Q&A: Getting candid with Noah Phillips
Federal Trade Commission member Noah Phillips spoke with FTCWatch reporters June 7 on a balcony outside his office overlooking 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Inside his office, a picture hangs on the wall of conservatives’ bête noire, Louis...
What changes are coming with the merger guidelines?
The antitrust agencies are busy considering possible revisions to the horizontal merger guidelines. Recent speeches and writings by some key players give us hints of what the final product might look like.
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FTC suffers another legal blow to enforcement arsenal
The Federal Trade Commission faces difficult strategic choices after a federal court delivered a body blow to the heart of its enforcement program, reviving chatter that the agency is facing an...
Democratic presidential candidates aim to boost media competition
Banning big media mergers, revamping private equity rules and exempting some media companies from antitrust laws. These are among the proposals of Democratic presidential candidates seeking to...
‘Game-changing’ Google settlement with FTC has businesses fretting over impact
Even as Andrew Smith, director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, exalted the agency’s “game-changing” $170 million settlement with Google, businesses were scrambling...
Fixes for mergers raise questions about intent of Congress
Antitrust authorities and academics have conducted numerous studies to determine whether the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have been successful remedying anticompetitive mergers.
Finch talks politics of antitrust, DOJ stint
Antitrust is making huge headlines and a former Justice Department official said the additional attention is healthy for the field.
EU-US Privacy Shield violators settle FTC complaints
The Federal Trade Commission has settled actions accusing five companies of falsely claiming certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield framework.