AI smackdown: How a new FTC ruling just protected the free press
It’s been almost a month since the new FTC rule was officially approved, but if you still can’t smell what The Rock-a-Khan is ...
Noncompete Agreements Survive the FTC and a Noncompete Provision Survives Rejection
Debtors should carefully consider the impact of these contingencies in evaluating whether noncompete clauses survive ...
The Washington Post3d
FTC sues pharmacy insurance managers, alleging unfair drug prices
The Federal Trade Commission sued the three dominant pharmacy-benefit managers in the United States, alleging they inflated the cost of insulin by using their position as middlemen in the U.S ...
Retail Dive16h
Tempur Sealy agrees to divest 175 stores as FTC case looms
The mattress maker plans to sell its Sleep Outfitters subsidiary plus 73 of Mattress Firm’s 2,300 or so locations to Mattress Warehouse.
CBS News20d
Bitcoin ATM fraud is soaring, FTC warns. Here's how the scams work.
One obvious red flag? Such fraud increasingly involves a so-called bitcoin ATM, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The kiosks, known as bitcoin teller machines (BTM) and often found in ...
CNN28d
Care.com to refund $8.5M to customers for its ‘deceptive’ practices, FTC says
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that Care.com had agreed to a proposed $8.5 million settlement to address what the FTC called “unlawful practices,” which include misleading both the ...
Explainer: Why are US pharmacy benefit managers under fire?
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it was suing the country's three largest pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of abusing their power and rigging the pharmaceutical supply chain to ...
Wall Street Journal26d
The FTC's Trial on the Kroger-Albertsons Grocery Merger
Kyle Peterson: The Federal Trade Commission goes to court this week as it tries to block the grocery mega-merger of Kroger and Albertsons, but as FTC Chair Lina Khan's stretching antitrust law and ...
The Atlantic28d
The Last-Minute Curveball for a Big FTC Ban
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UPI4d
FTC sues prescription drug middlemen, alleging they conspired over high insulin costs
Sept. 20 (UPI) --The Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed lawsuits against three prescription drug benefit managers or PBMs over concerns the companies are artificially inflating the list ...
CNN3d
Federal Trade Commission sues largest drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices
The Federal Trade Commission took action Friday against the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers, accusing the companies of artificially inflating insulin list prices that resulted ...
TechCrunch4d
FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations
A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn’t really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who’s followed the space.