Tag: FTC
Supreme Court Curbs FTC’s Power to Seek Monetary Awards
The Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday, April 22, that will significantly limit the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ability to extract monetary relief for...
FTC Attorney Joins Paul, Weiss As Counsel
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Jared P. Nagley, a Lead Staff Attorney at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Northeast...
AstraZeneca’s $39B Alexion Buy Clears FTC Review
AstraZeneca is one step closer to acquiring Alexion Pharmaceuticals having been cleared by the US Federal Trade Commission after an antitrust review, the company...
FTC’s Lina Khan Confirmation Hearing Set For Next Week
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a confirmation hearing next week for Lina Khan, who has advocated the breakup of tech giants, on her...
FTC & States Ask Judge To Deny Facebook’s Request To Dismiss...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a large group of US states asked a federal court on Wednesday, April 14, to deny Facebook's request...
Acting FTC Chairwoman Appoints New Director Of Bureau Of Economics
Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter announced that she has appointed Marta E. Wosińska as Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Economics.
“In...
FTC Hits Back At Facebook Calling It “Personal Social Networking” Monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ratcheted up the rhetoric in its lawsuit against Facebook in a filing late Wednesday, April 7, calling it a...
Asset Managers Lobby to Avoid Antitrust Scrutiny
Asset managers are fighting a proposal from US antitrust authorities to tighten scrutiny over how these firms influence the way businesses operate and, in turn, the prices of everything from airline tickets to...
FTC Wants Gallo Winery To Sell Some Product Lines In New...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday announced that it approved a final order which would require E. & J. Gallo Winery to divest...
Illumina Aks For FTC’s Grail Deal Suit To Be Moved To...
Illumina has urged a DC federal judge to send the Federal Trade Commission's suit challenging the biotech firm's planned US$8 billion takeover of Grail...
