Tag: FTC
Biden To Nominate Privacy Advocate Bedoya To The FTC
President Joe Biden announced Monday, September 13, he plans to nominate privacy hawk Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
If confirmed, the nomination would finalize...
FTC Announces Agenda For Next Meeting, Focusing On Big Tech Acquisitions
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will hold its next open meeting on September 15 to hear staff findings on deals that Big Tech firms...
Republicans Work On Bill Mandating Foreign Subsidy Disclosures For Mergers
A Republican lawmaker is readying a bill that would require businesses subsidized by foreign governments to disclose that information when they pursue large mergers...
FTC Fines Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank For Repeatedly Violating Antitrust...
Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Richard Fairbank, CEO of Capital One Financial Corp., will pay a $637,950 civil penalty to settle charges that his...
Republicans Question FTC’s Efforts To Halt Illumina’s Grail Deal
Two Republican lawmakers on Thursday questioned the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) efforts to unwind life science company Illumina's US$7.1 billion acquisition of Grail, alleging the...
FTC Urges Federal Reserve Board To Require Debit Card Gatekeepers To...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that staff have submitted a comment urging the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Fed) to clarify...
Progressives Push FTC’s Kahn Urging Tight Oversight Of Amazon, MGM Deal
A coalition of advocacy groups is urging Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan to have the agency block Amazon from acquiring MGM Studios...
Sanofi Refiles $3.2B Translate Bio Buyout With FTC
Sanofi and Translate Bio are refiling paperwork on their US$3.2 billion merger to give the agency more time to review.
In a Securities and Exchange...
FTC Takes On Gasoline Price Manipulation & Will Scrutinize Station Mergers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will crack down on practices that may harm consumers at the gasoline pump and seek to deter "unlawful" mergers...
2nd Circuit Court Rejects FTC’s Request To Re-hear 1-800 Contacts Suit
In a defeat for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a federal appeals court in New York on Thursday, August 26, rejected a request to...
