Timely inspection
July 11, 2011
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Commissioner William Kovacic hailed the Commission’s regulatory review efforts at a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on July 7.
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Do Not Track: too early or good to go?
July 11, 2011
Commissioners continue to disagree about the merits of a Do Not Track mechanism, a recommendation in the agency’s draft privacy report that could alter online advertising, convenient services, and free content available to consumers.
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Virtual game monopoly?
July 11, 2011
Online gamers apparently need items such as weapons, animals, hot dogs for energy and/or tractors to compete in virtual online game worlds. Participating in this billion dollar business, consumers...
Clothing labels under review
July 11, 2011
Dry clean or machine wash? Another comment cycle for the FTC’s Care Labeling Rule.
All aboard: support S. 49
July 11, 2011
Seeking endorsement for his proposed antitrust freight rail bill, Senator Herb Kohl (D., Wisc.) sent a letter to two key administration officials.
Football monopoly?
July 11, 2011
BCS Director Bill Hancock and two lawyers met with the Justice Department on June 30 to discuss the Bowl Championship Series, according to the Associated Press.
Opening for business
July 11, 2011
As questions about government regulation and its effect on the U.S. economy abound, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has announced its plan to impose new government intervention on...
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- Do Not Track: too early or good to go?
- Virtual game monopoly?
- Timely inspection
- Clothing labels under review
- All aboard: support S. 49
- Football monopoly?
- Opening for business
- Brazen defiance?
- Striking grocer deal: exemption decision
- Contact battle
- Closed case: fruit ads
- Sage FTC advice
- Canadian antitrust
- European antitrust
- European antitrust
- European antitrust
- Pushing papers
- Google reconsiders
- A courtroom in Paris
- Plea cemented