Federal Trade Commission

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  Supreme Court sides with FTC in blocking hospital mergers

  By Alanna Byrne  |  February 20, 2013

  The U.S. Supreme Court gave some help to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday, with a unanimous ruling that reinforces the agency’s power to block hospital mergers.

• Regulatory: Part 1—Unraveling UDAAP in the consumer financial services industry

  By Martin Bishop  |  February 20, 2013

  In response to the lingering recession of the late-2000s, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and, among other things, created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

• Regulatory: In-house counsel must become actively involved in privacy matters

  By Marc Roth  |  February 13, 2013

  Long gone are the days when privacy and data security issues were the responsibility of an organization’s information technology department.

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  9 noteworthy in-house career moves

  By Alanna Byrne  |  February 13, 2013

  Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments

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  FTC Chairman will step down

  By Cathleen Flahardy  |  February 1, 2013

  The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced yesterday that he will be stepping down.

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  The danger of "greenwashed" ads

  By Ann Marie Mortimer  |  January 25, 2013

  Despite an acknowledged consumer demand for “green” products, even in an economically challenged financial climate, growing customer demand is matched by a deep skepticism about accuracy in advertising.

• Litigation: Practical and legal considerations for online privacy policies

  By Matthew Brown, Christopher Durbin, Darcie Tilly  |  January 24, 2013

  Most companies with an online presence post a “privacy policy” on their websites that describes how the company obtains, manages, uses and discloses information regarding their customers (or users of the website), as well as describing any rights that customers have with respect to the company’s use of that information....

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  Pay-for-delay deals rise

  By Ashley Post  |  January 18, 2013

  A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report found an increase in pay-for-delay deals, in which brand-name pharmaceutical companies settle patent litigation with generic-drug companies by reaching agreements that delay the release of cheaper drugs to market.

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  FTC issues final ruling against POM Wonderful

  By Ashley Post  |  January 17, 2013

  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) doesn’t think POM Wonderful is so wonderful.

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  Apple, Microsoft, Facebook team up on app privacy initiative

  By Alanna Byrne  |  January 11, 2013

  Apple Inc. and Facebook Inc. have come under fire in the past for alleged privacy violations. But now the two are among a host of major companies partnering to teach app developers about privacy.