April 29, 2015
The stunning demise of the proposed $45 billion merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable continues to reverberate across the Washington political, antitrust and communications landscape. Lawyers and lobbyists who once saw regulatory approval of this deal as a near certainty are now trying to figure out what its termination means and how they missed the signs.
April 29, 2015
Editor’s Note: The Federal Trade Commission has a new overseer in the House—and FTC:WATCH seized the opportunity to speak with him to get a preview of what lies ahead. Representative Michael...
April 29, 2015
Keeping an eye on the nation’s intelligence agencies, rooting out government malfeasance and chronicling the national pastime have all played key parts in the life and work of the Federal Trade...
April 29, 2015
Before a House subcommittee voted along party lines to support a bill clamping down on abusive patent assertion entities, members clashed over the role of the Federal Trade Commission.
April 29, 2015
A debate among lawyers and regulators surfaced at a recent conference on unfair and deceptive business practices, revealing some discrepancies in the legal strategies being pursued by two rival...
April 29, 2015
Bill Baer made some waves at the American Bar Association’s recent spring meeting by delivering an admonition to antitrust lawyers packed into a cavernous ballroom: don’t even try to push the...
April 29, 2015
Ah, spring! The swallows are back at Capistrano, the first ball is pitched at Wrigley Field, and the Chicago Cubs are locked in battle with the bootleg rooftop viewing spots across the street. But...
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