Amid tariffs and talk, FTC chairman pushes ‘Made in the USA’ rule
In a recent Oval Office presentation to the president, Apple CEO Tim Cook highlighted that even the box containing an American-made gold-based gift was made in the US. When companies make similar claims on ads, however, those are subject by law to...
Assessing the Hewlett Packard-Juniper settlement
What should we make of the Department of Justice’s merger case involving Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks? A settlement was pressed on the Antitrust Division by the DOJ’s front office and has been put under a microscope for clues about the Trump administration’s approach to...
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Nation’s largest landlord settles with DOJ, but state price-fixing suits continue
At least three states continued their claims in court against the nation’s largest landlord on allegations of algorithmic price-fixing even after the Department of Justice agreed to a proposed...
Trump enforcers distance themselves from Biden-era antitrust enforcement
Gail Slater and the rest of the Trump administration are charting a path in antitrust enforcement that is becoming increasingly clear.
State AGs, FCC, senators seek to address robocalls
Attorneys general from throughout the country, via their Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, have sent notices to 37 phone service providers this month in an effort to crack down on the...
Asset managers’ Big Tobacco moment looms as US antitrust case over ESG advances
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street’s failure to stop a controversial antitrust lawsuit brought by Republican state attorneys general has opened the door for litigation driven by a long-dormant...
DOJ weighs antitrust risks of news fact-checking policies
News organizations that evaluate facts for their veracity are protected by the First Amendment. But if they coordinate these efforts, their actions could raise antitrust issues, according to the...
App reform measure gets Democratic backer
Legislation giving the Federal Trade Commission more enforcement powers to improve consumer choice for app users has gained a second sponsor. Now efforts to pass it will be led by House members...
Confessions of a former FTC official
Most former directors of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning don’t go on to careers that are consequential enough to be worthy of a memoir.