Dispute over competition regulation seen as debate over democracy
The link between market competition and democracy is creating an intellectual tug-of-war between progressives and their conservative counterparts.
The great fashion-model conspiracy
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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Airline merger draws scathing Tunney Act review
It is no secret that the comment letters that have piled into the chambers of U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly have been overwhelmingly critical of the DOJ settlement agreement that...
Ramirez, Brill set out FTC priorities at IAPP Global Privacy Summit
More than 2200 experts from a range of fields, including top business, legal, financial and government officials, recently gathered at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC to explore...
Brill discusses FTC’s work with FTC:WATCH
Next month Julie Brill will be celebrating her fourth anniversary as an FTC Commissioner, and in a recent chat with FTC:WATCH, she made it clear that she’s enjoying her job very much. In a...
Privacy groups ask FTC to probe Facebook’s deal to buy WhatsApp
Two consumer privacy advocacy groups have asked the FTC to investigate Facebook’s acquisition of the mobile messaging service, WhatsApp, because, they charge, the deal puts personal information of...
Supreme Court agrees to hear North Carolina dental examiners case
In a case with far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court will take up a claim by the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners that its action to stop non-dentists from offering...
Data breach finger-pointing on the Hill, continued
Everything that can be said has been said though not everyone has said it.