On Capitol Hill, antitrust bills advance as Khan stumbles
Antitrust enforcers have received mixed receptions on Capitol Hill in recent weeks.
Federal-state relations could use more structure, won’t get much
There are getting to be an awful lot of cooks clustered around the antitrust soup kettle. The question is what to do about it.
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FTC commissioner urges states to take 'hard look' at professional licensing
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FTC throws in towel on Phoebe Putney case
The Federal Trade Commission’s protracted challenge to Phoebe Putney Health System’s acquisition of archrival Palmyra Park Hospital in Albany, Georgia, has ended in a whimper.
Calendar
April 1 — FTC Commissioner Julie Brill will give the keynote speech at Columbia University’s 2015 Biannual Symposium for the Data Science Institute. For more information, go to:...
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New inspector general, Roslyn Mazer, named at FTC
Judge denies AT&T request to toss FTC suit over throttling
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CFPB turns to public shaming on consumer complaints
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized a policy that will give it a controversial new tool to deal with consumer abuses: Public shaming.
FTC BRIEFS
- Cigarette sales down; smokeless tobacco sales up
- Payment processor settles in consumer fraud case
- Court shuts down company that claimed to be FTC
- FTC halts Yellow Pages scam operations
- FTC clears Graco’s sale of liquid finishing assets
- Conditions placed on Ranbaxy acquisition
- FTC, BMW reach agreement on warranty dispute
- Divestiture required in Hawaii petroleum merger
- Operator of Jerk.com misled consumers, agency says
- FTC beefing up technology staff