October 16, 2015
Federal Trade Commission member Terrell McSweeny has been in her post for about a year and a half, and in a nearly hour-long interview with FTC:WATCH she seemed more relaxed than when she chatted with us a year ago.
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October 16, 2015
Congress wants to take away a merger review tool that the Federal Trade Commission doesn’t use terribly often but wants to keep as an option.
October 16, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent decision to file an amicus brief — only its fourth of the year — in a case involving charges of “product hopping” signaled the agency’s aspiration that such...
October 16, 2015
The stunning decision by the European Court of Justice to strike down a 15-year agreement that allows companies to transfer personal data from Europe to servers in the United States has triggered a...
October 16, 2015
A precautionary approach to the "Internet of Things" by federal regulators could hamper innovation, the Republican member of the US Federal Trade Commission warned Wednesday, urging her colleagues...
October 16, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the advertising claims made by Volkswagen about the environmental benefits of its diesel engines.
October 16, 2015
Congressman Bob Goodlatte and his Republican allies have introduced a bill that will significantly alter the merger authority of the Federal Trade Commission. It is needed, they say, to prevent...