Tag: Consumer Protection
Big Data Protection: Big Problem?
Considerable debate exists as to the interaction of antitrust and privacy law. This nuanced debate encompasses many difficult questions: when is there a strong...
Spotlight on the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection
November 2018
Spotlight on the Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection
By Tianran “Tinny” Song (Labaton Sucharow)1
Introduction
The Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition...
The Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
The Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, Innovation and Intellectual Property Policy,...
Hear Me Out: Understanding the US and EU Competition Hearings, Part...
Posted by American Bar Association
Hear Me Out: Understanding the US and EU Competition Hearings, Part 1: What Came Before, and What Is Happening Now
By Koren...
The Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
The Federal Trade Commission's Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, the Consumer Welfare Standard in...
US: FTC opens comment period for the 21st Century hearings
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened up public comments for their upcoming Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.
The hearings...
EU: Facebook, Google get hit with GDPR suits totaling US$8.8b
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is newly on the books in the European Union, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook and Google from being...
US: FTC loses Impax pay-for-delay case
A patent deal in which Endo Pharmaceuticals paid generic-drug maker Impax Laboratories to forgo launching a generic version of an opioid pain medication did...
EU: Mammoth new data-protection law comes into effect
Global Data Protection Rules (GDPR) will be applicable in Europe from May 25, 2018, and businesses, if not compliant, will see hefty penalties.
Protection of...
How to Economize Consumer Protection
Posted by Social Science Research Network
How to Economize Consumer Protection
By Michael R. Baye (Indiana University) & Joshua D. Wright (George Mason University)
The US antitrust...