FTC to grapple with replacing bipartisan oversight

As the Federal Trade Commission remains under single-party control moving forward, sustaining the policy benefits of bipartisanship may prove challenging.

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GAO uncovers effects of airline deals

Lawyers and economists tend to fly a lot, so the state of domestic airline competition is never far from our minds.

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Defense contractors ditch deal after threat of merger suit

TransDigm Group abandoned its acquisition of fellow defense contractor Stellant Systems after the Department of Justice threatened to sue to block the $960 million deal.

Potential Senate GOP chairs more open to antitrust proposals

Mike Lee, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley are seen as top competition and technology policy leaders who could play greater roles if Republicans keep control of the Senate. 

John Deere settlement with FTC, states seen as boon to farmers

Since the 1860s, John Mitchell and his ancestors have been working a farm near Winnebago, Illinois, about 10 miles west of the federal courthouse in Rockford, Ill.

Investigate Netflix, coalition tells antitrust enforcers

Netflix has been targeted by a coalition of labor and consumer advocates demanding that the government investigate the streaming giant’s business practices.

Small business group to urge FTC not to settle Amazon case

Amazon has a monopolization case pending from the Federal Trade Commission and a dozen-plus states, and a small business group is planning a petition to the government officials to request a trial...

States’ Paramount-Warner suit tests narrow antitrust markets

For years, defining narrow relevant markets around a subset of premium products has been a controversial legal strategy in merger enforcement. States challenging the proposed Paramount-Warner...

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Smith, who helped draft key privacy bill, returns to Washington state

One of the architects of a data privacy bill in the last Congress left Capitol Hill recently to return to her home state of Washington after a nearly 40-year career in public service.