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.
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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America calls itself the great beacon of democracy, but its antitrust agencies are among the most secretive in the world. Government lawyers and executives claim they’re forbidden from discussing...
Antitrust is becoming popular in political circles.
The Justice Department’s declaration that its remedy in the Bayer-Monsanto merger is “a victory for American farmers and consumers” has provoked harsh reactions from critics who say the deal will...
The late Representative John Dingell often showed his love for the Federal Trade Commission, but it was sometimes tough love.
Less than a month after the Federal Trade Commission decided that 1-800 Contacts had violated antitrust law by agreeing with rivals to limit keyword search advertising, an online travel company...
Pent-up complaints by consumers who were scammed during the partial federal government stoppage flooded into the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel Network, which was dark during the...