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The Federal Trade Commission continues its assault on innovation and consumers’ wellbeing under the guise of protecting us from harms that are, all too often, merely speculative. In a recent ...
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., permanently barred President Donald Trump's subordinates from taking action to prevent "a rightful Commissioner" of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from serving ...
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that President Donald Trump's March firing of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was illegal on Thursday.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency, collects fraud reports about companies, business practices, identity theft, and episodes of violence in the media.
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states brought a sweeping lawsuit against Amazon, accusing it of violating antitrust laws. It’s the federal government’s latest suit aimed at curbing the ...
If Congress wants to protect Americans’ data, it needs to increase funding for the Federal Trade Commission. By Justin Sherman July 14, 202310:00 AM Paul J. Richards/Getty Images ...
A federal judge has rejected a tree-trimming company’s bid to block the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements, ruling that the FTC has the power to prevent unfair meth… ...
As you know, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition has been conducting a nonpublic investigation to determine whether the above-referenced transaction may violate Section 7 of the ...
R. Mark Halligan of FisherBroyles LLP explains that the Federal Trade Commission's proposed ban on noncompete agreements would not have a negative effect on trade secret law in light of the ...
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule Thursday that would ban US employers from imposing noncompete clauses on workers, a sweeping measure that could make it easier for people to switch ...
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to prohibit employers from entering into non-compete clauses with workers and require employers to rescind ...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it plans to expand its use of a century-old statute that could allow the agency to bring more lawsuits against what it sees as ...