March 31, 2025
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the potential sale or transfer of Americans’ personal information by 23andMe ancestry testing company which recently filed for bankruptcy, the agency’s chairman said on Monday. Any purchaser of 23andMe assets should agree …
February 25, 2025
Alphabet’s Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers’ ability to compete with its artificial intelligence-generated overviews, a U.S. educational technology company said in a lawsuit filed on Monday. Chegg, an online education company that …
December 11, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump tapped Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead the consumer protection and antitrust agency, Trump said on social media on Tuesday. Ferguson, one of two Senate-confirmed Republican FTC commissioners appointed by President Joe Biden, will be …
December 2, 2024
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft, including of its software licensing and cloud computing businesses, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The probe was approved by FTC Chair Lina Khan …
November 15, 2024
U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said on Thursday the agency should look into how artificial-intelligence products use the data they gather from younger users, amid privacy and safety concerns. Holyoak, one of two Republicans on the commission who could …
October 17, 2024
The U.S Federal Trade Commission on Oct. 10 finalized changes to a rule that determines what information companies must hand over when seeking clearance for proposed mergers, paring back a proposal that drew criticism from industry groups. The FTC styled …
October 8, 2024
TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young people. The lawsuits filed separately in New York, California, the District …
September 20, 2024
Live Nation Entertainment has asked a federal judge in New York to dismiss several states’ claims that the live event promoter harmed event-goers by stifling competition with its ticket-selling arm, Ticketmaster. Live Nation seeks to dismiss part of the lawsuit …
August 27, 2024
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s initiative to use antitrust laws to protect workers faces a key test starting Monday when the agency will argue the merger between grocery chain Kroger and its rival Albertsons would crush unionized workers’ bargaining …
August 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states sued RealPage on Friday, accusing the property management software company of using algorithms to help landlords illegally collude and drive up rents for apartments. The lawsuit filed in North Carolina accuses Dallas, …