Holyoak, Ferguson could change FTC dynamics but face steep learning curve
If Republican nominees Melissa Holyoak of Utah and Andrew Ferguson of Virginia are confirmed, as expected, to join the Federal Trade Commission this month, they could change the dynamics of an agency that’s been under single-party control for half...
Insulin cases need a sharper focus
Hard cases are notorious for making bad law. But sometimes the easy and obvious cases can make bad law, too. Something like this seems to be going on with insulin pricing.
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FTC failed to enforce Facebook consent decree, critics charge amid firestorm
Top Federal Trade Commission officials boasted of their tough consent decree in 2011 that required Facebook to keep its promise to protect users’ information, but critics charge the agency failed...
McSweeny takes on DOJ’s Delrahim over patent hold-up
As she closes in on her final weeks as a member of the Federal Trade Commission, Terrell McSweeny apparently has decided to go out with a bang.
Declining budgets' effect on antitrust enforcement debated
A recently published analysis of yearly Hart-Scott-Rodino reports from 2010 through 2016 shows that while the US is experiencing a “merger wave,” enforcement has been stagnant, and funding for the...
Trump picks Slaughter for last FTC slot
President Donald Trump named the last of his appointees to the Federal Trade Commission when he picked Rebecca Slaughter, the chief counsel to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, for the...
Melding antitrust law, evangelical views
A merger that results in higher prices is not just harmful to consumers, it violates the Bible’s admonition against stealing. And stealing interferes with someone’s ability to use their property to...
Hacked much? Stop using ‘123456’ and other weak passwords, agencies warn
In an era of pervasive cybersecurity hacks, it would seem safe to assume that most people know to avoid using easy-to-guess, insecure passwords. That would be an incorrect assumption.