The FTC Should Consider Ditching Antitrust Cases That Harm American Consumers
The Federal Trade Commission filed 2 Robinson-Patman suits at the end of the Biden Administration. RPA suits penalize ...
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DOJ and FTC Issue New Antitrust Employment Guidelines In The Last Days of the Biden Administration
On January 16, 2025, three days before President Trump’s inauguration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department ...
GOP Now Holds FTC Gavel, but Dems Signal They'll Be a Rowdy Minority
"He's just mad, and he shows it," University of Washington law professor Douglas Ross said of Democratic FTC commissioner ...
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Donald Trump cans CFPB chief
President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Joe Biden administration holdover.
Trump to sign memo lifting Biden's last-minute collective bargaining agreements
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memo Friday to lift the collective bargaining agreements former President Joe ...
Biden’s FTC launched last-minute Uber, Lyft probe over alleged collusion in stiffing NYC drivers
The FTC inquiry was launched on the same day that Lina Khan announced she was stepping down as chair of the agency.
Justice Department sues to block $14 billion Juniper buyout by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
U.S. government regulators sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, saying the combination would eliminate competition, raise prices ...
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A Case For and Against Nippon's U.S. Steel Acquisition
President Joe Biden announced he was suspending the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, citing the sale as a ...
Biden's Antitrust Crackdown Stifled Innovation
The aggressive antitrust approach adopted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice's (DOJ) ...
New record: Biden’s swamp uncorked $1.8 trillion in regulations
With a grand total of $1.8 trillion in cumulative regulatory costs, the Biden administration leaves its predecessors in the ...
Court Kills Biden’s Junk Fee Ban, Leaving Buyers At The Mercy Of Dealers
The legislation proposed in 2022 and finalized last January required dealers to provide up-front pricing in their ...
US Court Throws Out Biden-Era Rules Designed to Protect Car Buyers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday threw out consumer protection rules adopted by the Biden administration to ban bait-and-switch tactics and prohibit auto dealers charging for ...