Unhealthy competition?
June 15, 2011
If enacted, a proposed Connecticut health care law would raise costs and reduce innovation for consumers, the Directors of the FTC’s Bureaus of Policy Planning, Economics, and Competition have...
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Online threats capture Congress’s attention
June 15, 2011
“You shouldn’t have to cross your fingers and whisper a prayer when you type in a credit card number on your computer and hit ‘enter.’ E-commerce is a vital and growing part of our economy. We should take steps to embrace and protect it – and that starts with robust cyber security.”
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State acts, dental clinic drops suit
June 15, 2011
The Alabama Dental Association will no longer have to worry about an antitrust lawsuit from the Sarrell Dental Center, a non-profit dental provider in Alabama.
Facial recognition tagged: Investigation on the horizon?
June 15, 2011
“Facebook’s actions injure users throughout the United States by invading their privacy; allowing for disclosure and use of information in ways and for purposes other than those consented to or...
Lebowitz urges “Do Not Track”
June 15, 2011
In a June 6 op-ed published by Bloomberg, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz encouraged “innovators of the Internet to use their brain power to develop a ‘Do Not Track’ system that protects every...
Nasal suits clear hurdle: Summary judgment denied
June 15, 2011
Did the makers of Flonase spray deliberately delay entry of generic competitors to the U.S. market between 2004 and 2006?
Diaper suit secure
June 15, 2011
A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss, finding that a store-brand diaper maker has “alleged sufficient facts” to support its antitrust counterclaims against a competitor in the U.S. baby...
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- Online threats capture Congress’s attention
- State acts, dental clinic drops suit
- Unhealthy competition?
- Facial recognition tagged: Investigation on the horizon?
- Lebowitz urges “Do Not Track”
- Nasal suits clear hurdle: Summary judgment denied
- Diaper suit secure
- Faux immigration help: Under the microscope
- Online ad advice: Input sought
- Football cartel?
- Canadian antitrust
- BASF SE and INEOS Industries transaction approved
- European antitrust
- European antitrust: unannounced raids of the automotive occupant safety systems industry
- Keeping consumers out of the dark
- $13.1 million shipped to U.S.
- School computer fraud
- Sentence in E-Rate fraud
- Competition in the drug market: Safe again?
- Order final: Divestiture on the clock