Tag: Antitrust law
FTC Consumer Protection Pro Goes To BakerHostetler
BakerHostetler has expanded its DC practice with Daniel Kaufman, a longtime leader in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) consumer protection division, the firm stated...
China Fines Delivery Giant Meituan For Breaking Antitrust Laws
China’s antitrust regulator has fined food delivery giant Meituan 3.4 billion yuan ($527.4 million) for abusing its dominant market position, the watchdog said on Friday, the...
Senate Confirms Chopra As Consumer Watchdog
The Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday, September 30, putting in place a seasoned regulator...
UK Suspends Competition Law To Ease Fuel Crisis
The UK government has decided to temporarily suspend competition rules for the country's downstream oil sector in an attempt to alleviate supply-chain issues at...
Bipartisan Coalition Asks Congress To Modernize Federal Antitrust Laws
New York Attorney General Letitia James continued her work fighting for New York’s consumers and small businesses on Monday, September 20, by calling on...
FTC Fines Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank For Repeatedly Violating Antitrust...
Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Richard Fairbank, CEO of Capital One Financial Corp., will pay a $637,950 civil penalty to settle charges that his...
Russia Fines Booking.com $17.5M For Breaking Antitrust Laws
Russia's federal anti-monopoly service (FAS) has slapped a 1.3 billion rouble ($17.52 million) fine on hotel reservation website Booking.com or violating anti-monopoly law, the regulator...
Mexican Regulator Accuses Fuel Company Of Breaking Antitrust Law
Mexico’s competition watchdog Cofece has accused an unspecified player in the fuel sale, storage, and transport business of potential anti-competitive practices.
The company has now...
AGs Unite To Ask The FTC Be Provided With Much-Needed Tools
New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general from around the nation in taking action to support the...
Judge Dismisses FTC’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
A federal judge tossed out the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, concluding that the government failed to establish that the tech...
