UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20580 

Office of the Secretary 

Mr./Ms. Esq. 

[Law Finn] 

[Address] 

Re: In the Matter of[}., 

Docket No. [#] 

July XX, 202X 

Dear Third-Party Counsel: 

This letter provides information and instructions that will help you in filing documents 

within an Administrative Part 3 adjudicative proceeding. 

1. Notices of Appearance

Pursuant to Rule 4.l(d), 16 C.F.R. § 4.l(d), "any attorney desiring to appear before the 

Collllllission or an Administrative Law Judge on behalf of a person or patty shall file with the 

Secretaiy of the Collllllission a written notice of appearance." All attorneys appearing on behalf 

of the patties, or on behalf of any third patties, must enter a Notice of Appeai·ance. The Notice 

of Appearance f01m should be accompanied by language "stating the basis for eligibility under 

this section and including the attorney's jurisdiction of admission/qualification, attorney 

identification nlllllber, if applicable, and a statement by the appeai·ing attorney attesting to his/her 

good standing within the legal profession." Id. A copy of the Notice of Appeai·ance fo1m is 

attached to this letter and is available on the Collllllission website at 

http://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/fags/file-doclllllents-adjudicativeproceedings/ftc-23 2.pdf. 

2. Filings

We suggest that you relay the following info1mation regarding filings to third pa1ties 

seeking to enter filings in this case. 

Third parties in Part 3 administrative proceedings may file pleadings either in(a) paper 

format; (b) electronically through FTC Administrative E-File System (AEFS), the 

A complete copy of the Commission's Rules of Practice is available online at 

http://bit.ly/FTCsRulesofPractice. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counsel for [], Docket No. [#]

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(b) electronically through FTC Administrative E-File System (AEFS), the Commission’s

electronic filing system;

2 or (c) electronically using the Commission’s encrypted file transfer

protocol. Courtesy copies of all filings in adjudicative proceedings should be emailed to the

Secretary at ElectronicFilings@ftc.gov.

A. Filing Documents in Paper Form

Documents may be filed in paper format by hand-delivering or mailing the filing to: 

Office of the Secretary 

Federal Trade Commission 

Constitution Center 

400 Seventh Street, S.W., Suite 5610 

Washington, D.C. 20024 

Attn: Docket No. [#]

B. Filing Documents Electronically Through AEFS

C. Filing Documents Electronically Using Encrypted FTP Transmission

Parties may also submit an electronic copy of any filings by transmitting such documents 

in encrypted format via the Accellion FTP encryption system that the Office of the Secretary 

will make available to a party upon request. Documents may be in any format and may be as 

much as 12GB in size. Accordingly, we recommend using this filing option for large files, files 

containing video or audio attachments, or files containing large spreadsheets. 

2 Commission Rule 4.2(c)(1)(i), 16 C.F.R. § 4.2(c)(1)(i), provides that “[d]ocuments may be filed 

electronically by using the Office of the Secretary’s electronic filing system and complying with the Secretary’s 

directions for using that system. . . . ,” and Commission Rule 4.2(b), 16 C.F.R. § 4.2(b), provides that “[e]very page 

of each such document shall be clearly and accurately labeled “Public”, “In Camera” or “Confidential.” 

3 Redactions must be effected by completely deleting the in camera or otherwise confidential 

material before filing. Simply masking the in camera or otherwise confidential material -- through the use, for 

example, of a white type font -- is insufficient. 

Documents may also be filed electronically through the Administrative E-File System 

(AEFS) at https://adminefiling.ftc.gov/ftcefile. All documents submitted through AEFS must be 

submitted in .PDF fonnat.3

Please note that electronically filing a document via AEFS does not fulfill your service 

obligations. Service by electronic delive1y shall be conducted pursuant to Commission Rules 

4.4(b),(e)(2), 16 C.F.R. §§ 4.4(b), (e)(2), by emailing a copy to lead complaint counsel and 

respondent's counsel with a courtesy copy to ElectronicFilings@ftc.gov. You ai·e also required 

to comply with any additional requirements that the designated Administrative Law Judge or the 

Commission may establish regai·ding the submission of courtesy copies. 

Should you have any questions regai·ding AEFS, a copy of the External User Manual is 

available at https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/attachments/faqs/file-documents-adjudicativeproceedings/aef _ user_ manual_ external_ filer. pdf. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counsel for []., Docket No. [#]

July xx, 202x – Page 4 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

COMMISSIONERS: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Acting Chairwoman 

Noah Joshua Phillips

Rohit Chopra 

Christine S. Wilson 

The caption should not include any reference to the recusal or non-participation of any 

particular Commissioner, as those terms only refer to a particular Commissioner’s vote on a 

specific motion. 

When filing any pleading for consideration by the Commission, the party should email a 

courtesy copy of such filing to ElectronicFilings@ftc.gov. 

* * *

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact either me at 

atabor@ftc.gov or Daniel Freer at dfreer@ftc.gov. Thank you for your attention. 

Sincerely, 

April J. Tabor 

Secretary