April 2016

The President’s Competition Call to Action

By: Marina Lao, Office of Policy Planning, and Debbie Feinstein, Bureau of Competition | Apr 26, 2016 10:36AM

Recently, President Obama issued a call to all executive departments and agencies “to promote competition, arm consumers and workers with the information they need to make informed choices, and eliminate regulations that restrict competition without corresponding benefits to the American public.” We here at the Federal Trade Commission are uniquely positioned to help in this effort.

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Pausing (for a brief moment) to take stock

By: Deborah L. Feinstein, Bureau of Competition | Apr 8, 2016 9:30AM

Once a year, the ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting presents the perfect occasion to take stock of the Bureau’s work. This has been an especially busy year for the Bureau of Competition, requiring extraordinary effort from our attorneys and support staff to keep up with the unprecedented litigation workload. As of today, we have multiple merger challenges in various stages of active litigation, as well as three federal court cases involving reverse patent settlements or sham litigation.

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