February 02, 2021
Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Rebecca Slaughter has signaled she will work toward reforming antitrust laws and putting a greater emphasis on policies and strategies that will reduce inequities in markets. But she and others will be up against policy assumptions that have long guided the field and may be hard to change.
February 02, 2021
Senator Richard Blumenthal, who is in line to chair the subcommittee that oversees the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection efforts, is likely to treat the agency with tough love.
February 02, 2021
US regulators and private law firms have struggled to attract African American talent to their ranks, which has led to poor representation at the most senior levels of antitrust enforcement.
February 02, 2021
Complaints about abusive practices by Big Tech and healthcare companies have prompted the Federal Trade Commission’s recent announcements of studies — one focusing on consumer protection and one...
February 02, 2021
Woodrow Hartzog thought he wanted to be a newsman like his grandfather Woodie, who started working for WLBT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1953, and became a local celebrity as the weatherman and...
February 02, 2021
Video games that fail to provide awards as promised have drawn the ire of the Federal Trade Commission.
February 02, 2021
Enforcers around the world are trying a new approach to enhance customer privacy on Big Tech platforms. They are turning from consumer protection principles to competition law. Rather than just...
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