The US Chamber of Commerce and some of its Republican congressional allies are urging the Federal Trade Commission to revamp rules to clarify when members must recuse themselves.
The sudden emergence of miraculously effective weight-loss drugs is good news for 100 million American dieters. It’s also a unique opportunity for the Federal Trade Commission. If the agency can help make these drugs more widely available, it can provide a visible quantum-leap benefit for...
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The agency devotes a multitude of resources to investigate and charge cases each year and thus does not often dismiss administrative proceedings. When deciding whether to dismiss a case, the agency...
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a cartel that favors specific colleges and universities and harms consumers, according to a letter twenty-one professors and practitioners of law and economics...
Consumer advocacy groups have petitioned the FTC to order CVS to divest Caremark, claiming in a April 14 letter to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz that the CVS/Caremark merger has harmed consumers.
The Senate may soon consider Senate Bill 465, the Senior Financial Empowerment Act, a law introduced by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D., NY), which would require the FTC to increase its efforts to...
Joaquнn Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy, discussed antitrust enforcement in the European Union at an Evening Policy Talk on April 19 at the The...
The Commission has closed a non-public investigation of Olin Corporation’s proposed acquisition of BleachTech LLC, LDJ Seville LLC, LDJ Petersburg LLC, and LDJ Peru LLC for possible anticompetitive...