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January 29, 2016
January 31-February 1 — FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust William Baer, FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen and FTC General Counsel Jonathan Neuchterlein are...
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McSweeny questions whether abusive patent demand letters still a problem
January 29, 2016
The following article first appeared on Jan. 25 on MLex. For more information on MLex, including getting access to its exclusive content, please contact sales@mlex.com.
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Neil Averitt commentary: The big inflection point appears to be at hand
January 29, 2016
Trends continue in regular and predictable ways. Until one day, they don’t. In just this way, the familiar, generation-long trend toward ever more lenient antitrust standards may be about to turn,...
Ohlhausen: Steris-Synergy ruling should give FTC pause when considering potential competition cases
January 29, 2016
The following article first appeared on Jan. 27 on MLex. For more information on MLex, including getting access to its exclusive content, please contact sales@mlex.com.
FTC enforcement actions show data brokers can face regulatory liability for consumer information they sell to others
January 29, 2016
The following article first appeared on Jan. 20 on MLex. For more information on MLex, including getting access to its exclusive content, please contact sales@mlex.com.
FTC official: No easy answers for local regulators about ‘sharing economy’
January 29, 2016
While competition enforcers should urge local regulators not to impose burdensome regulations on disruptive technologies, such as ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, there remain some “hard...
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- McSweeny questions whether abusive patent demand letters still a problem
- Neil Averitt commentary: The big inflection point appears to be at hand
- Calendar
- People
- Ohlhausen: Steris-Synergy ruling should give FTC pause when considering potential competition cases
- FTC enforcement actions show data brokers can face regulatory liability for consumer information they sell to others
- FTC official: No easy answers for local regulators about ‘sharing economy’
- 'Privacy Con' highlights new academic work
- Car dealers attacked, defended at FTC auto workshop
- GE-Haier deal not raising concerns yet
- No love for FTC in media stories about Cruz
- Critics, somewhat belatedly, emerge to take shots at Charter-Time Warner Cable deal
- Volkswagen less than forthcoming in probe of environmental marketing claims
- Deceptive ads face regulatory heat