FTC’s Holyoak Concerned AI Collecting Children’s Data November 15, 2024 By Jody Godoy U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said on Thursday the agency should look into how artificial-intelligence products use the data...
Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order November 13, 2024 By Leah Nylen Meta Platforms Inc. rebuffed the Federal Trade Commission’s plans to modify a 2020 privacy settlement with the company, arguing that...
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...