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FTC announces return to rigorous enforcement of ban on unfair competition

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On November 10, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new policy statement announcing the agency’s intent to exercise broad enforcement discretion to challenge unfair competition based on the authority granted by...more

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The FTC Steps Up its Game on Endorsement Enforcement

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As noted in this press release issued earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has sent a Notice of Penalty Offenses to over 700 companies, in which the FTC cites a handful of past cases it has successfully...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FTC Steps up Enforcement Against False Claims of Participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Other International Privacy...

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Nearly three years ago, the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks replaced the U.S.-EU and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor programs as a self-certification mechanism to transfer personal data from the European Union and...more

White and Williams LLP

The FTC Wants More Power to Investigate Corporate Data Privacy Violations - Will Cyber Insurance Cover the Costs of a Company's...

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On May 8, 2019, all five commissioners of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testified before a congressional hearing on data privacy regulation and enforcement. At the hearing, the FTC commissioners testified that the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

When Conversation Becomes an Antitrust Violation

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Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1), provides the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) with broad authority to address “unfair methods of competition.” Although Congress chose not to define the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

President-Elect Trump Has Once-in-a-Century Opportunity to Substantially Revise the FTC’s Law Enforcement and Regulatory Agenda

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SUMMARY: Regulatory reform is the “cornerstone of the Trump administration,” and incoming President Donald Trump has a unique opportunity to quickly and substantially influence Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy through...more

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FTC Sees Disconnect on Proposed Connected Cars Legislation

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The Energy & Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on October 21st titled “Examining Ways to Improve Vehicle and Roadway Safety” to consider (among other matters) Vehicle Data Privacy...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Key Take-Aways From the FTC’s New Section 5 Statement

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The Federal Trade Commission’s New Section 5 Statement Preserves the Agency’s “Doctrinal Flexibility” but Fails to Provide Meaningful Concrete Guidance - On August 13, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released...more

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FTC Merger Review Likely to Incorporate Analysis of Privacy Issues

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission), along with the U.S. Department of Justice, can challenge mergers it believes will result in a substantial lessening of competition – for example through higher prices,...more

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