Holyoak, Ferguson could change FTC dynamics but face steep learning curve
If Republican nominees Melissa Holyoak of Utah and Andrew Ferguson of Virginia are confirmed, as expected, to join the Federal Trade Commission this month, they could change the dynamics of an agency that’s been under single-party control for half...
Insulin cases need a sharper focus
Hard cases are notorious for making bad law. But sometimes the easy and obvious cases can make bad law, too. Something like this seems to be going on with insulin pricing.
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Edith Ramirez will bring a different style as FTC chairman
As soon as word trickled out on Thursday that Edith Ramirez was President Obama’s pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the one word that folks repeatedly used to describe...
FTC likely to scrutinize office supply firm merger
Seems like dйjа vu all over.
Big win for FTC in Phoebe Putney hospital case
The Federal Trade Commission scored a big victory this month when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in the agency’s favor in a case involving a hospital merger in rural Georgia, about 90 miles...
Critics of FTC used car rule call it a junker
The FTC is proposing its first significant changes to used car disclosures since 1995, seeking a new version of the ubiquitous window sticker that balances consumer needs and cost effectiveness-...
Federal and state officials push for crackdown on credit report errors
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are urging the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to take action to force credit reporting agencies to...
Sequester hitting government agencies, courts
The budgetary event known as the “sequester,” where the failure of the political parties to reach a compromise on government spending and taxation has resulted in $85 billion in automatic spending...