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The Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction over federal civil antitrust law enforcement with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
Republican. May 5, 1974 – May 5, 1978. Partner at Sullivan, Jones and Archer LLP [16] Elizabeth Hanford Dole. Democratic (1973-1975) Republican (1975-1979) [17] December 4, 1973 – March 9, 1979. Director, White House Office of Consumer Affairs [18] Paul Rand Dixon.
Introduction. FTC Fair Information Practice Principles are the result of the commission's inquiry into the way in which online entities collect and use personal information and safeguards to assure that practice is fair and provides adequate information privacy protection. [ 2] The FTC has been studying online privacy issues since 1995, and in ...
The Biden administration's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has used its regulatory authority on numerous occasions in recent years to challenge proposed mergers and acquisitions.. The FTC's Bureau ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened the National Do Not Call Registry in order to comply with the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 108–10 (text), was H.R. 395, and codified at 15 U.S.C. § 6101 et seq.), sponsored by Representatives Billy Tauzin and John Dingell and signed into law by ...
Lina Khan. Lina M. Khan (born March 3, 1989) is a British-born American legal scholar serving as chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since 2021. She is the youngest-ever FTC chair. [ 1] She is also an associate professor of law at Columbia Law School . While a student at Yale Law School, she became known for her work in antitrust and ...
An Act To create a Federal Trade Commisson, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes. The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 is a United States federal law which established the Federal Trade Commission. The Act was signed into law by US President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 and outlaws unfair methods of competition and unfair acts ...
Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Federal Trade Commission v. Facebook, Inc.) is an ongoing antitrust court case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms. The lawsuit alleges that Meta has accumulated monopoly power via anti-competitive mergers, with the suit centering on the acquisitions of ...