April 03, 2014
It was another record gathering last week in Washington for the annual spring meeting of the American Bar Association antitrust and consumer protection section. More than 2,900 people attended the conference at the J. W. Marriott Hotel and the National Press Club, up from about 2,800 the previous year.
April 03, 2014
Move over, merger policy. Consumer protection is coming on strong at the FTC.
April 03, 2014
Top officials in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division put the large gathering at the ABA’s antitrust spring meeting on notice: government lawyers will put the pedal to the metal in their...
April 03, 2014
The U.S. Airways merger with American Airlines, approved by the Justice Department in November, continues to draw very mixed reviews.
April 03, 2014
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill said she hopes the agency’s report on the data brokerage industry will be released soon but that when it does, it will not contain recommendations for proposed rules.
April 03, 2014
The FTC and the State of California recently both filed amicus briefs in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in which they argued the lower court misconstrued a key federal law...
April 03, 2014
Everyone expects the panels at the Spring Meeting to be stacked in favor of the defense bar. But the panel on the future of Section 5 should have been different. The topic is fundamental to the...
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