Tag: FTC
FTC’s Chairwoman Slaughter & Commissioner Chopra Comment On 7-Eleven/Speedway Merger
Today Federal Trade Commission Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Commissioner Rohit Chopra issued the following statement in response to the announcement by 7-Eleven’s...
Senate Committee Advances Lina Khan’s Nomination To The FTC
The nomination of tech critic Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will move to a full Senate vote after a committee voted...
FTC’s Multilateral Pharma Merger Task Force Seeks Public Input
Staff from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Canada’s Competition Bureau, the European Commission Directorate General for Competition, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority,...
On Their Silver Anniversary, It’s Time to Burnish the Healthcare Guidelines
Twenty-five years have passed since the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission last revised their Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy...
A Step Forward or Backward: The Court’s Application of Geographic Market...
The Federal Trade Commission and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General recently challenged a proposed hospital system merger in the Philadelphia, PA area as...
Physician Groups – The Next Enforcement Frontier for Healthcare Provider Mergers?
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent announcement that it will be undertaking a retrospective study of physician group consolidations may signal an increased focus on...
FTC v. Actavis and the Future of Reverse Payment Cases
By Joshua D. Wright (George Mason University)
The Supreme Court ruled in FTC v. Actavis that reverse payment settlement agreements between branded and generic pharmaceutical...
FTC Report Calls Apple’s Repair Policies Anti-Competitive
Apple was called out in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report for its alleged “anti-competitive repair restrictions” that stifle independent repair businesses from...
FTC Announces New Appointments To Agency Leadership Positions
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter announced that she has selected Austin King to be the Associate General Counsel for Rulemaking. Replacing Mr....
Acting FTC Chair Asks Congress To Restore Authority After SCOTUS Decision
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking Congress to restore its authority to return funds to victims of fraud and other illegal activity, according...
