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Trump's FTC Chairman Is Becoming MAGA’s Answer to Lina Khan
To American business leaders who hoped that Donald Trump’s return to the White House would immediately usher in an era of ...
Ex-Pioneer CEO cannot challenge order barring him from Exxon board, FTC says
Scott Sheffield, the founder and former CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, cannot directly challenge a Biden-era order barring ...
FTC Denies Sheffield Standing, May Still Reopen Pioneer-XOM Case
The Federal Trade Commission stated the decision to deny Scott Sheffield’s petition to allow him to serve on Exxon Mobil’s ...
How Google Killed OpenAI’s $3 Billion Deal Without an Acquisition
In the high-stakes battle for AI supremacy, Big Tech has found a new weapon: buying a company’s brainpower without buying the ...
Hiltzik: How Big Business killed the 'click-to-cancel' FTC rule, which would have saved consumers billions
The FTC's 'click to cancel' rule would have wiped out a practice that allowed some businesses to scam their customers. That's ...
M&A bankers find dealmaking tough under Trump
Twelve months on, many mergers and acquisitions bankers argue that this has turned out to be the case. They say deal approvals have become more politically charged than under Khan, who was accused by ...
'Are You Really Free If Your Groceries Are So Expensive You Can't Afford Them?' Asks Former FTC Chair Lina Khan, Challenging Corporate Power
For years, Americans have been told the free market is working just fine. But former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan ...
Judge Slaps Down FCC Rule That Would’ve Made It Easy to Cancel Your Subscriptions
On July 14, the Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited rule would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to ...
US appeals court blocks FTC’s ‘click-to-cancel’ rule for subscriptions
A U.S. appeals court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission's “click-to-cancel” rule that would have required companies to ...
The 8th Circuit Court Was Right To Kill the FTC's 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule
The Federal Trade Commission ignored mandatory regulatory impact analyses in an attempt to institute its "click-to-cancel" ...
Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation
A federal appeals court today struck down a "click-to-cancel" rule that would have required companies to make cancelling ...
Federal appeals court blocks rule to make getting out of subscriptions easier
The FTC’s "click-to-cancel" rule would have required companies to make canceling a subscription as simple as signing up. But ...