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Perhaps more than in any other case since Joe Simons became chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the 3-2 decision approving drugmaker AbbVie’s $63 billion buyout of rival Allergan reveals his unhappiness with the dissents of his Democratic colleagues.
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Wait until next year.
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It’s been almost two years since Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joe Simons announced with some fanfare a series of hearings to review and perhaps even re-think the agency’s approach to antitrust and consumer protection issues.
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Congressional Democrats may loathe President Donald Trump, but at least when it comes to consumer protection issues, they appear to like his Federal Trade Commission chairman.
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The Federal Trade Commission won a preliminary injunction against an Arizona firm for facilitating foreign robocallers who were impersonating US government officials.
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Privacy advocate Jules Polonetsky has made a career out of listening. It’s a skill he acquired working in local New York politics, representing working-class neighborhoods such as Coney Island and Brighton Beach in the state assembly.
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Amazon’s aggressive practices have led to many antitrust complaints from its business partners. The latest one accuses the tech conglomerate of spying on third-party companies that sell through its website and using this information to create rival products.
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Countries across the globe have rushed to draft technology into the anti-virus fight with willing assistance from Big Tech. Just as before the pandemic: There’s an app for that.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in recent years has insisted his creation, arguably the biggest social experiment in human history, needs more regulation in the areas of privacy, elections, data-portability and harmful content. He’s about to get his wish.
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Christopher Lischewski, who ran Bumble Bee Foods for almost 20 years until his 2018 indictment for price-fixing, says a year of home confinement and a $25,000 fine is enough punishment following his conviction last year.
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FTC veteran Moiseyev lands at Weil
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June 3 — Federal Trade Commission member Christine Wilson is participating in a webinar discussion of the Brookings Institution on “What will it take to bridge gaps in federal privacy legislation?” The event will take place from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, go to: https://www.brookings.edu/events/webinar-what-will-it-take-to-bridge-gaps-on-federal-privacy-legislation/.
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