FTC or DOJ: Congress weighing which agency would enforce gag clause ban
November 17, 2015
Should the Federal Trade Commission or the Justice Department see to it that companies don’t force consumers to agree to not post negative product reviews?
November 17, 2015
The recent emphatic ruling that dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s data security case against LabMD, a medical testing company, leaves a number of questions for the agency, from whether to appeal the decision to what went wrong.
November 17, 2015
The whirlwind of mergers that has put this year on pace to be a record-setter—with an explosion of mega-transactions that top $10 billion—has triggered a jump in academic writings that question the...
November 17, 2015
Should the Federal Trade Commission or the Justice Department see to it that companies don’t force consumers to agree to not post negative product reviews?
November 17, 2015
In the summer of 1974, a University of Texas law student working as a summer associate at the law firm Covington & Burling was assigned to a project on international antitrust. That project would...
November 17, 2015
As US and European negotiators work on hammering out a new deal to govern transatlantic data transfers, a debate has erupted over the Federal Trade Commission’s effectiveness in ensuring that...
November 17, 2015
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November 17, 2015
In the past year or two you may have noticed an unusual number of challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s system of administrative law. We are not talking about limited challenges to...
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