By: Carol Kando-Pineda | Feb 20, 2015 11:58AM
Once you’re subject to an FTC order, if you do not comply with its provisions, there are consequences in addition to any you face for deceptive or misleading practices. Violation of an order can pave the way for civil penalties.
Sometimes brick & mortar competition is enough
By: Debbie Feinstein, Alexis Gilman, and Melissa Davenport, Bureau of Competition | May 30, 2014 1:00PM
When the Federal Trade Commission looks at competition in the retail sector today, it typically considers the significance of online sales. Sometimes the competition from online retailers drives the analysis. In closing the Office Depot-Office Max matter, the Commission pointed to “the explosive growth of online commerce, which has had a major impact” on the sale of office supplies.
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From the antitrust mailbag: refusals to deal
By: Alan Friedman, Bureau of Competition | May 14, 2014 9:52AM
Here’s a very common question, and the writer is usually a retailer who sells products from different manufacturers.
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Different facts, different outcome
By: Jeff Perry, Bureau of Competition | Jan 7, 2014 2:11PM
Remember 1997? Cellphones had antennas and DVDs were the next new thing. Maybe you “surfed the Web,” but more likely not: only 18 percent of U.S. households had a computer connected to the Internet, according to the Census Bureau.
