Preface

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PREFACE

The FTC Practice and Procedure Manual, now in this second edition,

provides an essential “how to” guide for parties and their counsel

involved in matters before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),

whether on the competition or consumer protection side of the agency.

This book’s primary focus is on procedural matters specific to the FTC,

rather than substantive analysis of particular areas of law (the latter being

covered in the ABA Section of Antitrust’s many area-specific

publications). This book sets forth the FTC's history; statutory authority

under many different applicable laws, with a focus on how Section 5 of

the FTC Act impacts the agency's competition and consumer protection

missions; organizational structure and basic regulations; procedures and

rules governing mergers and non-merger investigations; other rules

governing investigations more broadly, including confidentiality

protections; and procedures for “Part 3” adjudication, which is the FTC’s

administrative trial function.

This book is the product of many contributors. John Graubert served

as chair of the project, recruiting editors and authors and providing

significant editing of his own, and was assisted in this task by Don Clark.

Stephen Stack and Jonathan Lutinski guided the project for the Books &

Treatises Committee. The Antitrust Section would also like to thank the

other contributors to this edition, including the following:

Jennifer Allen

Jeanine Balbach

Stephen Bartenstein

Michael Bloom

Katherine Boyle

Thomas Brock

David Creasey

David Dahlquist

James R. Dean, Jr.

Cyril Djoukeng

Daniel Ducore

W. Ashley Gum

Paige Jennings

Robert Jones

Naomi Licker

Josephine Liu