Tag: FTC
The FTC as Guardian of Privacy and Data Security
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Paul Ohm, May 13, 2014
In this article, I focus my remarks on the...
North Carolina Dental: The Supreme Court and State Action Antitrust Immunity
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Amy Paul, Jane Willis, Apr 29, 2014
It is well-settled under Supreme Court precedent...
What a Difference a Year Makes: An Emerging Consensus on the...
Jonathan Kanter, Dec 30, 2013
These days, it is difficult to identify an antitrust issue that is generating more discussion than standard-essential patents. To some,...
Recalibrating Section 5: A Response to the CPI Symposium
Joshua Wright, Dec 30, 2013
I want to thank the participants in Competition Policy International's Symposium on the Federal Trade Commission's unfair methods of competition...
Recalibrating Section 5: A Response to the CPI Symposium
Joshua Wright, Nov 27, 2013
I want to thank the participants in Competition Policy International's Symposium on the Federal Trade Commission's unfair methods of competition...
Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Need for Guidelines
Daniel Crane, Sep 16, 2013
FTC Commissioners Wright and Olhausen recently have argued that the FTC should issue a policy statement or guidelines regarding enforcement...
A Solution in Search of a Problem
A. Douglas Melamed, Sep 16, 2013
The fundamental problem with the "unfair methods of competition" prong of Section 5 is that it is hopelessly vague....
Section 5 Guidelines: Fixing a Problem that Doesn’t Exist?
Sharis Pozen, Anne Six, Sep 16, 2013
When Congress enacted the Federal Trade Commission Act in 1914, almost 25 years after enacting the Sherman Act,...
Guiding Section 5: Comments on the Commissioners
Steven Salop, Sep 16, 2013
FTC Commissioners Joshua Wright and Maureen Ohlhausen have proposed that the Commission adopt Guidelines for the application of Section 5...
Section 5 Guidelines: Josh Wright as the New King of Corinth?
Joe Sims, Sep 16, 2013
Thus, it was hardly surprising that one of the first things Commissioner Wright did in his new role was to...