March 13, 2015
For competition advocates, the Supreme Court opinion in North Carolina Dentists was a welcome step toward bringing oversight to self-interested state regulatory boards. Still, the initial decision on liability was the easy part. The tough substantive issues, which will keep lawyers busy for the next decade, lie in the two paragraphs of Section IV. Those present the practical question of just what the state must do to provide an appropriate level of supervision. Those questions were left for future resolution, but the high court did provide some guideposts.
March 13, 2015
Changes are “inevitable” in the way music is licensed, Senator Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, told FTC:WATCH shortly after presiding at his first hearing as chairman of the Judiciary Antitrust,...
March 13, 2015
With controversial new privacy initiatives emerging from the White House and the European Union, a crowd of about 3,000 privacy experts recently flocked to Washington despite the recent wretched...
March 13, 2015
As the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit challenging Sysco’s $3.5 billion acquisition of rival US Foods begins to move through the courts, restaurants and other institutional food buyers are...
March 13, 2015
For consumer activists, industry lobbyists and lawyers protecting their clients, an HBO program that runs on Sunday nights is now mandatory viewing.
March 13, 2015
Editor’s Note: The Federal Trade Commission is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year; the first official meeting of the commission was held on March 16, 1915. In this series of articles, we...
March 13, 2015
During the IAPP global privacy summit, the public air of conviviality and professions of good feelings and collegiality between the various federal agencies masked growing tension between the...
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