2023 means uphill climb for FTC
The year ahead will intensify congressional scrutiny of the Federal Trade Commission, generate vigorous debate about new merger guidelines and see continued questions about the constitutionality of the agency’s work, according to people keeping...
The high-wire act of the Activision case
The Biden administration has given us a series of high-risk, potentially game-changing antitrust initiatives, but this effort to rein in Big Tech is on the highest wire so far. The Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to the Microsoft/Activision combination is based, amazingly enough, on the...
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Probe finds antitrust agencies overlap on enforcement, but conflicts are rare
While the antitrust jurisdictions of the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission overlap, conflicts are rare, according to a congressional probe.
Lawmakers increase FTC coffers, workload
Unlike previous years, Congress has given the Federal Trade Commission more money. The bigger budget will help since lawmakers have also increased the agency’s workload.
Protecting Black communities a front-burner issue, Khan says
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan told lawmakers deterring discriminatory and harmful online data practices against Black communities is one of her top priorities.
FTC eyes bots and fake accounts on social media
The Federal Trade Commission is studying social media and video streaming firms’ practices related to their ad ecosystems, with a hard look at artificially inflated engagement and impression data,...
Successful Robinson-Patman revival must overcome dearth of expertise, rudderless private plaintiff bar
Known by boosters as the “Magna Carta” of small business and by critics as the “Typhoid Mary of Antitrust,” the Robinson-Patman Act may be due for a comeback after prolonged neglect by federal...
Shifted US antitrust landscape likely to bring more litigation in 2023
The US landscape for antitrust enforcement shifted dramatically in 2022, and this year we can expect to see more cases litigated. This is partly because the agencies aren’t afraid to bring risky...
Monopolies and their impact on artists
The monopolistic practices of some companies make the lives of creative professionals unnecessarily harder. That’s the running theme in “Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back.”