Act against data-driven bias, advocacy groups tell FTC
A coalition of advocacy groups and lawmakers urged the Federal Trade Commission to hold companies accountable as online harms against people of color and women proliferate.
What’s up with that West Virginia v. EPA opinion?
What was going on in the Supreme Court’s opinion in West Virginia v. EPA? Everyone has a sense the new “major questions doctrine” will create problems for the antitrust agencies. But what kinds of problems exactly?
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FTC takes aim at threats to mobile devices
The FTC is not waiting for the bad guys to attack your mobile devices. Even as it is clear that the U.S. has escaped sustained mobile malware attacks that have occurred in other countries, the...
FTC officials give guidance on environmental marketing
Present and former FTC officials recently gave consumer product company executives some reassurance– as well as some warnings – about where lines must be drawn to ensure that the companies’...
Ohlhausen’s views on privacy stir criticism from activists
As the debate over privacy has exploded across the country in recent days amid revelations of the government’s massive sweep of phone records and surveillance of Internet services, FTC Commissioner...
Commissioner Wright ponders implications of loyalty discount programs
Loyalty discount programs should be assessed under the standards of exclusive dealing rather than the standards of predatory pricing, FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright said recently. These programs...
DOJ, FTC weigh in on appellate antitrust case
After a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that an antitrust divestiture decree involving a licensing agreement could be rejected under the Bankruptcy Code, the Court...
Commentary: Bright smiles abound after FTC's teeth-whitening victory
Last month the Fourth Circuit handed the Commission a solid victory, 3-0, in the case of North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC. This was a win on several different fronts. In the...