On Capitol Hill, antitrust bills advance as Khan stumbles
Antitrust enforcers have received mixed receptions on Capitol Hill in recent weeks.
Federal-state relations could use more structure, won’t get much
There are getting to be an awful lot of cooks clustered around the antitrust soup kettle. The question is what to do about it.
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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.