Federal Trade Commission June 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising
Document Number: 2020-12617
Type: Rule
Date: 2020-06-29
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') announces revised monetary thresholds for three exemptions from the Franchise Rule. The FTC is required to adjust the size of the monetary thresholds every fourth year based upon changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (``CPI-U'') published by the Department of Labor.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension
Document Number: 2020-13706
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-06-25
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) seeks public comments on proposed information requests to be sent pursuant to compulsory process to a combined ten or more of the largest cigarette manufacturers and smokeless tobacco manufacturers. The information sought would include, among other things, data on manufacturer annual sales and marketing expenditures. The current FTC clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') to conduct such information collection expires December 31, 2020. The Commission plans to ask OMB for renewed three-year clearance to collect this information.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension
Document Number: 2020-13703
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-06-25
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') requests that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') clearance for the information collection requirements of its Fair Credit Reporting Risk-Based Pricing Regulations (``Risk-Based Pricing Rule'' or ``Rule''), which applies to certain motor vehicle dealers, and its shared enforcement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (``CFPB'') of the risk- based pricing provisions (subpart H) of the CFPB's Regulation V regarding other entities. That clearance expires on July 31, 2020.
Granting of Requests for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Document Number: 2020-13109
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-06-18
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Prohibition of Energy Market Manipulation Rule
Document Number: 2020-10988
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2020-06-05
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') seeks public comment on the overall costs, benefits, and regulatory and economic impact of its rule prohibiting fraud or deceit in wholesale petroleum markets, and omissions of material information that are likely to distort petroleum markets, as part of the Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension
Document Number: 2020-11877
Type: Notice
Date: 2020-06-02
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') requests that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') clearance for information collection requirements associated with its Funeral Industry Practice Rule (``Funeral Rule'' or ``Rule''). That clearance expires on June 30, 2020.
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