Earlier today at the Constitution Center, the Federal Trade Commission held the second hearing in its Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century series. Competition policy experts from across both the country and the political spectrum convened in Washington, D.C. to discuss the current state of antitrust law. Highlights below. It’s important to remember […]
Earlier today, the FTC held its first in a series of Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century at the Georgetown University Law Center. Leaders in competition policy from across the political spectrum convened to discuss how the FTC can continue to best protect consumers. Highlights below. Don’t punish a firm just […]
In his letter today to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) asked the FTC to look into Google’s search practices. However, the facts haven’t changed since the FTC closed a comprehensive antitrust investigation in 2013. —The FTC found Google’s search practices were pro-consumer, and today search is even more competitive, see our backgrounder […]
Speaking in a personal capacity at CCIA’s luncheon panel discussion held during the ABA Antitrust Spring Meetings, Bruce Hoffman, Acting Director of the Bureau of Competition at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), argued current U.S. antitrust law is “the result of decades of experience in the United States with failed standards, such as protecting […]
In today’s Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation FTC nomination hearing, Mr. Joseph Simons argued, “Big is not necessarily bad. I also believe big is not necessarily good.” He added, “Oftentimes companies get big because they are successful with the consumer. They offer good service at low price and that’s a good thing and […]
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