After more than a year of deliberations, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are set to introduce substantial changes to the antitrust review process for mergers and acquisitions in the U.S...
On January 24, 2025, the FCC announced that it has postponed the effective date of the one-to-one consent rule. “By this Order, » Read More FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Uncovers Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices By Richard Newman | January 18, 2025 Posted in ...
Client Alert: FTC Set To Enforce Red Flags Rule Beginning November 1: Are You Ready?Sheila A. MillarTracy P. Marshall
When you add them all up—health and fitness monitors, connected cars, home automation systems, smart meters, etc.—the Internet of Things (IoT) total reaches an estimated 10 billion devices worldwide.All of these devices collect, store and transmit info
The FTC announced the final rule on Thursday, highlighting that the additional data will enable the agency to better detect anti-competitive behavior early in the process. This, in turn, will allow the FTC and DOJ to foc...
Google on its parts always said it had done nothing wrong, and used known functionality in Safari to make sure their advertising cookies were always stored locally on users’ machines, even if their cookie settings were set to private. Looks like that might not have been enough for the FTC,...
The new rule is set to take effect 120 days after Tuesday’s announcement, well after Biden has left office. The new rule is part of a broader effort by the FTC under Biden’s administration to combat junk fees. In the last three years, the FTC has announced actions against companies ...
Section 19 also allows the FTC to seek redress in federal court without going through an ALJ if the defendant has violated certain agency rules, including, but not limited to, the Telemarketing Sales Rule. The FTC has also been actively engaged in initiating new ...
The new rule is set to be implemented four months after being published in the Federal Register, meaning it will go into effect under the new administration of President Donald Trump. Notably, the rule change received support from Melissa Holyoak, whose name has been floated as a possibleFTCch...
Trump’s “incoming Administration should have the opportunity to decide whether to adopt rules that it, not the Biden-Harris FTC, will be called upon to enforce,” Ferguson stated. “The precedent set today is unfortunate, but it is certainly a precedent by which future Commission majorities ...