December 29, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission has sent a stern, unanimous letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), issuing a warning about the non-profit group’s new plan to roll out what the agency called a “dramatic expansion” of new internet domain names.
December 29, 2011
The Department of Justice’s antitrust division will require a Deutsche Boerse subsidiary to sell its stake in a smaller U.S. exchange operator and agree to other restrictions as a condition for...
December 29, 2011
If computers can begin to recognize you on the street, and to spot pictures of you on the Internet, will there be problematic social implications?
December 29, 2011
A controversial proposal designed to limit the marketing of food to children has hit another roadblock in its troubled path to implementation.
December 29, 2011
The spending bill signed into law Dec. 17 by President Obama authorizes $311.563 million in funding for the FTC in FY 2012. This is $14.437 million below the FTC’s budget request. The figures are...
December 29, 2011
In a snub to the Federal Trade Commission and its own governor, the Maine Board of Dental Examiners voted to restrict the practices of Independent Practice Dental Hygienists (IDPHs) in a pilot...
December 29, 2011
An eight-day bench hearing held in Minneapolis, Minn., in December 2009, could have far-reaching legal implications for antitrust law, particularly regarding future pharmaceutical cases. It could...
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