Our staff issue advisory opinions to help clarify FTC rules and decisions regarding either competition or consumer protection issues, often in response to requests from businesses and industry groups. To find a specific opinion, use the filters on this page. Parties may request advice from our staff concerning proposed conduct.
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Staff Opinion Letter to Beth Deisher Related to Marking of the Word "Copy" under the Hobby Protection Act (16 CFR Part 304).
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Staff Opinion Letter to Clark R. Silcox Related to Mercury Disclosure Requirements for Light Bulbs under the Energy Labeling Rule (16 C.F.R. Part 305).
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Staff Opinion Letter to Donald S. Stein, Esquire, Stating that P眉rlin鈥檚 Recyclable Bedding is Not Covered by the Textile Act or the Commission鈥檚 Textile Rules (16 CFR 303 ).
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Letter From Markus H. Meier, Assistant Director, Health Care Division, Bureau of Competition, to Jennifer R. Bolster, Esq., Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Concerning Crouse Health Hospital's Proposal To Sell...
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Staff Opinion Letter Addressing Compliance With the Commission Decision and Order in In the Matter of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Docket No. C-3952 , and Copy of the Incoming Request
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Staff opinion letter clarifying Opinion 09-1 concerning the Telemarketing Sales Rule鈥檚 applicability to calls utilizing soundboarding technology
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Staff Opinion Letter on Soundboarding
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Staff opinion letter related to energy representations for portable air conditioners.
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Provides compliance guidance to funeral directors prohibited by D.C. law from removals to a funeral home until a death from natural causes is pronounced by a physician.
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Opinion 16-2
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Confirms Opinion 15-1 requirement that Casket Price List must be provided before consumers view caskets, and addresses how funeral provider locations in storefronts, malls and mall kiosks may comply.
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Opinion 16-1
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This Commission Staff Advisory Opinion (1) explains that the Commission's Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Preservation of Consumers' Claims and Defenses, 16 C.F.R. 搂 433 (the Holder Rule) protects...
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Addresses why placing a consumer in the casket display room to wait to speak with a funeral director violates the funeral rule unless the consumer first has been shown a casket price list.
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Opinion 15-1
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Discusses whether statutory and catalog sales exemption from definition of telemarketing applies to seller that solicits inbound calls in response to mailed catalogs, but does not complete a sale...
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opinion_14-1.pdf
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Addresses whether a group purchasing organization based prescription-drug program operated for the benefit of a group of non-profit schools, colleges, and universities would fall within the Non-Profit...
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Advises that, consistent with the Department of Energy (鈥淒OE鈥) enforcement policy on new regional standards for furnaces, the FTC staff will not recommend enforcement action against manufacturers that...