FTC Hearings #2: Debate on the Consumer Welfare Standard Continues
Last week, the FTC kicked off a series of hearings on competition and consumer protection in the 21st century. A recap of the first hearing by DisCo can be be…
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FTC Hearings #6: Big Data, Privacy, and Competition
Last week, the FTC held the sixth in its set of hearings focusing on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” This hearing focused on the intersection between big…
FTC Hearings #3: Multi-Sided Platforms and Competitor Acquisitions
From October 15-17, the FTC held the third in its series of hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. In this third installment, the overarching focus of…
FTC Hearings #5: Vertical Mergers and the Consumer Welfare Standard
Last Thursday, the FTC held the fifth in its set of hearings focusing on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” In this installment, there were two overarching foci:…
What Will Competition Policy in 2019 Look Like?
…Resolution of the FTC Hearings The FTC is expected to wrap up its hearings in the beginning of this year. DisCo coverage of each hearing can be found here. The…
FTC Hearing #10: Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in U.S. Broadband Markets
…four hypotheticals spurring discussion on when exactly the FTC should or should not take action and how it would do so. The eleventh set of FTC hearings, on data security,…
Spring Meeting Tech Guide
…start over under a new policy regime. 3:30 PM – FTC Hearings: Moving the Ball? The FTC is holding an ongoing set of hearings (the schedule interrupted some by the…
Why An FTC Case Against Google Is A Really Bad Idea
…FTC to enforce a reading of Section 5 that captured conduct falling outside the Sherman Act. In striking down the FTC’s orders, the Second Circuit in its “Ethyl” decision expressed…
Policy Decisions of Antitrust Institutions Series: The Future of the FTC and Its Perils
…first post will deal exclusively with the FTC. The FTC’s Enforcement Authority Let’s get started by understanding why the FTC’s antitrust policy rerouting has raised a lot of questions. The…
Examining the FTC’s Hostility to Common Design Practices
…the FTC does not inform companies what they need to do to avoid practicing ‘dark patterns’ and comply with any new FTC actions.. If the FTC wishes to label these…
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