Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph J. Simons and Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division will participate in the 18th annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in Cartagena, Colombia, May 15-17, 2019. At the conference, antitrust officials and private sector antitrust experts from around the world, as well as representatives of […]
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FTC Announces 14th and Final Session of its Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century
The Federal Trade Commission today announced the 14th session of its Hearings Initiative at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska on June 12, 2019. This will conclude the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. The hearing will begin in the morning and will include a series of roundtable […]
FTC Testifies Before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee On Its Work to Protect Consumers and Promote Competition
The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce about its efforts to effectively protect consumers and promote competition, while anticipating and responding to changes in the marketplace. Testifying on behalf of the Commission, FTC Chairman Joseph J. Simons and Commissioners Noah Joshua Phillips, Rohit Chopra, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, and Christine […]
FTC Submits Comment on FDA Guidance Regarding Nonproprietary Naming of Biological Products
The Federal Trade Commission staff has responded to the Food and Drug Administration’s request for comment on its updated industry guidance regarding nonproprietary naming of biological products. The FDA proposes to add a unique, meaningless suffix to the nonproprietary name of all biosimilar and interchangeable products and to any reference biologic approved after January 2017. […]
FTC Announces First Actions Exclusively Enforcing the Consumer Review Fairness Act
The Federal Trade Commission has issued three separate proposed administrative complaints and orders enforcing the Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA), which prohibits businesses from using form contract provisions that bar consumers from writing or posting negative reviews online, or threatening them with legal action if they do. These are the first Commission actions exclusively focused […]
Administrative Law Judge Upholds FTC’s Complaint Challenging Consummated Merger of Companies that Make Microprocessor Prosthetic Knees
In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell upheld a Federal Trade Commission complaint challenging the consummated merger of two prosthetics manufacturers that are top sellers of prosthetic knees equipped with microprocessors. According to the FTC’s December 2017 administrative complaint, microprocessor prosthetic knees or MPKs, which use microprocessors to adjust […]
In Senate Testimony, FTC Highlights Work to Protect Consumers, Promote Competition
In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, the Federal Trade Commission described its work to protect consumers and promote competition through vigorous enforcement, education, advocacy, and policy work, and by anticipating and responding to changes in the marketplace. Testifying on behalf of the Commission, Chairman Joseph J. Simons noted […]
FTC to Host Strictly Business: A Forum on Small Business Financing
WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host a forum on small business financing. WHEN: Wednesday, May 8, 8:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. ET (Doors open for registration at 7:45 a.m.) WHERE: Constitution Center400 7th St SWWashington, DC 20024 WHO: The forum will feature opening remarks by FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra and closing remarks by FTC […]
FTC Announces Regulatory Review Schedule
As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the agency is announcing a revised regulatory review schedule. In 2019, the Commission intends to initiate review of and solicit public comments on the Funeral Industry Practices Rule, 16 CFR 453. To ensure that its rules and industry guides […]
App Stores Remove Three Dating Apps After FTC Warns Operator about Potential COPPA, FTC Act Violations
Three dating apps have been removed from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Google Play Store following allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that the apps allowed children as young as 12 to access them and appeared to be in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC Act. In a recent […]