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U.S. federal agency that polices unfair or deceptive advertising.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission. U.S. federal agency that polices unfair or deceptive advertising.
30 Dec 1998
BP settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Consent agreement: 134 gas stations and nine terminals to be sold.
Nov 1999
ExxonMobil settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Consent order: divestitures in markets named in a 12-count complaint.
13 Apr 2000
Atlantic Richfield Company settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Consent order with BP Amoco on its merger. BP settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Consent order: ARCO’s Alaska North Slope assets and Cushing, Oklahoma crude business to be sold.
2001
Aug 2001: Susan Creighton worked at U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Deputy Director, then (from July 2003) Director of the Bureau of Competition.
The firm biography that gives these dates has no end date for her FTC service.
7 Sep 2001: Chevron settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Proposed consent agreement: Texaco to exit the Equilon and Motiva joint ventures.
30 Aug 2002
ConocoPhillips settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Proposed consent order allowing the merger, with Rocky Mountain and other divestitures.
The order was with Phillips and Conoco before they became ConocoPhillips.
2013
2013–2015: Joshua D. Wright worked at U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Commissioner.
3 Jan 2013: U.S. Federal Trade Commission authored FTC statement on Google’s search practices (2013).
30 Jun 2014
L’Oréal, charged by U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Alleged unsubstantiated claims for Lancôme Génifique and L’Oréal Paris Youth Code. L’Oréal settled with U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Proposed consent order, placed on the public record for comment.
A charge is an accusation, not a finding of guilt.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission, involved in FTC consent order on Chevron and Hess, 2024–2025, Review of the Essilor and Luxottica merger (2018), FTC consent order on Exxon and Pioneer, 2024–2025, FTC closes its Google search investigation, FTC staff report on Google released by mistake and Open competition inquiries into EssilorLuxottica (mid-2025).
U.S. Federal Trade Commission, funded by the U.S. Congress.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission followed from Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Pictures, from Wikimedia Commons: U.S. Congress, Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0; ExxonMobil, Michael Martin from Cypress, Texas, CC BY-SA 2.0; Chevron, InvadingInvader, CC BY-SA 4.0.
