Rules of Practice

Document 2023-12630 is a Final Rule published by the Federal Trade Commission in the Federal Register on July 5, 2023, with an effective date of July 5, 2023. The Commission is amending its rules of practice to reflect the creation of the agency's new Office of Technology. The Commission is also amending, its rules of practice for adjudicative proceedings so that administrative law judges presiding over an administrative hearing render a "recommended" decision rather than an "initial" decision. Additionally, the Commission is amending its rules of practice to reflect new procedures for making Touhy and Privacy Act requests. Finally, the Commission is amending certain provisions in its rules of practice to fix misspellings and cross-references and make other ministerial changes. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/05/2023-12630/rules-of-practice.

No. Document 2023-12630 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.