FTC Antitrust Merger Rules Issued After Rare, Bipartisan Compromise October 30, 2024 By Leah Nylen A new US antitrust rule requiring companies to give the government more information on their mergers and acquisitions came with...
Lyft to Pay $2 Million to Resolve FTC Suit Over Driver Pay October 28, 2024 By Malathi Nayak and Natalie Lung Lyft Inc. agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission accusing the ride-hailing...
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Let President Fire Independent Agency Leaders October 22, 2024 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal that sought to give the president control over agencies that have...
FTC Finalizes New Merger-Filing Requirements October 17, 2024 By Jody Godoy The U.S Federal Trade Commission on Oct. 10 finalized changes to a rule that determines what information companies must hand...
FTC Crackdown on Companies Using AI Includes ‘Robot Lawyer,’ Content Generator September 26, 2024 By Chad Hemenway As its authority is routinely questioned, the Federal Trade Commission has filed complaints against five companies it said use artificial...
Cigna Sues Federal Trade Commission Over ‘Defamatory’ Report September 17, 2024 By John Tozzi Cigna Group’s Express Scripts sued the US Federal Trade Commission over a recent report that the company said demonizes pharmacy...
Kroger Case Tests FTC Chair’s Bid to Protect Workers August 27, 2024 By Jody Godoy Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s initiative to use antitrust laws to protect workers faces a key test starting Monday...
Kroger Seeks to Block FTC Case Against Albertsons Acquisition August 21, 2024 By Emily Birnbaum Kroger Co. is seeking to block the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house case against its proposed purchase of rival grocer Albertsons...
FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Agreements Blocked by Federal Judge August 21, 2024 By Madlin Mekelburg A federal judge ruled the US Federal Trade Commission can’t enforce its near-total ban on noncompete agreements that was set...
Second US Judge Blocks FTC Ban on Worker ‘Noncompete’ Agreements August 16, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner A federal judge in Florida has temporarily blocked a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule that would ban agreements commonly signed...