Tech titans, other companies face PR hurdles in antitrust suits
Antitrust cases are fought as much in the court of public opinion as in a courtroom, and experts say that calls for a multipronged strategy.
Actually using a balancing test in the Google case
Antitrust lawyers love to talk about the consumer welfare standard and the rule of reason, and indeed these things are central to the intellectual framework of the law and to practical counseling. But when they’re put to the test in high-stakes litigation against Big Tech, courts generally recoil...
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Biden’s bid to boost competition could reap political benefits
It mostly comes down to a five-letter word.
Effort to restore FTC’s restitution powers in hands of Senate
Hurry up and wait. That’s what the Federal Trade Commission must do as it anticipates action by the Senate to restore powers to secure certain injunctive and equitable relief.
Research shows impotence of data breach notification laws
Pass all kinds of notification laws and consumer data breaches continue anyway, research shows.
Activists urge FTC to create civil rights office
The Federal Trade Commission should create an Office of Civil Rights and use other tools to protect civil rights and privacy online, activists told commissioners at a July 21 open meeting.
Privacy Corner: Srinivasan fuses data privacy and competition
An influential thinker about connections between privacy and antitrust has offered a trail of breadcrumbs for regulators.
FTC OKs policy statement on independent repairs
It was as close to a kumbaya moment as the sharply divided Federal Trade Commission has had recently.