After case dismissed, nasal spray maker sues FTC
In possibly the first case of its kind challenging FTC Act enforcement, a nasal spray maker sued the Federal Trade Commission on June 18. This comes just months after the government and the company agreed to dismiss litigation the FTC had brought...
Kids on the Internet — Clear problems, unclear solutions
Everyone can see that excessive screen time is bad for young children and teenagers. Many concrete remedies have been proposed and discussed. But some of the specific proposals seem like a poor fit for the problem.
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Ex-FTC attorneys’ boutique firm to push boundaries of antitrust enforcement
Simonsen Sussman LLP, a new boutique law firm recently launched by former antitrust enforcers from the Federal Trade Commission, seeks to “fill significant gaps” and push the boundaries of...
Supreme Court orders circuit court reviews of FTC’s horseracing oversight
The Supreme Court is asking three appeals courts to review their prior rulings on the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission’s oversight of horseracing safety.
Alcoa ruling still shaping antitrust law 80 years later
When judges try to determine whether a company has illegally monopolized a market, they often adopt reasoning and analysis from a case decided 80 years ago that broke new ground concerning...
Identity theft climbs but fewer turn to national nonprofit for help
A new report shows a steep decline in people turning to a national nonprofit that assists victims of identity theft. Meanwhile, Federal Trade Commission data reveals identity theft is on the rise.
As FTC pulls back, private attorneys take up Robinson-Patman revival
With new government enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act, or RPA, expected to be all but dead for the foreseeable future, it will now be up to private plaintiffs to galvanize litigation of...
Author Q&A: MIT professor’s book explores origins of ‘Amazon economy’
Opening the final section of MIT political science professor Kathleen Thelen’s new book is a quote from a 2021 New York Times report: Amazon “eclipsed Walmart to become the world’s largest retail...
Dershowitz’s ounce of prevention
Controversial legal scholar Alan Dershowitz wants to retool the law to make it better at preventing harm and wrongdoing.