Tag: FTC
The Consumer Welfare Debate Comes to the FTC Hearings: Who’s on...
November 2018
The Consumer Welfare Debate Comes to the FTC Hearings: Who’s on the Right Side of History? By Joseph V. Coniglio (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich...
US: Watch the FTC’s Hearing #7 on Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and...
The FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century continued on Friday, November 6, with panels focused on issues related to...
US: FTC finds that 1-800 Contacts unlawfully harmed competition in online...
On Wednesday, November 14, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held that 1-800 Contacts, the nation’s largest online retailer of contact lenses, unlawfully entered into...
US: FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection
On Tuesday and Wednesday, November 13 and 14, the Federal Trade Commission is holding its seventh hearing initiative. The topics over the two day...
Consumer Welfare On Trial at the FTC
November 2018
Consumer Welfare On Trial at the FTC By Marshall Steinbaum (Roosevelt Institute)1
On November 1st, the FTC held its public hearing on the consumer...
Spotlight on the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection
November 2018
Spotlight on the Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection
By Tianran “Tinny” Song (Labaton Sucharow)1
Introduction
The Federal Trade Commission’s Hearings on Competition...
US: Watch the FTC’s Hearing #6 on Big Data
The FTC Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century continued on Friday, November 6, with panels focused on issues related to...
Platforms in the Spotlight at the FTC Hearings
November 2018
Platforms in the Spotlight at the FTC Hearings
By Joshua D. Wright and John M. Yun (George Mason University)1
The Spotlight on Platforms
Over a series...
Recommendations Following the FTC’s October 2018 Hearings on IP and Innovation
October 2018
Recommendations Following the FTC’s October 2018 Hearings on IP and Innovation
By Koren W. Wong-Ervin & Dr. Georgios Effraimidis1
On October 23-24, 2018, the U.S. Federal...
US: FTC requires Marathon to sell stores
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requiring Marathon to sell five New York convenience stores to settle charges that its proposed acquisition of Express Mart would...
