Black underrepresentation in the acquisition of divested assets raises questions at FTC and DOJ

FTC approves only the most experienced, well-financed divestiture buyers to ensure that competition lost from a merger will be replaced or even enhanced.

FTC Chair Lina Khan’s bold attempts to reshape the agency’s enforcement priorities could cause pushback from her adversaries on Capitol Hill.

On Capitol Hill, it appears privacy policymaking has hit a wall. That’s been a challenge for the FTC.

Can a law enforcement agency relying on secrecy to do its work be democratized? Federal Trade Commission Chair

Momentum is building among congressional Democrats to give the FTC funding to create a new bureau to focus on data security and privacy matters,

Republican commissioners have complained about being cut out of the information flow at the FTC.

State AGs are decisive allies to the FTC and are on the vanguard of protecting American consumers.

When Congress discusses ways to change the rules regarding how the Federal Trade Commission operates.

President Joe Biden’s moves to ramp up antitrust enforcement could impact how companies do business

Federal Trade Commission is fending off attacks from a growing chorus of congressional critics. Next steps are crucial

If personnel drives policy, look for the FTC to wallop Big Tech with Lina Khan sworn in as the youngest-ever chairwoman.

Congressional Democrats are speeding up their efforts to ensure the FTC is given statutory power to recover ill-gotten gains.

After three years on the Federal Trade Commission, Noah Phillips says comity still exists among commissioners.

The Biden administration and lawmakers are working on ways to beef up antitrust enforcement in the healthcare sector.

House Democrats unveiled language that grants the Federal Trade Commission the right to seek financial restitution for unfair and deceptive practices.

If the Supreme Court limits the FTC’s ability to obtain redress, the agency will likely concentrate on alternate ways of enforcing existing rules.

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is reshaping the political and policy aspects of her role of Federal Trade Commission chair to get the job permanently.

Senate and House lawmakers are beginning the hard work of trying to find common ground between the parties about how to overhaul the nation’s antitrust laws.

Learn more about Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Rebecca Slaughter's strategy for dealing with privacy issues.

The FTC has gained allies on Capitol Hill as House Democrats appear willing to give the agency more to go after companies that hurt consumers.

US regulators and private law firms have struggled to attract African American talent to their ranks, leading to poor representation at the most senior levels.

The small number of African American attorneys practicing antitrust, both in government and the private sector, hasn’t gone unnoticed.

Andrew Smith is confident the Federal Trade Commission is in a better place today than when he arrived more than two years ago.

FTC’s two Democratic members set out a possible roadmap for the future in their dissents over the agency’s settlement with Zoom.

It seems like a safe bet that Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra is a pessimist.

At a time when once arcane issues involving antitrust are making headlines, it’s doubtful a newly elected Congress will succeed in tackling such big matters.

Federal Trade Commission chairmen try for unanimity on big cases and policy statements. But the agency’s partisan divide on new vertical merger guidelines is symptomatic of the broader ideological division on antitrust issues.

News of a federal judge approving amendments sought by 16 states to Live Nation’s settlement with the Justice Department didn’t tell the full story.

In a wide-ranging, hour-long telephone interview from Paris where he was attending the OECD Global Forum on Competition, Makan Delrahim pulled no punches.

Veteran practitioners were surprised by news of the Federal Trade Commission securing monetary relief against personal finance website LendEDU, which engaged in a pay-to-play scheme.