LabMD litigation against FTC lingers

Although the Federal Trade Commission won its effort to quash a lawsuit over its probe of LabMD, the now-defunct medical laboratory is still trying to sue three agency employees.

Neill Averitt

The pushback on convenience, resort and junk fees

Unexpected, surreptitious fees in retail transactions — additions like “convenience fees” and “resort fees” — have proliferated wildly over the past 30 years. When they aren’t clearly disclosed at the start of a transaction, their omission can deceive consumers and distort the purchase decision....

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Presidential contender Cruz’s sojourn at the FTC

While many media portraits of presidential contender Senator Ted Cruz depict him as an abrasive ideologue, he was not perceived that way at all during his tenure at the Federal Trade Commission.

Jim Hood: A Democratic AG makes waves in Dixie

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood chuckles when asked how he has managed to be the only Democrat elected to statewide office in the Magnolia State and one of only a handful of Democrats in the...

Neil Averitt commentary: Help! We’ve lost the instruction manual!

Does anybody around here remember how to govern a country?

Head-scratching persists in the Phoebe Putney aftermath

The Federal Trade Commission’s recent decision to capitulate rather than to continue its challenge of the hospital merger between Phoebe Putney Health System and Palmyra Park Hospital, its only...

New book probes rise in activism among attorneys general

State attorneys general are often overlooked figures in American politics. They are frequently and dismissively viewed as aspiring governors looking first to advancing their own political careers...

ICANN wants FTC to rule on '.sucks' in domain name

The entity that regulates Internet names wants the Federal Trade Commission to decide whether the behavior of the “.sucks” domain owner is sucky.