Political gridlock could prevent FTC from getting disgorgement powers

Congressional backers of giving the Federal Trade Commission more powers to recover ill-gotten gains will need a host of skills. But the most important one may be ensuring they can count to 60.

Protecting businesses from telemarketing scams

The Federal Trade Commission has long protected individual consumers from scams, but now it’s devoting more attention to scams that target businesses. This reflects a fundamental broadening of the agency’s sense of its mission.

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Dollar-store reviews show advantages, pitfalls to FTC's new economic analysis method

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Data breach legislation appears to be gaining momentum

An unusual sound can be heard on Capitol Hill these days. Amid the cacophony of partisan potshots, there is talk of a real chance that data breach legislation can win passage and enactment this year.

GMU’s Henry Manne blazed path in legal analysis

The conventional wisdom never held much appeal for Henry Manne.

FTC turns a new page in using comic books to fight fraud

The Federal Trade Commission is turning to comic books—graphic novels—to provide tips on fighting fraud to Spanish-speaking consumers, who are especially vulnerable to scammers.

San Jose still pressing to end baseball’s antitrust exemption

Major League Baseball officials couldn’t resist doing a little chest thumping recently in response to a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that dismissed the City of San...

Neil Averitt commentary: Stormy seas for the ocean shipping conferences

The traditional ocean-shipping cartels are back in the news again, but this time it may be their swan song.

California AG would focus on consumer protection in Senate

If California Attorney General Kamala Harris wins a Senate seat next year, she will join a small, but growing, club within a club.

Divided FTC warns of risks from interconnected devices

In a long-awaited report, the Federal Trade Commission this week urged companies that make and sell Internet-related products to be conservative about the data they collect and to be careful about...

LabMD, battling FTC, takes on data security firm, too

Even as LabMD vigorously defends itself against a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission that alleges it failed to protect patients’ sensitive information, the cancer testing company also...

DOJ collects more than $1.86 billion in fines in FY 2014

The Justice Department’s antitrust division collected $1.861 billion in criminal fines and penalties from prosecutions in the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2014. That total marked one of...

Massachusetts AG expresses concerns about Partners settlement

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FTC, Treasury call ‘high alert’ on tax identity fraud

Tax-identity theft is soaring, the Federal Trade Commission says, and a number of government agencies have come together to try to highlight the extent of the problem and warn consumers how to...

DOJ, FTC to hold health-care competition workshop

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission will hold a two-day, joint workshop on February 24 and 25 to examine the state of competition in the U.S. health care arena.

Patent reform measure could move early this year

Like perennially frustrated fans of the beleaguered Chicago Cubs, supporters of patent reform who were upset by last year’s failure to pass a bill said “wait till next year.’’