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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Consider AI, scope of ‘health provider’ in rule update, FTC told
Amendments to the federal rule governing commercial processing of health data should account for the emerging use of artificial intelligence and should include a precise definition of “health...
GOP antitrust advocate Buck to leave Congress next year
Representative Ken Buck, who has led efforts to strengthen antitrust laws, is leaving Congress.
Safeguards Rule change set to take effect in April
Mortgage brokers, auto dealers, payday lenders and many other nonbank financial institutions are required to report cybersecurity breaches to the Federal Trade Commission under an amendment to the...
Consumers ask for data access via app as FTC considers rulemaking
A smartphone app from Consumer Reports lets consumers ask businesses to delete or stop selling their data. But a patchwork of state laws and lack of federal regulation mean consumers’ requests can...
Judges balking at defenses about FTC’s constitutionality in preliminary injunction suits
Merging companies got a boost when the Supreme Court said they could challenge the constitutionality of the US Federal Trade Commission’s in-house court before the completion of adjudication, but...
Google private browsing mode trial taking shape in US as witnesses named
With Google and a group of plaintiffs filing a joint witness list and their proposals for jury instructions, the framework is coming into focus for what would be the first-ever US class action...
A light touch when regulating misinformation
The rise of the Internet has made the volatile debate over free expression even more contentious. Now the increasing use of confrontational speech and the spread of misinformation have led to calls for more regulation.