Portfolio 21-4th: Manual of Federal Trade Commission Practice

I. Missions and Structure of the Federal Trade Commission
A. Vision and Missions
B. Structure of the Commission
1. The commissioners
2. The staff
a. Enforcement bureaus
(1). Bureau of Competition
(2). Bureau of Consumer Protection
b. Regional offices
c. Support bureaus
d. Staff contacts with non-involved persons
C. Laws Administered by the Commission

II. Functions of the Commission
. Introductory Material
A. Enforcement
1. Merger enforcement—Bureau of Competition
a. Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
(1). ‘Second requests'
(2). Penalties
(3). Failure to file for reportable transactions
(4). Confidentiality
b. Horizontal Merger Guidelines
(1). Market definition and concentration
(a). Market definition
(b). Market concentration
(2). Potential adverse effects
(3). Entry
(4). Efficiencies
(5). Failure and exiting assets
2. Non-merger antitrust enforcement—Bureau of Competition
a. Statements of antitrust enforcement policy in health care
b. Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations
c. Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property
(1). Innovation or technology markets
(a). Technology markets
(b). Innovation markets
(2). Safety zone
d. Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations among Competitors
3. Consumer protection enforcement—Bureau of Consumer Protection
4. Investigations
a. The decision to start an investigation
(1). Initial phase investigation
(2). Full investigations
b. How an investigation is conducted
(1). Informal investigations
(2). Formal investigations
(a). Tools of discovery
(i). Civil investigative demand
(ii). Subpoena
(iii). Investigational hearing
(iv). 6(b) order
(v). Order requiring access
(vi). Judicial review of discovery
(3). Cooperation with other agencies, the states and foreign governments
(a). International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994
(b). US Safe Web Act
(c). Protocol with NAAG
5. Consent decrees
a. Deciding whether to consent
b. Negotiating a consent order
c. Acceptance of a consent order
6. Preliminary injunction proceedings
7. Administrative complaint proceedings
a. Pre-trial proceedings
b. Trial of the complaint
c. Initial decision
d. Appeal to the Commission
e. Scope of the order
f. Finalization, enforcement, and reopening of orders
8. Compliance
a. Compliance by respondent
b. Compliance by non-respondents with trade regulation rules and cease and desist orders against others
B. Policy, Research, and Educational Function
1. Advisory opinions
2. Industry guides
3. Advocacy filings
4. Research, reports, workshops and conferences
5. Speeches, testimony and press reports
6. Consumer Web sites
C. Rulemaking
1. Rulemaking authority
2. Rulemaking procedures
a. Proposed rule
b. Issuance/non-issuance of rule
3. Commission review of rules
4. Judicial review