Calendar
August 14, 2015
September 21 — The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop on Homeopathic Medicine & Advertising. The all-day event will be held at the Constitution Center in Washington, DC. For more...
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Wright leaving FTC to return to George Mason
August 17, 2015
After two-and-a-half years at the Federal Trade Commission, Republican Commissioner Joshua Wright is stepping down to return to academia.
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The Wright advice: Four tips for a smooth transition
August 17, 2015
Joshua Wright is stepping down from the Federal Trade Commission on Aug. 24 to return to teaching at George Mason University Law School. That will give President Barack Obama an opportunity to...
DOJ official who led GE challenge is leaving her post
August 14, 2015
Leslie Overton, deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s antitrust division, is leaving her post this week after serving four years, and will be replaced by Sonia Pfaffenroth,...
FTC issues revised guidance on merger investigation best practices
August 14, 2015
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Roxann Henry takes helm as ABA antitrust chair
August 14, 2015
International issues will be a primary focus for Roxann Henry, a partner at Morrison & Foerster, who has just taken over as chairwoman of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section.
FTC Briefs
- Environmental group asks FTC to investigate ad claims of mosquito repellants
- Operators of bogus credit repair scheme settle
- Comments sought over parental verification proposal under COPPA
- Consumer group, advertisers both lobby FTC on ‘right to be forgotten’
- FTC won’t take action against Morgan Stanley for data breach
- Lawmakers push measure for FTC to regulate reproductive health clinic ads
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In this Issue:
- Wright leaving FTC to return to George Mason
- The Wright advice: Four tips for a smooth transition
- Calendar
- People
- DOJ official who led GE challenge is leaving her post
- FTC issues revised guidance on merger investigation best practices
- Roxann Henry takes helm as ABA antitrust chair
- Online data brokers under intense scrutiny
- Four attorneys general facing criminal charges
- New York throttles DC financial consulting powerhouse
- FTC, other agencies put pressure on for-profit colleges
- Neil Averitt commentary: Cage fighting enters the antitrust arena
- Alternative medicine debate revisited
- Health insurance mega-mergers pose big questions
- FTC's Section 5 guidance — 'historic step' or much ado about not very much?
- Fiery opposition arises to pork-products acquisition