Tag: FTC
FTC Bid To Block New Jersey Hospital Merger Upheld
The Federal Trade Commission won a Third Circuit ruling upholding a pause on hospital operator Hackensack Meridian Health’s acquisition of Englewood Healthcare Foundation while...
Seven States Fight Shkreli’s Bid To Pause Monetary Penalty
Martin Shkreli appealed the verdict handed down to him last month in a widely watched antitrust case asking for a stay in payment while...
FTC Charges HomeAdvisor With Cheating Small Businesses
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday (March 11) charged Denver-based HomeAdvisor, with “a wide range of deceptive and misleading tactics” by selling home improvement project leads to service...
DOJ & FTC To Hold Joint Spring Enforcers Summit
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will cohost a Spring Enforcers Summit on April 4. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan...
Alvaro Bedoya Nomination Hits Republican Roadblock
US Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) announced that he will block expedited Senate consideration of Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination to serve on the Federal Trade Commission...
FTC & DOJ To Overhaul Merger Guidelines
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are working together to transform their merger guidelines, with the new rules likely to...
FTC Pleased Over Termination Of Lifespan-Care New England Merger
Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova issued a statement on the termination of the proposed merger between Lifespan and Care New England Wednesday (March 2),...
FTC & FCC Nominees On Tough Road To Senate Confirmation
Democrats came one step closer to gaining control Thursday morning. The Senate Commerce Committee voted 14 to 14 along party lines to advance FCC...
Regulating Big Tech: Lessons From the FTC’s Do Not Call Rule
By William E. Kovacic (George Washington University) & David A. Hyman (Georgetown University)
Big Tech (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google) is under regulatory assault. Cases...
