When really broad neckties went out of style, one solution might have been to take a pair of scissors to them and snip them to a modern-day width. Smarter guys might simply have taken them to a tailor. Others might have made them into kites. But most... Read More
CHICAGO - (AP) Dreams of rapid weight loss and fake celebrity endorsements from Oprah Winfrey and Rachael Ray lured customers into providing their credit or debit card numbers as they signed up online for a "free trial" of acai berry pills.... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO - (AP) Intel has agreed to change some of its practices to settl e a federal antitrust lawsuit alleging a decade of abuse. The changes mandated in the settlement with the Federal Trade Commission represent the deepest penalties yet to the... Read More
LONG BEACH, Calif. - (AP) Before picking up any Wii games or downloading apps on her iPhone for her two daughters, Lillian Quintero does her homework. She'll first read reviews online and in magazines, then try them out for herself. If she thinks... Read More
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - (AP) Intel Corp. is in talks with the Federal Trade Commission over settling an antitrust case against the chip maker. In December, the FTC filed charges against Intel, seeking to end what it described as decades of illegal sales... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 19 ruled that the state-action doctrine does not immunize the merger between two Georgia hospitals from the Federal Trade Commission's challenge that the transaction substantially lessened... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 26 heard oral arguments regarding whether the state-action doctrine applied to immunize a merger between two Georgia hospitals from the Federal Trade Commission's challenge that the... Read More
The Internet is now one of the most popular ways Americans obtain information on medical and consumer products. The emergence and growth of social media have changed traditional notions of what is regulated, who is responsible for product-related messaging... Read More
By Steven Levitsky and Paolo Morante “Less is more” may be true in architecture, but in merger clearance law, “less” is still enough to trigger antitrust investigations and litigation and rescission of the whole transaction... Read More
By Maggie Craig and Stefanie Jill Fogel | In a much anticipated opinion for the dietary supplement industry and for products making health benefit statements, the District of New Jersey in US v. Bayer has found in favor of Bayer in holding that the... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Federal Trade Commission told the U.S. Supreme Court in oral arguments March 25 that the court should treat reverse-payment settlements of patent litigation between the holder of a drug patent and potential generic... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) In what the Federal Trade Commission is calling one of the "largest judgments imposed in an FTC case, and the largest mortgage servicing case," two Countrywide mortgage servicing companies will pay $108 million... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey's) The Supreme Court on Dec. 7 granted the Federal Trade Commission’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking consideration of whether reverse-payment settlements of patent litigation between the holder of... Read More
By Lauren Shoor A California federal district court judge recently provided some clarity on the apparent disparity between California’s “Made in the USA” law and the standard set forth by the Federal Trade Commission. The Southern... Read More