FTC wants input on tweaks to click-to-cancel rule
After the agency’s court defeats during the Biden administration, the Federal Trade Commission is taking another attempt to strengthen the regulation of negative option subscriptions.
New normal, states circling and other ABA sideline talk
The American Bar Association’s Antitrust Spring Meeting is excellent in two ways. The formal panel presentations are a great way to keep informed of legal events, and the informal conversations in the hallways can be equally informative and cover different ground. This year the informal exchanges...
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‘Acqui-hire issue’ a focus for Ferguson
Elaborating on language from the Federal Trade Commission’s request for public comment on premerger notifications, agency Chairman Andrew Ferguson recently discussed the problem of regulating...
Casablanca or The Godfather: Officials clash over comparisons of DOJ
Roger Alford, the embattled former senior Department of Justice official, tried on a new hat during the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Spring Meeting — movie critic.
After Live Nation deal, Klobuchar wants stronger review of antitrust settlements
Senator Amy Klobuchar introduced the Antitrust Accountability and Transparency Act aimed at strengthening reviews of antitrust settlements to ensure they protect consumers, workers and small...
Slaughter praises agency bipartisanship while awaiting high court ruling
Former Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Thursday extolled the virtues of the agency’s bipartisan tradition and declined to discuss a “post-apocalyptic world” that could...
Survey shows ‘less engaged’ employees at FTC
A majority of Federal Trade Commission employees felt “less engaged” at work last year, according to a survey by the nonprofit group Partnership for Public Service.
DOJ gives junior attorneys chance to try cases, Assefi says
Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed A. Assefi touted the Justice Department’s antitrust record in a recent speech, while emphasizing its work in career development.
Matheson, former FTC chief trial counsel, moves to Axinn
Dan Matheson, who served as the Federal Trade Commission’s chief trial counsel in a monopolization case against Meta Platforms, has returned to the private sector.