August 17, 2014
Politicians are often accused of lacking foresight.
August 17, 2014
Commissioner Joshua D. Wright kicked off a recent conference on the FTC’s record on consumer protection issues by making the case for far more rigorous cost-benefit analysis before the agency...
August 17, 2014
Five consumer privacy groups recently charged that the proposed $8.5 million class action settlement of a lawsuit charging that Google violated consumers’ privacy is “a farce,” and urged the...
August 17, 2014
In the wake of rising concerns that personal fitness devices firms are selling the health information they gather from their customers to third parties, Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) has called...
August 17, 2014
FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen and Jessica Rich, director of the FTC’s consumer protection bureau, have weighed in on the White House’s big data study by underscoring the long-standing role the...
August 17, 2014
So just what is the optimal level of punishment to deter corporations and their executives from engaging in price-fixing, bid-rigging and other cartel activity?
August 17, 2014
With the Federal Trade Commission observing its centennial anniversary, this is a good time to review the principal competition accomplishments of the last hundred years. And what better way to do...
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