Commission Responses to Petitions to Limit or Quash Investigational Compulsory Process

Advanced Research, Inc., FTC File No. P014806

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash or Limit Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Advanced Research, Inc. (February 25, 2003)

Aloha Petroleum, Ltd., FTC File No. 051 0131

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Aloha Petroleum, Ltd. In Matter No. 051 0131

Ashley Industries, LLC, Ashley Industries LP, and Ashley Industries GP, FTC File No. 042 3127

  • Commission Letter Denying in Part and Granting in Part Motion to Quash Civil Investigative Demands Filed by Steve Wingard; Ashley Industries, LLC; Ashley Industries, LP; and Ashley Industries GP, LLC (October 17, 2005)

Banner Health / Sun Health, Inc., File No. 081 0054

  • Commission Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum filed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Inc. on April 4, 2008 (May 15, 2008)

BlueHippo Funding, FTC File No. 052 3092

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed By BlueHippo Funding, LLC (December 13, 2005)

Carey V. Brown, Credit Payment Services, Inc., Credit Protection Depot, Inc., Discount Advances Dot Com, Inc., Midland Financial Management Corp., and My Cash Now, Inc., File No. 102 3175

  • Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Limit and/or Quash Civil Investigative Demands Directed to Carey V. Brown, Credit Payment Services, Inc., Credit Protection Depot, Inc., Discount Advances Dot Com, Inc., Midland Financial Management Corp., and My Cash Now, Inc. in File No. 102 3175 (April 7, 2011)
  • Petition to Limit or Quash Civil Investigative Demands Filed by Carey V. Brown, Credit Payment Services, Inc., Credit Protection Depot, Inc., DiscountAdvances.com, Discount Advances Dot Com, Inc., Midland Financial Management Corp., MyCashNow.com, My Cash Now, Inc., and PayDayMax.com (February 22, 2011)

Cephalon, Inc., FTC File No. 061 0182

  • Request for a Review of Letter Ruling on the Petition to Quash Subpoena Ad Testificandum Filed by Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. (November 27, 2009) [Redacted Public Version]
  • Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Quash Subpoena Ad Testificandum Filed by Paul M. Bisaro and Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. (November 13, 2009) [Redacted Public Version]
  • Petition to Quash Subpoena Ad Testificandum Dated July 22, 2009, Filed by Paul M. Bisaro and Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. in File No. 061 0182 (July 30, 2009) [Redacted Public Version]
  • Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demand Dated July 7, 2009, Filed by Cephalon Inc. in File No. 061 0182 (July 22, 2009) [Redacted Public Version]

Church & Dwight Co., Inc., File No. 091 0037

  • Commission Letter Affirming Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Quash, Limit or Stay Subpoenas Ad Testificandum Directed to Employees of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (January 23, 2011)
  • Request for Rehearing by the Full Commission of the Denial of Church & Dwight Co., Inc.'s Petition to Quash, Limit, or Stay Subpoenas Ad Testificandum Directed to James Craigie, Adrian Huns, Paul Siracusa, and Kelly Zhan, Filed by Church & Dwight Co., Inc. in File No. 091 0037 (December 16, 2010)
  • Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Quash, Limit or Stay Subpoenas Ad Testificandum Directed to Employees of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (December 8, 2010)
  • Petition to Quash, Limit or Stay Subpoenas Ad Testificandum Directed to James Craigie, Adrian Huns, Paul Siracusa, and Kelly Zhan, Employees of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (November 5, 2010)
  • Commission Letter Affirming December 23, 2009, Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demand Issued to Church & Dwight, Co., Inc. (February 16, 2010)
  • Request for Rehearing by the Full Commission of the Denial of Petition to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demand Issued to Church & Dwight (December 28, 2009)
  • Letter Ruling Denying Church & Dwight’s Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demand (December 23, 2009)
  • Request for Leave to File Out of Time the Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum Issued to Church & Dwight, Inc. on June 29, 2009, Filed by Church & Dwight, Inc. in File No. 091 0037 (December 4, 2009)
  • Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demand Issued to Church & Dwight, Inc. on June 29, 2009 (November 13, 2009)

Commonwealth Marketing Group, Inc., FTC File No. 912 3352

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash or Limit Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Commonwealth Marketing Group, Inc. (March 28, 2007)

CoStar/Loopnet, FTC File No. 111 0172

  • Petition to Quash or Limit Civil Investigative Demand Issued to Commercial Investment Multiple Listings Service (CIMLS.COM) on November 28, 2011, Filed by CIMLS.com, in File No. 111 0172 (December 8, 2011)

CVS Caremark, FTC File No. 072 3119

Debt Relief USA, FTC File No. 092 3052

  • Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demands for Testimony Issued on October 23, 2009 (January 8, 2010)
  • Petition to Quash or Dismiss Civil Investigative Demand for Oral Testimony Filed by Kelly E. Reilly, James F. Wojcik, and Alvin B. Bell (October 28, 2009)

