Civil Penalties under Section 5(m) of the Federal Trade Commission Act

Federal Trade Commission

1 Settlement in this matter precludes the possibility of a litigated record. Thus, the Commission’s understanding of the facts as set forth in this Analysis is based on the record developed during staff’s investigation. The Commission has decided to include discussion of the relevant parts of the investigatory record to provide the best guidance it can on the scope of the state action defense a...

Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Regarding Google’s Search Practices

The Federal Trade Commission has today completed a wide-ranging investigation of alleged anticompetitive conduct by Google Inc. (“Google”). We issue this Statement to explain the Commission’s unanimous decision to close the portion of its investigation relating to allegations that Google unfairly preferences its own content on the Google search results page and selectively demotes its competito...

United States of America before Federal Trade Commission.

Agreements Filed with the Federal Trade Commission under the Medicare Prescription Drug , Improvement , and Modernization Act of 2003 Overview of Agreements Filed in FY 2011

Variation in the use of federal and state civil money penalties for nursing homes.

PURPOSE The study examined factors associated with state variations in the use of federal and state civil money penalties (CMPs) for nursing homes. DESIGN AND METHODS We collected federal and state CMP data from state survey and certification agencies for 2004. We also used federal CMP data from the federal enforcement action database for 2000-2004. Logistic regressions examined factors relat...