Tag: FTC
Antitrust in an Election Year – 10 Minutes With Noah Phillips
Below, we have provided the full transcript of an interview with FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips from the first episode of our series, Antitrust In...
Highlights of the Much-Awaited U.S. Vertical Merger Guidelines
The new U.S. Vertical Merger Guidelines close the gap that was long manifest between the old guidance and both the economic theory and the...
FTC’s Conner Announces Leadership Changes In Mergers Divisions
According to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) press release, Mark Seidman has been named as the Acting Assistant Director for the Mergers IV Division....
FTC Wins Right To Resume Realty Board Antitrust Case
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) won the right to resume its administrative case charging Louisiana’s real estate appraisal board with antitrust violations, when the...
Seeing the Whole Picture on Avoidance Devices
By Pre-Merger Notification Staff (FTC)
Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act and Rules, parties cannot use a transaction structure for the purpose of avoiding or delaying their...
FTC Requests Rehearing En Banc of Qualcomm Appeals Panel Decision
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urged a US appeals court to reconsider an August 11 ruling that threw out antitrust claims against chipmaker...
How FTC Commissioner Slaughter Wants To Make Antitrust Enforcement Antiracist
By Lauren Feiner, CNBC
Like workers across America, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter has been thinking this summer about how to make her workplace antiracist. She was...
FTC & DOJ Seek Comments on Proposed Amendments to HSR Rules
The Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, will publish in the Federal Register a Notice...
FTC To Increase Scrutiny of Past Mergers
The Federal Trade Commission is expanding its internal program for reviewing past mergers and acquisitions in an effort to further investigate how completed deals...
FTC’s Phillips Talks Privacy, Competition & Antitrust Policy
Federal Trade Commissioner Noah Phillips (R) talks about privacy, competition, antitrust policy regarding technology broadly and scams against the public during the coronavirus pandemic.
Phillips...
