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Federal Trade Commission v. Whole Foods Market, Inc. et al

MOTION for Protective Order

21 Cited authorities

  1. Brown Bag Software v. Symantec Corp.

    960 F.2d 1465 (9th Cir. 1992)   Cited 314 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that good cause includes "protection from misuse of trade secrets by competitors"

  2. U.S. Steel Corp. v. United States

    730 F.2d 1465 (Fed. Cir. 1984)   Cited 259 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that court erred when it prohibited access to confidential information based on attorney's status as "in-house" counsel and requiring case-by-case and attorney-by attorney determination

  3. Centurion Industries, Inc. v. Warren Steurer & Associates

    665 F.2d 323 (10th Cir. 1981)   Cited 266 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there is no absolute privilege for trade secrets and similar confidential information

  4. Am. Standard, Inc. v. Pfizer Inc.

    828 F.2d 734 (Fed. Cir. 1987)   Cited 146 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the privilege should be applied to "lawyer-to-client communications that reveal, directly or indirectly, the substance of a confidential communication by the client"

  5. Akzo N.V. v. U.S. International Trade Commission

    808 F.2d 1471 (Fed. Cir. 1986)   Cited 144 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the former requirement to prove an injury to the domestic industry, which was “wed[ded] to the particular facts of each case” and was “precisely the type of question which Congress has committed to the expertise of the Commission,” was subject to substantial evidence review

  6. F. T. C. v. Exxon Corp.

    636 F.2d 1336 (D.C. Cir. 1980)   Cited 78 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Noting that "it is very difficult for the human mind to compartmentalize and selectively suppress information once learned, no matter how well-intentioned the effort may be to do so"

  7. Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., Ltd. v. U.S.

    929 F.2d 1577 (Fed. Cir. 1991)   Cited 56 times
    Applying U.S. Steel analysis

  8. Diamond Ventures, LLC v. Barreto

    452 F.3d 892 (D.C. Cir. 2006)   Cited 21 times
    Denying IFP status to plaintiff in his capacity as an officer of a non-profit development corporation which, as an artificial entity, cannot proceed IFP

  9. Intervet, Inc. v. Merial Limited

    241 F.R.D. 55 (D.D.C. 2007)   Cited 11 times
    Finding in-house counsel was not a competitive decision-maker because her responsibilities were "exclusively either legal, administrative, or organizational"

  10. Glaxo Inc. v. Genpharm Pharmaceuticals

    796 F. Supp. 872 (E.D.N.C. 1992)   Cited 12 times
    Finding no jurisdiction where defendant mailed one document to plaintiff in the forum

  11. Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 26   Cited 95,205 times   654 Legal Analyses
    Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

  12. Section 45 - Unfair methods of competition unlawful; prevention by Commission

    15 U.S.C. § 45   Cited 3,856 times   562 Legal Analyses
    Providing court-ordered monetary penalties against anyone who engages in conduct previously identified as prohibited in a final cease and desist order, but only if the violator acted with "actual knowledge that such act or practice is unfair or deceptive"

  13. Section 18 - Acquisition by one corporation of stock of another

    15 U.S.C. § 18   Cited 1,507 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Barring an acquisition "where in any line of commerce ... the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition"

  14. Section 46 - Additional powers of Commission

    15 U.S.C. § 46   Cited 178 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Granting power to the F.T.C. to publicize certain information

  15. Section 18a - Premerger notification and waiting period

    15 U.S.C. § 18a   Cited 154 times   107 Legal Analyses
    Exempting from antitrust laws "transactions specifically exempted from the antitrust laws by Federal statute"

  16. Section 57b-2 - Confidentiality

    15 U.S.C. § 57b-2   Cited 25 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Governing confidentiality of information received by the FTC pursuant to a Civil Investigative Demand

  17. Section 4.11 - Disclosure requests

    16 C.F.R. § 4.11   Cited 18 times

    (a)Freedom of Information Act - (1)Initial requests - (i)Form and contents; time of receipt. (A) A request under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552 , as amended, for access to Commission records shall be in writing and transmitted by one of the following means: by the form located on the FTC's FOIA Web site, found at www.ftc.gov; by email message to the FOIA email account at foia@ftc.gov; by facsimile transmission to (202) 326-2477; or by mail to the following address:

  18. Section 4.10 - Nonpublic material

    16 C.F.R. § 4.10   Cited 15 times

    (a) The following records and other material of the Commission are not required to be made public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552 . (1) Records, except to the extent required to be disclosed under other laws or regulations, related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the Commission. This exemption applies to internal rules or instructions to Commission personnel which must be kept confidential in order to assure effective performance of the functions and activities for which the Commission

  19. Section 4.12 - Disposition of documents submitted to the Commission

    16 C.F.R. § 4.12   Cited 12 times

    (a)Material submitted to the Commission. (1) Any person who has submitted material to the Commission may obtain, on request, the return of material submitted to the Commission which has not been received into evidence: (i) After the close of the proceeding in connection with which the material was submitted; or (ii) When no proceeding in which the material may be used has been commenced within a reasonable time after completion of the examination and analysis of all such material and other information

  20. Section 3.42 - Presiding officials

    16 C.F.R. § 3.42   Cited 11 times

    (a)Who presides. Hearings in adjudicative proceedings shall be presided over by a duly qualified Administrative Law Judge or by the Commission or one or more members of the Commission sitting as Administrative Law Judges; and the term Administrative Law Judge as used in this part means and applies to the Commission or any of its members when so sitting. (b)How assigned. The presiding Administrative Law Judge shall be designated by the Chief Administrative Law Judge or, when the Commission or one

  21. Section 3.22 - Motions

    16 C.F.R. § 3.22   Cited 5 times   1 Legal Analyses

    (a)Presentation and disposition. Motions filed under § 4.17 of this chapter shall be directly referred to and ruled on by the Commission. Motions to dismiss filed before the evidentiary hearing (other than motions to dismiss under § 3.26(d) ), motions to strike, and motions for summary decision shall be directly referred to the Commission and shall be ruled on by the Commission unless the Commission in its discretion refers the motion to the Administrative Law Judge. Except as otherwise provided