FTC rejects Intel anti-competition probe
October 22, 2007
[JURIST] The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [official website] will not open a formal investigation into allegations that computer chip maker Intel offered unfair discounts to convince computer makers to buy their products over those made by rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) [corporate.... [more] 
Federal appeals court allows Whole Foods acquisition to proceed
August 24, 2007
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has refused to block organic food company Whole Foods Market from buying rival grocer Wild Oats Markets [corporate websites]. US District Judge Paul Friedman refused to issue an injunction blocking the acquisition [opinion, PDF].... [more]
FTC appeals ruling allowing Whole Foods to proceed with acquisition
August 17, 2007
[JURIST] The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [official website] filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Friday contesting a DC District Court decision [order, PDF] allowing organic food company Whole Foods Market to buy rival grocer Wild Oats Markets [corporate websites]. US.... [more]
Supreme Court rules federal tobacco regulation no basis for case removal
June 11, 2007
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down decisions in five cases Monday, including Watson v. Philip Morris [Duke Law case backgrounder], where the Court held that a lawsuit against the tobacco company could not be removed from state to federal court solely.... [more]
Privacy groups file FTC complaint over Google DoubleClick acquisition
April 20, 2007
[JURIST] Several Internet privacy groups filed a joint complaint [PDF text] with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [official website] on Friday concerning the merger of search engine Google [corporate website] with advertising provider DoubleClick [corporate website]. The groups, including the.... [more]
Gasoline price gouging bill introduced in US House
March 1, 2007
[JURIST] US Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) [official website] and 78 other House of Representatives members introduced a bill [HR 1252 summary] Wednesday that would crack down on gasoline price gouging by instituting harsh criminal and civil penalties on oil and gas corporations and on individuals. The.... [more]
Consumer groups file FTC complaint over 'deceptive' online advertising schemes
November 2, 2006
[JURIST] The Center for Digital Democracy and the US Public Interest Research Group [advocacy websites] have filed a 50-page complaint [PDF text; press release] with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to look into allegedly "deceptive and unf....... [more]
FTC pretexting charges against Virginia company settled
October 5, 2006
[JURIST] The Federal Trade Commission announced [press release] Thursday that it has reached an agreement for the settlement of pretexting charges [complaint text, PDF; news release] against Virginia-based Integrity Security JURIST news archive] used it....... [more]
FTC chairman opposes congressional efforts to curb 'net neutrality'
August 22, 2006
[JURIST] The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [official website] on Monday voiced disapproval [speech transcript, PDF; press release] of congressional efforts to address "net neutrality," arguing that if current regulations do not prevent br....... [more]
FTC finds Rambus unlawfully controlled computer chip market
August 2, 2006
[JURIST] PC hardware manufacturer Rambus [corporate website] unlawfully monopolized [press release] four markets for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) computer chips and deliberately withheld information about forthcoming patents on the technology from....... [more]
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