The Hill6d
Express Scripts sues FTC over report blasting pharmacy middlemen
Express Scripts, one of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tuesday and demanded the agency retract a report saying the industry middlemen ...
FTC finds social media companies steal tons of data
FTC seeks clear information on how social media and streaming companies determine which specific ads and other content to ...
The Washington Post3d
FTC sues pharmacy insurance managers, alleging unfair drug prices
According to the FTC, the three largest PBMs — CVS Health’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx — used their power to exclude cheaper insulin products from the ...
FTC Chair Lina Khan Says Antitrust Regulations Help Small Businesses Too
Antitrust regulation isn't just about protecting consumers, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Thursday afternoon ...
Deadline.com5d
FTC Chief Lina Khan Says Her Tough Antitrust Stance “Uncomfortable For Some People” As Election Looms
Kahn, who became FTC chief in 2021 at age 34, declined to comment on the presidential campaign, but told a New York conference, “I think it’s true that, over decades, enforcement has not ...
The Hill4d
FTC says social networks’ data privacy, safety policies are ‘woefully inadequate’
Top social media and video streaming companies are facing new scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which released a report Thursday morning accusing the platforms of vastly violating ...
Orange County Register4d
FTC sues drug middlemen over manipulating the insulin market
The enforcement action is part of an escalating conflict between the FTC and the three pharmacy benefit managers that together control about 80% of prescriptions filled in the US. Since the ...
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.
UPI4d
FTC sues prescription drug middlemen, alleging they conspired over high insulin costs
The FTC lawsuit contends Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and OptumRx engaged "in anticompetitive and unfair rebating practices," leading to the artificial price inflation as well as impairing access ...
Yahoo Finance6d
Inside closing arguments from the FTC’s challenge to Kroger-Albertsons merger
Recommended Reading Curtain rises on Kroger and Albertsons’ court fight with the FTC PORTLAND, Oregon — The court case that could have a major impact on how groceries are sold in the U.S. is ...
Inc5d
Social Media Users Can't Control What AI Does With Their Data, FTC Says
YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report, though its findings were anonymized and did not reveal specific companies' practices. YouTube is ...
The Hindu3d
Meta, TikTok, Twitch, and other social media platform users lack control over data used by AI: U.S. FTC
YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report, though its findings were anonymised and did not reveal specific companies' practices. YouTube is ...