December 04, 2018
That blue wave that swept Democrats into control of the House of Representatives also helped the party boost its number of state attorneys general nationwide. The results set the stage for more aggressive consumer protection enforcement.
December 04, 2018
Democrats may get their wish for money to bust trusts, but might have to swallow a change in enforcement procedures to get it.
December 04, 2018
The Federal Trade Commission’s ruling that agreements between 1-800 Contacts and rival online contact lens sellers to limit keyword search advertising illegally harmed consumers has broad...
December 04, 2018
A Federal Trade Commission case against a Miami-based patent firm accused of fraud has not only raised questions about the role acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker played with World Patent...
December 04, 2018
The debate about whether corporate bigness is inherently anticompetitive or whether big is only bad when companies misbehave is playing out in two new books by prominent public intellectuals.
December 04, 2018
As head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, Makan Delrahim has made clear his desire to make the merger review process less painful — and speedier.
December 04, 2018
A new area of consumer protection law may be emerging at the Federal Trade Commission to take on the problem of retail websites that have been deliberately made confusing or opaque. The new...
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