New Italian prime minister an antitrust aficionado
November 15, 2011
The new prime minister of Italy, Mario Monti, called to save the day in Europe, is a familiar face in antitrust circles here and overseas.
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FTC commissioners seem headed for confirmation
November 15, 2011
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz and commissioner-nominee Maureen Ohlhausen received a mostly friendly reception at their confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee November 15, but were peppered with questions about the status of pet projects by both Democratic and Republican senators.
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H&R Block drops merger plan
November 15, 2011
Tax-preparation firm H&R Block is dropping its $288 million purchase of software rival TaxACT, an acquisition that the Justice Department had sued to block, following a ruling in the Justice...
Sen. Kohl criticizes plan to shut regional antitrust offices
November 15, 2011
The Justice Department’s controversial decision to shutter four of its regional antitrust offices came into the public eye for the first time when Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., came under...
FTC easing food marketing guidelines
November 15, 2011
A decision by the FTC and its partner agencies to significantly scale back their sweeping voluntary guidelines on marketing food to children has thrown into question whether the proposed standards...
Leibowitz praises DAA online privacy change
November 15, 2011
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz has gone on record publicly praising one of the Digital Advertising Alliance’s revised principles for online privacy.
States press FTC on intellectual property theft
November 15, 2011
State governments are teaming up to ask the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and prosecute intellectual property theft by foreign-based companies, which they say is undermining the economic...
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- FTC commissioners seem headed for confirmation
- H&R Block drops merger plan
- New Italian prime minister an antitrust aficionado
- Sen. Kohl criticizes plan to shut regional antitrust offices
- FTC easing food marketing guidelines
- Leibowitz praises DAA online privacy change
- States press FTC on intellectual property theft
- Lundbeck hearing reviewed
- CFPB UPDATE: Checking account disclosures
- CFPB to warn firms of probes—sometimes
- Student Aid Disclosure
- African plant weight-loss claims
- Alabamans oppose merger
- Credit reports
- Pay-for-delay
- Skidekids.com
- AT&T
- Montana Blue Cross
- Pacific Basin consumer data pact
- Johnson & Johnson