Forceful new IG takes charge at FTC
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...
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Lessons learned: Comcast and Time-Warner Cable
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.
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FTC:WATCH exclusive: Interview with Chairman Burgess
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...
House panel splits on FTC’s role in patent disputes
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.
Clashing ‘unfair practices’ theories at FTC, CFPB?
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...
Some react skeptically to DOJ's Baer admonition about clearly problematic mergers
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...
Neil Averitt commentary: Antitrust violations seen as new kind of foul in baseball
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...
FTC Briefs
- FTC staff opposes antitrust exemption for three New York health providers
- FTC approves final settlement on generic drug divestiture
- NY firm owner must pay fine for deceptive marketing claims
- FTC oks settlement with AmeriFreight over consumer reviews
- Mortgage servicer pays to resolve deceptive practice charges
- Retail tracking firm, FTC settle over consumer opt-out options
- FTC staff expresses concerns about Missouri Medical Practice Law
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In this Issue:
- Lessons learned: Comcast and Time-Warner Cable
- FTC:WATCH exclusive: Interview with Chairman Burgess
- Forceful new IG takes charge at FTC
- House panel splits on FTC’s role in patent disputes
- Clashing ‘unfair practices’ theories at FTC, CFPB?
- Some react skeptically to DOJ's Baer admonition about clearly problematic mergers
- Neil Averitt commentary: Antitrust violations seen as new kind of foul in baseball
- Eleventh Circuit gives FTC a big win in McWane case
- Supreme Court won’t review class certification in milk price-fixing case
- Majority of FTC commissioners willing to approve Reynolds-Lorillard with divestitures
- Baer signals—again—that disgorgement is part of DOJ’s arsenal
- DOJ opposition leads Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron to abandon merger
- Deutsche Bank subsidiary pleads guilty to manipulating Libor
- People
- Calendar