The link between market competition and democracy is creating an intellectual tug-of-war between progressives and their conservative counterparts.
The antitrust profession thinks of labor cases as a recent policy innovation. But on the important topic of wage collusion, they date back several decades, at least to the Federal Trade Commission’s memorable case against the great fashion-model conspiracy of 1993.
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The string of high-profile data breaches at retail stores is attracting Congressional ire, a situation that could affect every business that accepts credit or debit card payments for goods and...
The Denver Broncos may be headed to the Super Bowl, but less than two weeks before the big game, the team settled charges brought by the FTC that it falsely claimed that it was in compliance with...
In a much-watched case still unfolding in Idaho, Judge B. Lynn Winmill has ordered St. Luke’s Health System to divest its ownership of a private physician practice, Saltzer Medical Group, which is...
St. Luke’s trial could reshape health-care industry
Ever since Apple Inc. decided to challenge the Justice Department’s charges that it conspired with five large book publishers to jack up the prices of e-books, the company has been relentless in...
Responding to reports from Massachusetts residents who suggest that the global nutrition company Herbalife Ltd. is a pyramid scheme, Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) recently asked the FTC and the...