The seminar, which is part of the FTC’s spring privacy series, will look at the various ways consumers […]
FTC Resumes Review of Fuel Economy Guide
The Federal Trade Commission is resuming its regulatory review of the Fuel Economy Guide. The agency seeks comments on potential updates to the Guide, which helps facilitate the use of fuel economy information in advertising. The FTC issued the “Guide Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising for New Automobiles” in 1975 to prevent deceptive fuel economy advertising […]