; (B) to compel compliance with such section or such regulation; or (C) to obtain civil penalties in the same amount as the civil penalties that may be obtained by the Commission under section 5(m) of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 45(m) ). (2) Intervention by FTC (A) Notice and intervention The State shall provide prior written notice of any action under paragraph (1) to the Commission and provide the Commission with a copy of its complaint, except in any case in which such prior notice is not feasible, in which case the State shall serve such notice immediately upon instituting such action. The Commission shall have the right— (i) to intervene in the action; (ii) upon so intervening, to be heard on all matters arising therein; and (iii) to file petitions for appeal. (B) Limitation on state action while Federal action is pending If the Commission has instituted a civil action for violation of section 2 or a regulation promulgated under such section, no State attorney general, or official or agency of a State, may bring an action under paragraph (1) during the pendency of the action of the Commission against any defendant named in the complaint of the Commission for any violation of such section or such regulation alleged in the complaint. (3) Rule of construction For purposes of bringing any civil action under paragraph (1), nothing in this Act or the regulations promulgated under this Act shall be construed to prevent an attorney general of a State from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of that State to— (A) conduct investigations; (B) administer oaths or affirmations