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FTC Endorses Texas Supreme Court’s Proposed Rule Change Eliminating ABA’s Monopoly Control Over Bar Admission
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Federal Trade Commission staff endorsed a proposed amendment that eliminates the American Bar Association’s (ABA) authority to dictate the education requirements needed to take the bar exam and...
FTC and DOJ File Statement of Interest in Energy Collusion Case Against BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard
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The Federal Trade Commission, joined by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, filed a Statement of Interest in a multistate antitrust case against asset managers BlackRock, State Street...
FTC Renews Challenge of More Than 200 Improper Patent Listings
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Continuing its efforts to promote competition and lower drug prices, today the Federal Trade Commission renewed its challenges against dozens of improperly listed device patents that shield brand-name...
FTC Files Amicus Brief on DOJ’s Proposed Final Judgment Against Google for Antitrust Violations
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief today in support of the Department of Justice’s Revised Proposed Final Judgment (RPFJ) related to Google’s antitrust violations. In August 2024, a...
FTC Launches Public Inquiry into Anti-Competitive Regulations
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Today, the Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry into the impact of federal regulations on competition, with the goal of identifying and reducing anticompetitive regulatory barriers. The...
FTC Staff Reaffirm Opposition to Proposed Indiana Hospital Merger
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Today, Federal Trade Commission staff again urged the Indiana Department of Health to deny Union Hospital, Inc. (Union Health) and Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.’s (THRH) application to merge...
FTC Launches Joint Labor Task Force to Protect American Workers
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Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson directed the FTC to form a Joint Labor Task Force that will work to prioritize rooting out and prosecuting deceptive, unfair, and...
Federal Trade Commission Launches Inquiry on Tech Censorship
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Today, the Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based on the content of their speech or...
FTC and DOJ Jointly Issue Antitrust Guidelines on Business Practices that Impact Workers
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Today, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) jointly issued antitrust guidelines for business activities affecting workers. The guidelines explain how...
FTC Seeks Public Comment on Single-Family Rental Home Mega Investors Study
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The Federal Trade Commission issued a request for public comment on potential FTC orders that seek to understand how large-scale single-family rental owner operators, known as mega investors, have...