FTCWatch
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April 08, 2025
Spotify faces revival of royalty watchdog’s suit over streaming bundle
Spotify is back in New York federal court after an initial victory in its battle with the Mechanical Licensing Collective over an alleged royalty-dodging scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of payments to musicians.
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April 08, 2025
Wright drops defamation claims against accusers but battles sanctions, fees
Former Federal Trade Commissioner Joshua Wright may have dropped defamation claims against two former students and colleagues who accused him of sexual misconduct, but a legal fight over hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs continues in a Virginia court.
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April 08, 2025
Ferguson says advertiser boycott is concerted refusal to deal
Andrew Ferguson, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said he’s concerned about advertisers wielding market power to potentially affect speech outcomes, and said it’s a classic antitrust violation.
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April 08, 2025
Ferguson tells 23andMe to keep privacy protections amid bankruptcy
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson issued a letter outlining how 23andMe must maintain its privacy protections amid its bankruptcy.
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April 08, 2025
Children’s online safety legislation takes center stage while enforcement lags
Despite the flurry of action on federal legislation to protect children online, the Trump administration’s decisions impacting the Federal Trade Commission have stalled other initiatives to address the issue.
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April 08, 2025
Neil Averitt commentary: Reflections from the ABA sidelines
The new policies of the Trump administration loom heavily over the Washington legal community, but you wouldn’t know it from the presentations and hallway conversations at the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Spring Meeting.
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April 08, 2025
Calendar
April 23-24 — The International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit 2025 will be held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, DC. For more details, go to: https://iapp.org/conference/global-privacy-summit/.
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April 08, 2025
NY needs to catch up with other states on consumer protection law, legislator says
New York State Senator Rachel May is a Democrat in a Democrat-led state, but in a larger sense she’s in the minority.
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April 08, 2025
FTC gets third commissioner, but still no Democrats (update*)
With the April 10 Senate confirmation of Republican Mark Meador, the Federal Trade Commission has three commissioners, but the fate of its two former members fired by President Donald Trump remains in limbo.
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April 08, 2025
AI payment company settles with FTC for $17 million
Cleo AI has agreed to a $17 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The cash advance payment firm allegedly deceived customers about when it would pay out funds.
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April 08, 2025
DOJ task force to target anticompetitive laws, regulations
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has launched a task force to advocate for removing anticompetitive laws and regulations.
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April 08, 2025
People
FTC vet Barlow lands at Wiley Rein
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April 08, 2025
Experts weigh in on scams as Tax Day approaches
April 15 is Tax Day, and as one Federal Trade Commission attorney said, “scammers follow the headlines.”
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April 08, 2025
On the Shelf: Former Meta executive spills the beans
Big Tech is in everyone’s crosshairs for a range of actions.
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March 18, 2025
Trump nominees to DOJ, FTC get fast nod but face hurdles in new posts
The Trump administration is almost two months old and has made progress in getting its nominees for the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission confirmed, positioning it to enact its antitrust and consumer protection agendas.
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March 18, 2025
FTC returned $337.3 million to Americans in 2024, report shows
The Federal Trade Commission sent $337.3 million in refunds to consumers in 2024 resulting from the agency’s enforcement actions.
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March 18, 2025
Privacy Corner: Roblox’s Kaufman builds safe space for his kids and yours
Landing a job at Roblox was the first time Matt Kaufman’s children knew where he worked.
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March 18, 2025
People
Walker moves to Arnold & Porter
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March 18, 2025
Eight plead guilty in scheme involving transmigrante forwarding industry
The Department of Justice said eight defendants have pleaded guilty to conspiring to monopolize the industry servicing transmigrantes in the Los Indios, Texas, border region near Harlingen and Brownsville.
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March 18, 2025
Calendar
April 23-24 — The International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit 2025 will be held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, DC. For more details, go to: https://iapp.org/conference/global-privacy-summit/.
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March 18, 2025
Miller shook up FTC under Reagan
This is the sixth in a series of articles marking the 110th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission’s founding.
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March 18, 2025
GTCR-Surmodics deal challenged by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission sued to block GTCR’s proposed acquisition of medical device company Surmodics, alleging that the deal is anticompetitive.
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March 18, 2025
Major takeaways from National Consumer Protection Week
At the historic Washington Hilton, a Federal Trade Commission staffer manned the agency’s table filled with resources on avoiding frauds and scams as county officials from across the country filed through the Federal Agency Expo.
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March 18, 2025
Ferguson-led FTC focused on Big Tech in era of constraints
The Federal Trade Commission, which is subject to some of the same DOGE disruptions as other federal agencies, nonetheless is committed to devoting resources to pursuing actions against Big Tech.
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March 18, 2025
Consumer losses to fraud jumped to $12.5 billion in 2024
Newly released Federal Trade Commission figures show that consumers reported losing more than $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, which represents a 25 percent increase over the prior year.