D.R. Horton and Lennar Corp., FTC File Nos. 102 3050 and 102 3051

  • Request for Review by the Full Commission Filed by Lennar Corporation, in File No. 102 3051 (March 17, 2010)
  • Request for Review by the Full Commission Filed by D.R. Horton, Inc., in File No. 102 3050 (March 17, 2010)
  • Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Limit and/or Quash Civil Investigative Demands Issued to D. R. Horton Inc. and Lennar Corp. (March 9, 2010)
  • Commission Letter Affirming Denial of Petitions to Limit or Quash Civil Investigative Demands (July 12, 2010)
  • D.R. Horton, Inc.'s Petition To Limit or Quash Civil Investigative Demand [Public By Agreement of the Petitioner] (December 11, 2009)
  • Lennar Corporation's Petition To Limit or Quash Civil Investigative Demand [Public By Agreement of the Petitioner] (December 11, 2009)

Empire Gas Inc. and Liquilux Gas Corporation, FTC File No. 091 0115

  • Commission Letter Affirming Letter Ruling on Petition to Quash or Modify Civil Investigative Demand and Subpoena Ad Testificandum Filed by Ramón González Cordero and Ramón González Simonet (January 8, 2010)
  • Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Quash or Modify Civil Investigative Demand and Subpoena Ad Testificandum Filed by Ramón González Cordero and Ramón González Simonet (December 3, 2009)
  • Petition to Quash or Modify Civil Investigative Demand and Subpoena Ad Testificandum - Filed by Ramón González Cordero and Ramón González Simonet (November 19, 2009)

Enforma Natural Products, FTC File No. X000069

  • Commission Letter Affirming September 10, 2002 Ruling Denying Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Dr. William V. Judy (October 11, 2002)
  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Dr. William V. Judy (September 10, 2002)
  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Limit Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Enforma Natural Products, Inc. (July 23, 2002)

Ever Private Card, FTC File No. 072 3241

  • Letter Ruling Withdrawing the Civil Investigative Demand Issued to Mark Benning and Dismissing the Petitions to Quash Filed by Mark Benning and Swish Marketing as Moot (January 14, 2010)
  • Petition to Quash and/or Limit Civil Investigative Demand Filed by Swish Marketing Inc. in File No. 072 3241 (May 22, 2009)
  • Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed by Mark Benning in Ever Private Card in File No. 072 3241 (May 21, 2009)

ExxonMobil, FTC File No. 051 0243

Federated Department Stores, FTC File No. 992 3271

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Federated Department Stores, Inc., On Behalf of Its Subsidiary, FACS Group, Inc. (February 23, 2001)

Firefighters Charitable Foundation, Inc., FTC File No. 102 3023

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Limit and/or Quash Civil Investigative Demand Issued to Firefighters Charitable Foundation, Inc. in File No. 102 3023 (September 23, 2010)
  • Petition to Limit and/or Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed by Firefighters Charitable Foundation, Inc. in File No. 102 3023 (July 29, 2010)

Garden of Life, FTC File No. 032 3237

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Limit or Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Garden of Life (October 17, 2005)

Google, Inc., File No. 111 0163

  • Commission Letter Affirming June 18, 2012 Ruling Denying Petition of Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC to Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum, in File No. 111 0163 (September 7, 2012) [Redacted Public Version] [PDF – 9 pages]
  • Petition by Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC for Full Commission Review of its Petition to Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum and Request for Hearing in File No. 111 0163 (June 22, 2012) [Redacted Public Version] [PDF – 103 pages]
  • Commission Letter Denying Petition of Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC to Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum, in File No. 111 0163 (June 18, 2012) [PDF – 8 pages]
  • Petition of Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC to Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum, in File No. 111 0163
    (April 21, 2012) [Redacted Public Version]

Hannaford Bros. Company, FTC File No. 082 3152

Ken Roberts Company, FTC File No. 992 3259

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demands Filed By The Ken Roberts Company, The United States Chart Company, The Ken Roberts Institute, and The Ted Warren Corporation (February 25, 2000)

LabMD Inc., FTC File No. 102 3099

  • Commission Letter Affirming the Ruling, By Commissioner Brill, Denying the Petitions To Limit or Quash Filed by LabMd and Michael J. Daugherty (June 21, 2012)
  • Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rosch (June 21, 2012)
  • Commission Letter Denying LabMD, Inc.'s Petition to Limit or Quash the Civil Investigative Demand and Michael J. Daugherty's Petition to Limit or Quash the Civil Investigative Demand, in File No. 102 3099 (April 20, 2012)
  • Petition to Limit or Quash the Civil Investigative Demand Filed by LabMD Inc., in File No. 102 3099 (January 10, 2012)
  • Petition to Limit or Quash the Civil Investigative Demand Filed by Michael J. Daugherty, in File No. 102 3099 (January 10, 2012)

MaineHealth / Maine Cardiology Associates, LLC, FTC File No. 101 0010

  • Petition to Limit Compulsory Process Filed by MaineHealth in File No. 101 0010 (February 17, 2010)
  • Joint Petition to Limit Compulsory Process Filed by Cardiovascular Consultants of Maine and Maine Cardiology Associates in File No. 101 0010 (February 17, 2010)

