Mcwane, Inc.
Volume 153 · 153 F.T.C. 1759
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IN THE MATTER OF MCWANE, INC., AND STAR PIPE PRODUCTS, LTD.
Docket No. 9351. Order, February 23, 2012 Order granting the joint motion of Complaint Counsel and Respondent Star Pipe Products, Ltd. to withdraw this matter from adjudication in order to enable the Commission to consider a proposed Consent Agreement ORDER WITHDRAWING MATTER FROM ADJUDICATION AS TO RESPONDENT STAR PIPE PRODUCTS, LTD. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING A CONSENT AGREEMENT Complaint Counsel and Respondent Star Pipe Products, Ltd. (“Respondent Star”) having jointly moved for Respondent Star to be withdrawn from adjudication in this matter in order to enable the Commission to consider a proposed Consent Agreement; and Complaint Counsel and Respondent Star having submitted a proposed Consent Agreement containing a proposed Decision and Order, executed by Respondent Star and by Complaint Counsel and approved by the Director of the Bureau of Competition that, if accepted by the Commission, would resolve the claims against Respondent Star in their entirety;
IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Rule 3.25(c) of the Commission Rules of Practice, 16 C.F.R. § 3.25(c), that all claims against Respondent Star, as set forth in the First Violation Alleged and the Second Violation Alleged in the Complaint, be, and they hereby are, withdrawn in their entirety from adjudication until 12:01 a.m. on March 31, 2012, and that all proceedings against Respondent Star before the Administrative Law Judge be, and they hereby are, stayed pending a determination by the Commission with respect to the proposed Consent Agreement, pursuant to Rule 3.25(f), 16 C.F.R. § 3.25(f); and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Rule 3.25(b) of the Commission Rules of Practice, 16 C.F.R. § 3.25(b), that the VOLUME 153 Interlocutory Orders, Etc.
proposed Consent Agreement shall not be placed on the public record unless and until it is accepted by the Commission; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Rule 3.25(e) of the Commission Rules of Practice, 16 C.F.R. § 3.25(e), that this matter shall remain in an adjudicative status as to Respondent McWane, Inc. (“Respondent McWane”), and all claims against Respondent McWane in the Complaint, including but not limited to those set forth in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Violations Alleged in the Complaint, shall remain in an adjudicative status.
By the Commission.
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