EPA
Record Shutdown Leaves Communications Agencies Strained Despite Senate Action
The shutdown slowed down broadband rollout, telecom licensing, merger activity.
Free Speech
Trump Expected to Name White House Economic Aide Ryan Baasch to FTC
A former Texas litigator, Baasch has taken on social media companies over content moderation.
Independent Agencies
Supreme Court to Test Trump’s Power Over the ‘Fourth Branch’
Case could upend 90 years of agency independence.
NTIA
Shutdown Stalls Tech and Telecom Oversight Across Washington
Litigation, merger reviews, and permitting all set to slow
FTC
Amazon to Pay $2.5 billion to Settle FTC Allegations it Duped Customers
Amazon settled with the FTC after being accused of tricking customers into Prime memberships and making them hard to cancel.
Democracy
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Democrat
The decision sets the stage for a fight over precedent.
AI
Democratic and Republican Lawmakers Introduce Two Opposing AI Bills
One bill assess AI impacts and the other supports a national regulatory framework.
Democracy
TechFreedom Urges Supreme Court to Protect FTC Independence
Group pressed the Supreme Court to safeguard the FTC’s autonomy from presidential interference.
Supreme Court
Chief Justice Lets Trump Remove Members of Federal Trade Commission For Now
Chief Justice John Roberts let President Trump remove an FTC commissioner, hinting at fewer limits on presidential power.
mergers
Whether from Biden or Trump, Politics Has Displaced Reason in Antitrust Enforcement
Experts said economic analysis has been thrown out the window
Privacy
Experts Warn Congress of ‘Surveillance Pricing’ Fueled by Lax Privacy Laws
Weak data privacy laws need to be strengthened, witnesses say
Humphrey's Executor
FTC Commissioner Removed for the Second Time
Only three commissioners remain.
Donald Trump
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Fired FTC Commissioner
Slaughter returns to work.
Democracy
Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Revive FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule
Lawmakers want to make it easy to drop cable and Internet plans.
Democracy
Court Vacates FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Rule
Major cable providers prevail.
Spotify
Spotify Mistreating Subscribers, Senators Say
The music platform's audiobook feature allegedly exploits a loophole in federal regulations.
