US Chamber, House Republicans push FTC to strengthen recusal rules
The US Chamber of Commerce and some of its Republican congressional allies are urging the Federal Trade Commission to revamp rules to clarify when members must recuse themselves.
Weight-loss drugs give FTC golden opportunity
The sudden emergence of miraculously effective weight-loss drugs is good news for 100 million American dieters. It’s also a unique opportunity for the Federal Trade Commission. If the agency can help make these drugs more widely available, it can provide a visible quantum-leap benefit for...
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Retailers, bankers at war while Congress considers data breaches
It was striking when, at a hearing earlier this month, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) was almost reduced to pleading with various industry representatives to work together in devising a solution to the...
Commissioners hand FTC staff its first defeat in 19 years
The FTC’s recent decision upholding just one of seven counts against McWane Inc., for unlawfully maintaining its monopoly in the domestic iron pipe fittings market, is as significant for what it...
Section 5 front and center at GMU conference
A snowstorm shut down Washington on February 13, but the weather was not enough to stop the George Mason University School of Law from proceeding with its symposium on the Federal Trade...
FTC evaluates competition in biologic medicines
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez kicked off a recent agency workshop by talking about the life-saving properties of biologic medicines in providing therapies for difficult to treat diseases, ranging...
FTC:WATCH SPECIAL REPORT: Idaho hospital dispute
Editor’s note: In late January, Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered St. Luke’s Health System, based in Boise, Idaho, to divest its ownership of a private physician practice, Saltzer Medical Group,...
Google settles antitrust case with European Commission
After an antitrust investigation that lasted more than three years, European Commission regulators struck a tentative settlement with Google. In reaching this deal on February 5 – it is still...