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Even before the Federal Trade Commission launched its sweeping, ambitious hearings on competition and consumer protection in the 21st century, skeptics expressed some misgivings.
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As Election Day nears, the battle for control of Congress attracts the klieg lights, but at the state level, the races for attorneys general also are getting more play because of the power these law enforcers wield and the large turnover that will occur.
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Privacy is talked about a lot on Capitol Hill, in state legislatures and other venues. But one place where the issue doesn’t come up often is on the campaign trail.
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Although much of the press coverage surrounding the late Senator John McCain lauded his defense and foreign policy work, he was quite active in the consumer protection realm and the oversight of the Federal Trade Commission.
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In 2016, the Federal Trade Commission won a $1.3 billion fine against the payday lending operations of racecar driver Scott Tucker. It’s the agency’s largest ever litigated judgment.
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Former Federal Trade Commission member Terrell McSweeny has joined Covington, a firm she says is “a good fit for someone like me who has a lot of government experience.”
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In a recent column we talked about the kinds of antitrust career advice that we all wish we had gotten when we were first starting out. Here we will elaborate on one aspect that is relevant to lawyers at all career stages: How should we pick, choose and allocate time among the huge variety of professional associations?
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The Federal Trade Commission’s chairman pledged Thursday to keep “a very open mind” as the agency embarks on hearings focused on the future of antitrust and consumer protection enforcement in the digital age.
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A federal court decision stopping Tronox and Cristal from closing their planned deal shouldn’t determine the outcome of the Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to the transaction, Tronox’s lawyer Mike Williams told the agency’s administrative law judge. Rather, Williams said it puts the ALJ, D. Michael Chappell, in the “driver’s seat.”
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The Federal Trade Commission settled Wednesday with three companies that falsely claimed their products are “Made in the USA,” but one of the agency’s Democratic commissioners objected, criticizing the settlements for not requiring a fine or admission of wrongdoing.
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Patrick Pascarella jumps to Kilpatrick Townsend from Tucker Ellis
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Sept. 20 — The American Antitrust Institute is holding its 17th Annual Energy Roundtable at the American Public Power Association in Arlington, VA. For more information, go to: http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/events/aai-energy-roundtable.
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