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.
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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Goliath v. Goliath: DOJ, AT&T battle over Time Warner deal
The Justice Department’s stunning announcement that it would challenge AT&T’s proposed $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner has prompted some praise, some second-guessing and, inevitably, some...
Delrahim’s position on strengthening IP rights sparks intense debate
Makan Delrahim, the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, has provoked controversy with recent remarks that stress the rights of technology innovators, sending a warning shot to standard-setting...
In Trump era, state attorneys general flex more muscles
Even before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, speculation ramped up among consumer protection and antitrust practitioners that state attorneys general would be flexing their muscles to fill...
Klobuchar, Warren tout antitrust issues as 2020 presidential election looms
The 2020 presidential election is almost three years away but two potential candidates — Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren — are already using antitrust issues as a way of raising their...
Ohlhausen seeks to measure real consumer harm in privacy, data breach cases
Earlier this year, the acting chairman of the Federal Trade Commission coined the term “informational injury” as she pushed to establish a method to quantify the injuries consumers suffer when...
Uber facing pressure on Capitol Hill and in court
Ride-hailing behemoth Uber Technologies will soon join a parade of companies being grilled by lawmakers over a massive data breach.