Antitrust cases are fought as much in the court of public opinion as in a courtroom, and experts say that calls for a multipronged strategy.
Antitrust lawyers love to talk about the consumer welfare standard and the rule of reason, and indeed these things are central to the intellectual framework of the law and to practical counseling. But when they’re put to the test in high-stakes litigation against Big Tech, courts generally recoil...
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This year’s spring meeting of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section at the commodious Marriott Marquis hotel attracted nearly the same number as last year, when about 3,300 attended....
After the Federal Trade Commission suffered recent losses in court, some practitioners and advocates are questioning the agency’s case-selection process.
Jeffrey Chester, a champion of children’s privacy rights who helped spearhead enactment of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in 1998 and its expansion in 2012, says the Federal Trade...
If you make illegitimate claims about legitimate products, the Federal Trade Commission will go after you.
As Congress grapples with privacy legislation, members of the Federal Trade Commission used the American Bar Association’s antitrust spring meeting and other recent opportunities to flesh out views...
Connected cars are becoming smarter. They’re collecting more personal information from drivers using an array of sensors, from how much gas they use to how fast they travel. The trendy eatery where...