Republican Who Might Become FTC's Next Chair Blasts Democratic Commissioners' 'All Mergers Are Bad' Mindset
"The current administration's leadership of the FTC appears to think our default should be placing roadblocks in the way of ...
FTC antitrust case against Meta can move to trial, court rules
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit accusing Facebook owner Meta of holding an illegal ...
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What Does the Election Mean for the FTC?
Historically, changes in administrations did not lead to major changes at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). There were some adjustments around the edges, but the agency mostly operated on a ...
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The FTC's Rebecca Slaughter Wants Fair Competition, and a Good Night's Sleep
What is their structure, what is their purpose, and what is their effect?" she said. Liu, a former FTC attorney who recently became an AI policy adviser to the California Senate, asked Slaughter ...
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Lyft agrees to pay $2.1 million penalty after FTC says company made 'deceptive' claims about how much drivers can earn
Lyft has agreed to pay a $2.1 million civil penalty as part of a proposed settlement following a federal lawsuit, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The US Department of Justice filed a ...
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Lyft told drivers they could make more than $30 an hour. The FTC says it deceived them.
Lyft Inc. made “deceptive” earnings claims about how much money drivers could expect to make per hour and how much they could earn in special incentives, the Federal Trade Commission said ...
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FTC hits Lyft with $2.1M penalty for luring drivers with false earnings claims
Lyft has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement proposed by the FTC over the car-hailing company’s “deceptive earnings claims about how much money drivers could expect to make.” As documented ...
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FTC Blocks Tapestry-Capri Merger As Tapestry Vows To Fight For The Consumer
Santiago/Getty Images) The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York just blocked the acquisition of Capri Holdings by Tapestry in a suit brought by the Federal Trade Commission ...
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Tapestry and Capri merger blocked in win for FTC
The decision focused primarily on the definition of the “accessible luxury” handbag market, which the FTC said is a term Tapestry coined itself. “This is also a ‘by the book’ decision ...
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Capri Sinks After FTC Wins Halt to $8.5 Billion Tapestry Tie-Up
That gives the US Federal Trade Commission time for its own internal trial over the union, a process that could take months and may doom the combination. “The merging parties are close ...
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Where Kroger stands with its legal challenge to FTC’s in-house case
While closing arguments have wrapped up in the three legal challenges against the Kroger-Albertsons merger, the grocers and the Federal Trade Commission are scheduled to face off in an Ohio courtroom ...
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Have you stayed at a Marriott? Here's what its settlement with the FTC means for you
The FTC has come down hard on hotel chain Marriott following a series of data breaches between 2014 and 2020 that harmed more than 344 million customers worldwide. In an Oct. 9 news release ...