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US FTC reviving mandate to crack down on ‘unfair’ conduct across the economy, senior official says

By Michael Acton
  • 10 Nov 2022 20:38
  • 10 Nov 2022 20:38
US Federal Trade Commission enforcers have long been concerned about conduct that harms competition but does not violate the letter of federal antitrust law, and today’s policy statement on its approach to ‘unfair methods of competition’ restores the agency to its original mandate, a senior official said today.
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Michael Acton

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Michael is a senior correspondent for MLex in San Francisco, where he moved in 2020 after working in our Brussels bureau. Before joining MLex, he reported on EU politics as the Financial Times’ Nico Colchester Fellow in Brussels. Michael has a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, and a degree in History and French from University College London and Paris IV Sorbonne.

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