Tag: FTC
FTC Announces Tentative Agenda For October Open Commission Meeting
Today, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, October 21,...
US Senator Lee Questions DOJ & FTC Antitrust Enforcement
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Richard Powers, Acting Assistant Attorney General...
Facebook Asks Court To Dismiss FTC’s Amended Complaint
Facebook on Monday filed a motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's amended antitrust complaint against the social network, reported The New York Times.
The amended...
FTC Appoints Directors Of Bureau Of Competition & Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that she has appointed Holly Vedova as Director of the agency’s Bureau of Competition and Samuel A.A. Levine...
US Antitrust Gets a European Makeover
By Joshua D. Wright, Wall Street Journal
The Federal Trade Commission finished hearing testimony last week in its administrative proceeding aimed at forcing a genomics-sequencing company,...
FTC’s Khan Outlines Plans For Antitrust Enforcement
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan laid out her policy priorities and vision in a memo to staff dated Wednesday, September 22, and recently made...
FTC Tells Health Apps The Need to Tell Consumers Of Data...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stated health apps and connected devices must comply with the Health Breach Notification Rule, making it so they...
FTC Streamlines Competition Probes In Eight Key Enforcement Areas
At the joint recommendation from its Bureau of Consumer Protection and Bureau of Competition, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to approve and make...
FTC Votes 3-2 To Rescind Vertical Merger Guidelines
As expected, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voted to "withdraw" its "flawed" vertical merger guidelines, which were issued jointly by the FTC and...
US FTC Hints At Tougher Stance On Big Tech Small Mergers
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff presented data on Wednesday, September 15, on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped...
