May 8, 2018
News that the Senate had confirmed five members of the Federal Trade Commission had been long expected, but it still brought much relief to the antitrust and consumer protection communities.
May 8, 2018
During her four years at the Federal Trade Commission, Terrell McSweeny experienced the agency in a number of forms — starting with a full commission of five and ending with a year in which...
May 8, 2018
As debate over reform of antitrust laws heats up, two senior Justice Department economists have taken issue with claims of increasing industry concentration, as outlined by the Obama...
May 8, 2018
Competition for spots at prestigious colleges is fiercer than ever, and the Justice Department wants to see to it that the schools don’t take advantage of their position and hurt students.
May 8, 2018
Fraudulent telemarketers pretending to represent charities may try to pull on heart strings not only to scam people out of money but also to get their personal information, the Federal Trade...
May 8, 2018
Antitrust prosecutors at the Department of Justice want companies to increase their share of the burden in preventing and detecting criminal conduct.
May 8, 2018
There’s a growing concern that antitrust is no longer working for the benefit of large swaths of the public, and a political reckoning is about to come due. This is the fear of Kevin Arquit,...
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