The link between market competition and democracy is creating an intellectual tug-of-war between progressives and their conservative counterparts.
The antitrust profession thinks of labor cases as a recent policy innovation. But on the important topic of wage collusion, they date back several decades, at least to the Federal Trade Commission’s memorable case against the great fashion-model conspiracy of 1993.
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Andrew Smith, whose appointment last year to head the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection sparked controversy, has settled into the post and is upbeat about prospects for...
If Congress passes a privacy bill, it would likely give the Federal Trade Commission more money to spend on personnel and enforcement.
It hasn’t taken long for Christine Wilson, the newest member of the Federal Trade Commission, to make a strong first impression.
When the Federal Trade Commission’s staff issued an advisory opinion that telephone calls using specialized soundboard technology are robocalls, it provoked a legal battle over whether the opinion...
The Federal Trade Commission could break up already-approved mergers through a new task force, the agency announced Feb. 26.
Federal lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully for years to pass legislation to curb pay-for-delay agreements where branded drugmakers pay rivals to keep generic drugs from coming to market. Now, a...