LabMD litigation against FTC lingers

Although the Federal Trade Commission won its effort to quash a lawsuit over its probe of LabMD, the now-defunct medical laboratory is still trying to sue three agency employees.

Neill Averitt

The pushback on convenience, resort and junk fees

Unexpected, surreptitious fees in retail transactions — additions like “convenience fees” and “resort fees” — have proliferated wildly over the past 30 years. When they aren’t clearly disclosed at the start of a transaction, their omission can deceive consumers and distort the purchase decision....

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Monitor proposal floated by Staples-Office Depot judge would be unprecedented

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Ramirez: FTC won't push for legislation on medical app guidelines

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Bernard M. Hollander, who spent nearly six decades at DOJ, dies

Bernard M. Hollander, who set a record for serving 59 years as an antitrust lawyer with the Justice Department, has died. He was 100.

Neil Averitt commentary: West Virginia hospital case highlights quality of state-action supervision

The state-action defense is front-and-center in the merger of the two main hospitals in Huntington, West Virginia.

SEC accuses Texas AG of securities fraud

The chief law enforcement officer of Texas is getting the chance to see how the judicial system works from the other side.

Privacy Shield ratification faces hurdles

The path toward ratification of the trans-Atlantic data transmission deal — dubbed Privacy Shield — isn’t getting any easier.