Holyoak, Ferguson could change FTC dynamics but face steep learning curve
If Republican nominees Melissa Holyoak of Utah and Andrew Ferguson of Virginia are confirmed, as expected, to join the Federal Trade Commission this month, they could change the dynamics of an agency that’s been under single-party control for half...
Insulin cases need a sharper focus
Hard cases are notorious for making bad law. But sometimes the easy and obvious cases can make bad law, too. Something like this seems to be going on with insulin pricing.
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Pressure’s on as FTC negotiates Facebook penalty
Something strange happened after Facebook disclosed the Federal Trade Commission might hit it with an eye-popping fine as high as $5 billion for violating a privacy order — the largest civil...
More presidential hopefuls weigh in on antitrust issues
Come on in. The antitrust water is fine.
In LabMD aftermath, FTC retools data security orders
After an appeals court ruled the Federal Trade Commission’s order telling a medical testing company to fix its weak data security was unenforceable — finding it too vague — practitioners have...
Lawmakers clash over newspaper antitrust exemption
Two House members with the most clout on antitrust matters favor an exemption for the newspaper industry, but hold their positions for different reasons.
An Rx for stronger antitrust enforcement? New book explores options
The doctors — or in this case, the legal scholars — thought they knew what ailed the patient. In the late 1970s, “the patient” was the sluggish US economy, and Robert Bork and Richard Posner...
End Standard Oil consent decree, DOJ says
Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft are either frowning in their graves or realizing their efforts succeeded.