Bedoya, focused and passionate, talks about putting consumers first
Federal Trade Commission member Alvaro Bedoya just reached his six-month work anniversary. The former Senate staffer and Georgetown University professor arrived at a time of incredible activity at the FTC. It issued an advanced notice of proposed...
Some hits and a miss in Section 5 policy statement
The diplomat Talleyrand, who represented post-Napoleonic France at the make-or-break Congress of Vienna, cautioned his staff to move only in measured steps: “Above all,” he said, “no zeal.” This would have been equally good advice for the Federal Trade Commission’s policy statement on Section 5...
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State attorneys general turn up the heat
Not long after Donald Trump was elected president, the widely-shared view among antitrust practitioners was federal enforcement would diminish, at least somewhat, and state attorneys general would...
Transcripts in AT&T-Time Warner case reveal judge’s ‘one-sided,’ acerbic style
Survey the antitrust bar about the Justice Department’s high-stakes appeal of the district court ruling rejecting its challenge to the merger between AT&T and Time Warner, and you’ll almost...
FTC faces hurdles in pursuit of more rulemaking authority
The Federal Trade Commission is gearing up for a concerted effort to persuade Congress to expand its authority, so it can crack down harder on data breaches and other privacy violations.
DirecTV notches partial win in FTC false ad suit
Last year, a partisan stalemate between the two sitting members of the Federal Trade Commission over a proposed settlement forced the agency into a high-stakes $4 billion trial against satellite...
Key antitrust case on healthcare guides agencies
A case decided by the Supreme Court 75 years ago strongly shapes how the government crafts its approach to antitrust enforcement in healthcare.
Used car dealerships undergo FTC compliance sweep, results mixed
Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission conducted its first inspection to see whether used car dealers were properly displaying its revised Buyers Guide, which is part of the agency’s Used...