Congressional backers of giving the Federal Trade Commission more powers to recover ill-gotten gains will need a host of skills. But the most important one may be ensuring they can count to 60.
The Federal Trade Commission has long protected individual consumers from scams, but now it’s devoting more attention to scams that target businesses. This reflects a fundamental broadening of the agency’s sense of its mission.
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“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...
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.
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...
“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...
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...
Did the makers of Flonase spray deliberately delay entry of generic competitors to the U.S. market between 2004 and 2006?