From journalism to baseball, lawmakers take up antitrust exemptions
Media companies and their congressional allies have escalated efforts to obtain an exemption to antitrust laws to counter the alleged unfair practices by Big Tech companies. The legislative fight is shining light on the broader issue of antitrust...
FleetCor case maps out new routes for consumer protection
We have seen what lies ahead for consumer protection, and it looks a great deal like the FleetCor case.
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Ashley Madison data breach could spur agency action
The data breach that shattered Ashley Madison, a website that promotes itself as the “world’s leading married dating site for discreet encounters,” resulted in the disclosure of more than 30...
Privacy activists pressing FTC for right to be forgotten
The conventional wisdom is that most people want to be remembered, but there is growing sentiment to give people the right to disappear.
After decades of debate, February speech helped reignite Section 5 talks
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FTC alum Tim Wu to police technology for NY AG’s office
Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu, who coined the phrase “network neutrality’’ and has been a strong advocate of consumer causes, will have the chance to implement change from the inside.
Data breach threats are multiplying, experts tell FTC
Some of the nation’s leading data security experts told Federal Trade Commission officials this month that the data breach crisis is worsening.
No clear frontrunner yet to replace Commissioner Wright
Federal Trade Commission member Joshua Wright has been gone only four weeks, and already the rumor mill is churning about who his successor might be.