With surge in workload, FTC adds staff to bureaus
August 10, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission needs help. That’s why it’s recruiting lawyers to deal with an onslaught of merger reviews and technologists to assist with its focus on Big Tech.
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Legislative efforts to revamp FTC face uncertain future
August 10, 2021
Let’s talk about semantics.
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Internet-connected device cases expected to grow
August 10, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission has pursued corporate misconduct related to smart devices and apps in a trend expected to increase under the Biden administration.
On the Shelf: New book reveals drama leading up to lawsuit against Altria, Juul
August 10, 2021
In the 1950s, doctors at Washington University in St. Louis established a link between cigarette smoking and cancer. Since then, the federal government has kept a watchful eye on the tobacco industry.
FTC urged to study workforce barriers affecting immigrants, refugees
August 10, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission should examine the issues immigrants and refugees face when they attempt to rejoin their professions in the US, according to advocates for international medical graduates.
Neil Averitt commentary: Finding common ground and avoiding strategic errors
August 10, 2021
The Federal Trade Commission, under the chairmanship of Lina Khan, continued to take shape at its second open meeting on July 21, with mixed effects.
Vitamin D and zinc marketing case tests reach of Covid-19 law
August 10, 2021
Marketers who sell bogus Covid-19 treatments should pay fines under a 2020 law passed to protect consumers, the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department argue in a case against a doctor who...
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- Legislative efforts to revamp FTC face uncertain future
- Internet-connected device cases expected to grow
- With surge in workload, FTC adds staff to bureaus
- On the Shelf: New book reveals drama leading up to lawsuit against Altria, Juul
- FTC urged to study workforce barriers affecting immigrants, refugees
- Neil Averitt commentary: Finding common ground and avoiding strategic errors
- Vitamin D and zinc marketing case tests reach of Covid-19 law
- Apple cites privacy in fight to stop Congress from allowing ‘sideloading’
- Confluence of government actors likely to place Lockheed-Aerojet deal under greater US scrutiny
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