November 14, 2012
A familiar figure at the FTC is returning to Washington, this time as a freshman senator, and people in the antitrust world are wondering what role he will play in this return engagement.
November 14, 2012
Maureen Ohlhausen, the newest FTC Commissioner, took the plunge and delivered her first major policy speech on October 26, giving her views on the best principles for regulating the Internet, and,...
November 14, 2012
The unexpected defeat of California Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack, chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, and one of her party’s leaders on privacy and...
November 14, 2012
Taking money from U.S. taxpayers was standard operating procedure at many banks, including Swiss-owned bank UBS, according to a serialized FTC:WATCH analysis of testimony in the month-long trial of...
November 14, 2012
The FTC has two antitrust cases in front of the appellate courts – North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners and Phoebe Putney – each of them raising fundamental issues under the state action...
November 14, 2012
If and when the Walt Disney Company completes the acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd, announced October 30th, a single entertainment company will house a juggernaut of legendary film characters. The...
November 14, 2012
The FTC is usually in the business of warning the public about impending disasters—not finding itself in the middle of one.
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