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FTC Releases Agenda for Workshop on Informational Injury
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The Federal Trade Commission released the final agenda for its December 12, 2017 workshop examining questions about the injuries consumers suffer when information about them is misused. Acting FTC...
FTC Staff to Tennessee Legislature: Consider Making Permanent the Animal Massage Therapy Exemption from The Practice of Veterinary Medicine
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Federal Trade Commission staff submitted comments to the Tennessee General Assembly in support of a state law exemption that allows non-veterinarians to practice animal massage therapy in Tennessee...
FTC Staff Comment Supports VA Telehealth Rule that Will Increase Access to Care, Promote Competition, and Benefit Veterans
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Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in support of its proposed rule that would clarify that VA health care practitioners may provide...
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Tenth Annual Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference
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The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics hosted a two-day conference to bring together scholars working in areas related to the FTC’s antitrust, consumer protection, and public policy...
FTC Staff Seeks Empirical Research and Public Comments Regarding Impact of Certificates of Public Advantage
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Federal Trade Commission staff has issued a public notice encouraging academic and industry research on the impact of certificates of public advantage (COPA) on prices, quality, access, and innovation...
FTC Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee on Net Neutrality
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The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law on the role of antitrust enforcement in the debate over network...
FTC Staff Supports Certificate of Need Application for Lee County, Georgia
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Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted comments to Frank W. Berry, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health, supporting a Certificate of Need (CON) application filed by Lee...
FTC Announces Workshop on Informational Injury
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on December 12, 2017 , to examine questions about the injury consumers suffer when information about them is misused. As the nation’s primary federal...
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Conditional Pricing Practices – A Short Primer
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This paper reviews the economic literature on “conditional pricing practices.” Conditional pricing practices are pricing strategies in which a seller conditions its prices on factors such as volume...
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Price Effects of a Merger: Evidence from a Physicians’ Market
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Physicians’ practices vary widely, as do their effectiveness and reimbursement. Using a merger of six orthopaedic groups in southeastern Pennsylvania, we find that such groups can generate large, anti...
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FTC Six-Month Accomplishments
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Federal Trade Commission Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen released a summary of the agency’s major accomplishments since President Trump named her to the position in January. “I have pursued my...
Acting FTC Chairman Ohlhausen Announces Departure of Economics Bureau Director Ginger Zhe Jin, Appointment of Michael G. Vita as Acting Bureau Director
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Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen announced that FTC Bureau of Economics Director Ginger Zhe Jin is departing the agency to return to the University of Maryland and has...
FTC Staff Offers Comment on FCC’s Network Neutrality Proceeding
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission has submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) supporting that agency’s proposal to restore FTC jurisdiction related to broadband...
FTC Office and Bureau Directors Comment on State Legislative Proposal Affecting Compensation for North Carolina Real Estate Appraisers
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In response to a request from North Carolina Assistant Attorney General Roberta A. Ouellette, the directors of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition and...
FTC Workshop on April 18 Explores Hearing Health and Technology
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop tomorrow in Washington, DC, to explore competition, innovation, and consumer protection issues raised by hearing health services and technology. The...
Process Reform Initiatives are Already Underway at the Federal Trade Commission
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Under the leadership of Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen, the Federal Trade Commission is moving aggressively to implement Presidential directives aimed at eliminating wasteful, unnecessary...
FTC Announces Final Agenda on Hearing Health and Technology Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced a final agenda for the Now Hear This: Competition, Innovation, and Consumer Protection Issues in Hearing Health Care workshop. The event will explore...
FTC Announces Preliminary Agenda for Hearing Health and Technology Workshop
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the preliminary agenda for Now Hear This: Competition, Innovation, and Consumer Protection Issues in Hearing Health Care , a workshop that will explore...
FTC and State of Nebraska Co-Host Twitter Chat Today on Economic Liberty
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The Federal Trade Commission will co-host a Twitter chat with the office of Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts at 3 p.m. ET today on the FTC’s new Economic Liberty Task Force , the first major policy...
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