September 18, 2013
As she settled into her job as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission last March, Edith Ramirez made clear that the agency would closely examine the so-called “Internet of Things”. This increasingly pervasive issue involves everyday devices connected to the Internet – from refrigerators and televisions to thermostats and stoves – that transmit data with each other and with people. The technology brings great benefits to consumers, but it also raises issues involving privacy and security. She underscored that issue, as well as her concerns with data brokers, at a keynote address she delivered in Aspen on August 19.
September 18, 2013
The Justice Department’s stunning decision to challenge the proposed $11 billion US Airways-American Airlines merger continues to send shock waves through the usually placid antitrust world. The...
September 18, 2013
While the hired guns for industry and corporate interests have great swat in Washington policy debates because of their access to decision-makers, public interest advocates also can make waves, as...
September 18, 2013
A recent report by the advocacy group Center for Digital Democracy blisters the Obama Administration’s year-long effort to bring groups together to develop new voluntary privacy standards to govern...
September 18, 2013
The FTC’s Supreme Court win in the Phoebe Putney hospital merger may be good news for other communities in the future, but residents of Albany, Georgia are feeling like they were the victims of a...
September 18, 2013
After a three week trial in which she found that Apple Inc. had conspired with five book publishers to fix e-book prices, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Cote recently ordered that an external...
September 18, 2013
Hospital group purchasing organizations (“GPOs”) came under fire again at the end of the summer, this time for their alleged part in creating shortages of essential pharmaceuticals. But in reality,...
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