Slaughter’s legal showdown has broad implications
The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by President Donald Trump.
FTC commissioners, their kids, and Internet policy
Sometimes the emotional temperature that the Federal Trade Commission brings to a topic will tell us as much about the agency's real intentions as any formal announcements. Nowhere is this more true than in protecting children on the Internet.
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DOJ reorganizes to tackle consumer protection, affirmative litigation
The Department of Justice’s consumer protection docket has a new home alongside a highly specialized team of agency lawyers with their sights on anticompetitive regulations, immigration policies,...
Holyoak steps down as she begins US Attorney job in Utah
Melissa Holyoak stepped down Monday from her role as a Federal Trade Commissioner and has already begun her new job as interim US Attorney for the District of Utah. In a farewell note, she told FTC...
Farmers’ right-to-repair bill introduced in Congress
US Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Washington Democrat who once owned an auto repair shop with her husband, has sponsored a bill to make repairs of farm equipment more accessible.
Senators urge high court to repeal baseball’s antitrust exemption
The chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee are asking the Supreme Court to revisit the antitrust exemption for Major League Baseball.
ABA antitrust section honors four trailblazers
The American Bar Association has inducted four of the most distinguished practitioners into its Antitrust Section’s Hall of Fame-inism.
Proposed FTC member Baasch brings privacy, competition litigation chops to agency
Ryan S. Baasch, President Donald Trump’s choice to be the newest member of the Federal Trade Commission, is a lawyer who knows the inside of a courtroom, even as he was the field general for...
Former European legislator advises on taming Big Tech
You could fill several shelves with books that critique the influence of Big Tech from the left.