Federal Trade Commission member Noah Phillips spoke with FTCWatch reporters June 7 on a balcony outside his office overlooking 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Inside his office, a picture hangs on the wall of conservatives’ bête noire, Louis...
The antitrust agencies are busy considering possible revisions to the horizontal merger guidelines. Recent speeches and writings by some key players give us hints of what the final product might look like.
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Maureen Ohlhausen, known for her affability, collegiality and intellectual acuity during nearly five years as a member of the Federal Trade Commission, has changed her tone in the last few weeks.
As Maureen Ohlhausen settles into — as much as she can — her post as acting chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, much speculation continues about whether she will get the nod to lead the...
The bill to align the merger review procedures of the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice — long a priority of some in the antitrust bar and their Republican allies on Capitol...
Representative Bob Latta, a low-key lawmaker with extensive political experience but not much prior involvement in issues relating to the Federal Trade Commission, is now chairman of the House...
The Federal Trade Commission in a recent report reiterated its push for self-regulation in protecting privacy amid increased use of cross-device tracking, but didn’t call for additional rulemaking...
Even as a senior antitrust official in the Justice Department insists that recently issued guidance about the division’s leniency program breaks no new ground, a number of experienced antitrust...