Tech titans, other companies face PR hurdles in antitrust suits
Antitrust cases are fought as much in the court of public opinion as in a courtroom, and experts say that calls for a multipronged strategy.
Actually using a balancing test in the Google case
Antitrust lawyers love to talk about the consumer welfare standard and the rule of reason, and indeed these things are central to the intellectual framework of the law and to practical counseling. But when they’re put to the test in high-stakes litigation against Big Tech, courts generally recoil...
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Comcast merger foes face uphill battle
Critics of Comcast’s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable see nothing but bad news for consumers coming from the creation of such a behemoth company. As they try to figure out a strategy to stop...
Terrell McSweeny officially joins the Commission
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez welcomed Terrrell McSweeny as the newest member of the Commission on April 28. A low-key announcement following the swearing-in seems anti-climactic after five months...
Ohlhausen stresses balanced approach on ad regulation
Former President George W. Bush famously said that he didn’t “do nuance.’’
FTC officials weigh in on direct Tesla sales
Three senior Federal Trade Commission officials, in a post on the agency’s competition blog, opined that state bans on the direct sales of Tesla automobiles hurt consumers and unfairly protect...
More drama in Phoebe hospital merger
Last August, it looked like the long fight over a hospital merger in Southern Georgia was finally over.
Sixth Circuit upholds FTC hospital order
Another hospital unwinding may be on the horizon. Or will it be another Supreme Court case?