Rules of Practice

What it does

The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission" or "FTC") is amending its rules of practice to revise the description of the FTC's EEO Office and Regional Offices and to update the list of current control numbers assigned by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") to the Commission's information collection requirements. The Commission is also amending its rules of practice to clarify that FTC staff may consider a variety of relevant issues when modifying a Second Request--i.e., a request for additional information or documentary material relevant to an acquisition the Commission is investigating. In addition, the Commission is amending its rules of practice to clarify the procedures by which Administrative Law Judges ("ALJs") are assigned to administrative adjudicative proceedings and to restore previously deleted language that provided a page limit for opening briefs. Finally, the Commission is amending its rules of practice to update the list of documents that are part of the Commission's public record; to revise and clarify the methods for submitting FOIA requests; to clarify how the Commission calculates a quorum under its quorum rule; and to add several requirements to the procedures governing motions seeking disqualification of Commissioners.

The Federal Trade Commission's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

Compared with

The Federal Trade Commission has published 4 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 4 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3084-AB85 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• Sept. 24, 2026 Final rule. Rules of Practice

What happens next and when

This rule is effective on September 24, 2026, except that the Commission may determine that application of amended 16 CFR 2.20 in an investigation pending as of September 24, 2026 would not be feasible or would create an injustice.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FTC-2026-1519 on Regulations.gov

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register