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February 10, 2026
As the Federal Trade Commission looks to implement potential policies to bolster the use of age verification technology, experts urge data minimization practices.
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February 10, 2026
When any government agency announces a new program, you must ask how serious it is and how diligently it will be pursued. In the case of the Federal Trade Commission’s campaign against noncompete clauses, the answer seems to be that the agency means business.
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February 10, 2026
Federal Trade Commission antitrust enforcers across the Biden and Trump administrations agree that employers’ pervasive use of unlawful restrictions on labor mobility are causing harm to workers, competition and consumers across the nation’s economy.
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January 27, 2026
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division secured victory against the owner of Marine Oil Services. Jasen Butler was found guilty of 34 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and forgery by a federal jury in Miami.
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January 27, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission approved new merger filing fees ranging from $35,000 to $2.46 million.
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January 27, 2026
Feb. 11 — George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School’s Law and Economics Center is hosting a webinar on “Privacy in 2026: What Changed and What’s Next?” It will be held from noon to 1 p.m. ET. For more information, go to: https://masonlec.org/events/privacy-in-2026-what-changed-whats-next/.
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January 27, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission approved revised jurisdictional thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which prohibits interlocking directorates.
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January 27, 2026
An outcome from an effort by the Federal Trade Commission is landing in mailboxes across the country this month.
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January 27, 2026
Lawmakers led by Senators Chuck Grassley and Mike Rounds are calling on the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to stop price discrimination, namely in the grocery and agriculture sectors.
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January 27, 2026
Mounting procedural obstacles for plaintiffs in class actions spell trouble for the Department of Justice’s ability to secure restitution for victims of criminal anticompetitive conduct.
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January 27, 2026
Billionaire David MacNeil has been a successful entrepreneur and advocate for business interests. As President Donald Trump’s latest nominee to fill a seat on the Federal Trade Commission, he’ll be somewhat of a rarity at the agency — a member who lacks legal expertise.
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January 27, 2026
Hospital mergers are large, frequently lead to price rises and are definitively local. By rights, they should be a bread-and-butter concern of state attorneys general. But it hasn’t always worked out that way.
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January 27, 2026
Republican leaders at the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission are championing their views via emphatic, combative and humorous posts on social media.
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January 27, 2026
A recent congressionally mandated report from the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Inspector General said the office last year investigated an agency employee for “improperly” obtaining pandemic relief funds.
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January 27, 2026
Vic Domen, a veteran enforcer and private practitioner, has joined Lewis Brisbois as an antitrust partner and co-managing partner in its Washington, DC, office.
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January 21, 2026
Corporate consolidation, inflation and climate change have transformed the food industry in recent years.
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January 27, 2026
Federal Trade Commission member Mark Meador expressed concerns about the risk acqui-hires could pose to competition in the tech industry.
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January 13, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission, structured by Congress to be a politically diverse group with staggered terms, has not reflected that original intent in the first year under new Chairman Andrew Ferguson.
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January 13, 2026
Jan. 27 — The Federal Trade Commission is holding a workshop on “Moving Forward: Protecting Workers from Anticompetitive Noncompete Agreements.” It will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. For more details, go to: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/12/ftc-announces-new-date-workshop-noncompete-agreements.
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January 13, 2026
Even after the Federal Trade Commission under the second Trump administration abandoned a Biden-era proposal to ban noncompete agreements, federal regulators and state legislatures are continuing efforts to curb their use. For companies seeking to protect their trade secrets, employment agreements remain a key tool, but one that may be losing its force.
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January 13, 2026
The US ethanol industry’s low level of concentration and large number of participants suggest the exercise of market power to set prices, or coordinate on price or output levels, is unlikely, according to a Federal Trade Commission report.
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January 13, 2026
Samuel Levine, who formerly headed the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, is now leading a unit with a similar mission in New York City, promising to use the position to provide “economic relief” for residents.
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January 13, 2026
Telling the story of her eating disorder isn’t easy for Ava Smithing. For the sake of change, the advocacy director for Young People’s Alliance says it’s necessary to relive one of her worst moments.
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January 13, 2026
When President Donald Trump promised to get involved in reviewing the sale of Warner Brothers Discovery, he was echoing the practice of some previous chief executives who played a role in the outcome of antitrust and merger cases.
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January 13, 2026
The Department of Justice has reached a tentative agreement with LivCor that would bar algorithmic coordination and the exchange of competitively sensitive data with rivals as part of an antitrust lawsuit targeting rent-fixing by landlords.