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Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent
The Supreme Court first took up the issue in 1926 in Myers v. United States, when Chief Justice – and former president – ...
F.T.C. May Put Unusual Condition on Ad Mega-Merger: No Boycotting
The Federal Trade Commission is considering restrictions on Omnicom and Interpublic to prevent the combined company from ...
US FTC may bar post-merger Omnicom, Interpublic from boycotting political ads, source says
The Federal Trade Commission, reviewing ad giants Omnicom and Interpublic's proposed merger, may impose a condition that will ...
Louisiana AG investigating CVS for sending mass text messages lobbying against legislation
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill plans to send a cease and desist letter to CVS for mass text messages sent to ...
Democrats Can Take Back Silicon Valley
Biden’s innovation-stifling policies drove tech execs into Trump’s arms. Will his errors drive them back?
Why the International Trade Commission is such an appealing forum for patent disputes
Bert Reiser and Ruthie Wu of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP discuss the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's ...
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FTC may block post-merger Omnicom, Interpublic from boycotting political ads: report
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson has said that advertisers who conduct group boycotts could be violating the law because they ...
The FTC Risks Chilling Speech With Its Advertising Boycott Investigation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened an investigation into Media Matters for America, a progressive nonprofit dedicated ...
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NCUA's power, 1978 law at center of board firing case
At a preliminary injunction hearing seeking to determine whether two sidelined appointees are shielded by removal protections ...
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Blurred line between deepfakes and reality opens door to invasive fraud
Fraud mutates on the daily. The IRS says the impersonation of government entities could alone cost upwards of $800 million in ...
Democratic FTC Commissioner Quits—But That Doesn't Mean He's Dropping His Lawsuit
Trump fired Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya in March. Yesterday he gave up his claim to the job, but he's still ...
CONSUMER FIRST ALERT: Job offer scam hits at a worrying time
Last week, Consumer First Alert warned you about the DMV “traffic violation” texts. Now we’re seeing a lot of a job offer scam. These texts are sent with a wide net, to a mass number of people in ...