New Seasons Market, FTC File No. 071 0114

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash or Limit Civil Investigative Demand Filed By New Seasons Markets (June 26, 2007)

Nutraceuticals International LLC, File No. 082 3130

  • Commission Letter Ruling Dismissing Nutraceuticals International, LLC's Appeal as Moot (July 30, 2008)
  • Appeal by Nutraceuticals International LLC of the Denial by Commissioner Harbour of the Petition to Quash or Limit Second Civil Investigative Demand (July 1, 2008)
  • Petition to Quash or, In the Alternative, to Limit the Second Civil Investigative Demand Issued May 16, 2008 in File No. 082 3130 (June 6, 2008)

Par Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. and Paddock Laboratories, Inc., FTC File No. 071 0060

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoenas Dated February 13, 2008, Filed By Par Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., and Paddock Laboratories, Inc. (March 14, 2008)
  • Par Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., and Paddock Laboratories, Inc.’s Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoenas Dated February 13, 2008 (February 20, 2008)

Phoebe Putney Health Systems, Inc. and HCA Inc., File No. 111 0067

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoenas Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demands in File No. 111 0067 (March 10, 2011)
  • Phoebe Putney Health Systems, Inc.’s Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demand (February 25, 2011)
  • HCA, Inc.’s Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum and Civil Investigative Demand (February 25, 2011)
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP's Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum in File No. 111 0067 (April 6, 2011)

Thoratec Corporation/HeartWare International, Inc., File No. 091 0064

  • Commission Letter Granting In Part and Denying In Part Petition To Limit Or Quash Subpoenas Ad Testificandum Filed By HeartWare International, Inc. (June 26, 2009)
  • Petition to Limit or Quash Subpoenas Ad Testificandum Dated April 24, 2009, Filed by HeartWare International, Inc. in File No. 091 0064 (June 29, 2009)

United FreshStart, FTC File No. 042 3195

  • Commission Letter Denying Request For Review of the March 24, 2005 Ruling Filed By United FreshStart (April 6, 2005)
  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed By United FreshStart (March 24, 2005)

Unnamed Telemarketers and Others, File No. 012 3145

U.S. Safe Web Act Request from Australian Agencies for Telemarketing Investigative Assistance Omnibus Resolution, File No. 082 3224

  • Letter Withdrawing Petition to Quash or Limit Civil Investigative Demand Issued to Makri Inc. on August 22, 2008 (October 11, 2008)
  • Petition to Quash or Limit Civil Investigative Demand dated August 22, 2008 Filed by Makri Inc. in File No. 082 3224 (September 16, 2008)

Versatile Marketing Solutions, Inc., doing business as VMS Alarms and/or VMS, File No. 122 3162

  • Letter Withdrawing Petition to Quash or to Limit Civil Investigative Demand Filed on Behalf of Versatile Marketing Solutions, Inc. et al., including Alliance Security, Inc., in File No. 122 3162 (August 2, 2012) [PDF – 1 page]
  • Petition To Quash Or To Limit Civil Investigative Demand (June 26, 2012) [Redacted Public Version]

Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp., File No. 052 3182

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Limit and/or Quash Civil Investigative Demand Filed By Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp. (November 17, 2005)

West Asset Management, Inc., File No. 072 3006

  • Commission Letter Affirming April 18 Ruling Denying Petition to Quash or Limit Subpoena Duces Tecum filed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Inc. on April 4, 2008 (July 2, 2008)
  • Commission Letter Ruling Denying Petition to Limit Civil Investigative Demand filed by West Asset Management, Inc. on April 4, 2008 (April 18, 2008)

William E. Shell, M.D., FTC File No. C-3749

  • Commission Letter Denying Petition to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum Filed By William E. Shell, M.D. (March 31, 2000)

W.L. Gore & Associates, File No. 101 0207

  • Commission Letter Affirming May 23 Ruling Denying Petition to Limit or Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum (June 27, 2011)
  • W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.'s Request for Full Commission Review of Letter Ruling Denying W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.'s Petition to Limit or Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated March 10, 2011, in File No. 101 0207 (May 27, 2011) [Redacted Public Version]
  • Commission Letter Denying Petition To Limit or Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum (May 23, 2011)
  • W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.'s Petition To Limit or Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated March 10, 2011 [Redacted Public Record Version]

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, LLC, FTC File No. 102 3142

  • Letter from Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Withdrawing the Civil Investigative Demand (June 29, 2012)
  • Request for Review by the Full Commission of the Letter Ruling Denying in Part the Petition to Limit and/or Quash the Civil Investigative Demand, Filed by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, LLC and Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in File No. 102 3142 (April 20, 2012) [Redacted Public Version]
  • Commission Letter Denying in Part and Granting in Part the Petition to Limit and/or Quash and Modifying the Civil Investigative Demand Issued to Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, LLC, and Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, in File No. 102 3023 (April 11, 2012)
  • Petition to Quash or, Alternatively, Limit Civil Investigative Demand Filed by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, LLC and Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, in File No. 102 3142 (January 20, 2012)