Commissioners hand FTC staff its first defeat in 19 years

(February 17, 2014) -- The FTC’s recent decision upholding just one of seven counts against McWane Inc., for unlawfully maintaining its monopoly in the domestic iron pipe fittings market, is as significant for what it says about the agency’s decision-making process as it is for its substance. The ruling is the first time in 19 years that the Commission did not go along with an antitrust complaint brought by its staff....

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