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October 27, 2026
With 525,600 minutes in a year, Samuel Levine isn’t wasting time. He’s exploring avenues to help New Yorkers in his role as head of the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. That means pursuing enforcement cases, issuing new rules, and working with the city council on legislation, all at a dizzying pace.
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October 27, 2026
The fast-fashion company Shein, which has drawn congressional scrutiny, reportedly agreed to pay $100 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission investigation, according to Reuters.
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October 27, 2026
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson is among the leaders coordinating federal responses to artificial intelligence risks as a vice chair of President Donald Trump’s new “Super Intelligence Force.”
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October 27, 2026
On Sept. 21, a coalition of 12 states signed a consent agreement with David Ellison, ending their litigation against the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger on terms falling far short of the remedies demanded in their complaint just 10 weeks earlier. Why did they abandon so much of their position? What had changed in those 10 weeks?
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October 27, 2026
A bipartisan House trio wants to protect employees who disclose wrongdoing to the Federal Trade Commission. But the lawmakers have gone a step further, tying the bill to the legal thriller depicting Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen.
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October 27, 2026
While most US adults still do not use artificial intelligence chatbots, adoption is rising, according to a Pew Research Center survey released earlier this year. Against that backdrop, two former government officials have published a brief examining the legal risks posed by the technology.
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October 27, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Lens.com for deceptive pricing is its second major litigation against an online contact lens retailer.
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October 27, 2026
Nov. 5 — The American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section’s Fall Forum is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Washington, DC. One of the sessions is titled “AI in the Antitrust Practice: Powerful Tool, New Risks.” For more details, go to: https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2026/10/aba-antitrust-fall-forum/.
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October 27, 2026
Casino operators Fertitta Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment can be expected to tell regulators examining their proposed merger that geographic antitrust markets should be defined broadly due to an increasing number of casinos in regions adjacent to the cities and towns where they operate.
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October 27, 2026
The Trump administration “must not rubber stamp” major food mergers, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren told the antitrust agencies.
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October 27, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission said older Americans continue to lose more money to investment scams, according to a congressional report highlighting key fraud trends.
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October 27, 2026
Attorney Ryan Harsch, who recently left the Federal Trade Commission after 11 years, started his antitrust enforcement career with “box management” at the Department of Justice before his career blossomed at the FTC.
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October 27, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission might face another challenge to its powers at the Supreme Court — this time related to its oversight of the agency that regulates horse racing.
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October 06, 2026
Fresh off two trial wins against Meta Platforms, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez is willing to challenge other Big Tech companies that violate citizens’ rights.
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October 06, 2026
Transocean and Valaris received antitrust approval as the Department of Justice notified the companies that the agency closed its investigation into the $5.8 billion deal.
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October 06, 2026
Nov. 5 — The American Antitrust Institute is holding its 20th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. For more information, go to: https://www.antitrustinstitute.org.
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October 06, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission finalized a settlement with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits that would impose six years of pricing restrictions and independent monitoring on the company.
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October 06, 2026
A bipartisan pair of senators has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the impact of artificial intelligence on the “Made in USA” practices of Amazon and Walmart, citing a report that consumers were deceived by chatbots about products’ countries of origin.
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October 06, 2026
Four lawmakers are seeking information from artificial intelligence companies about how their models would function under newly proposed legislation.
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October 06, 2026
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers proposed legislation that would require online platforms to verify advertisers and provide tools for reporting fraudulent content. The measure is aimed at curbing the billions of dollars consumers lose to online scams.
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October 06, 2026
Don’t expect to see Democratic members on the Federal Trade Commission anytime soon, and that’s fine with Chairman Andrew Ferguson. While both commissioners are Republicans, he insists it’s not an echo chamber.
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October 06, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission has amended its rules of practice to better align with the FTC Act and reflect organizational changes.
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October 06, 2026
We have a mix of good news and bad news on artificial intelligence-assisted consumer fraud. Fraud is being energized by new technologies, but promising new remedies are also emerging.
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October 06, 2026
Some artificial intelligence executives are asking for an antitrust exemption, but a look back at other efforts reveal it’s a long shot.
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October 06, 2026
When Rebecca Valentine joined the Federal Trade Commission as an honors paralegal, she had a cursory knowledge of antitrust.