The Federal Trade Commission’s staffing level should be cut by about 16% from its fiscal year 2025 levels, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson told a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday, […]
Trump Dealt Blow to FTC’s Stature With Purge of Democrats, Ex-Commissioners Say
President Donald Trump’s firing of the Federal Trade Commission’s two Democratic commissioners Tuesday was not only legally risky, veteran observers of the agency say, but also may diminish […]
FTC’s Kroger-Albertsons Suit Premised on ‘Fanciful’ Definition of Grocery Market, Dissenting States Say
Attorneys general from Alabama, Georgia, Iowa and Ohio are urging a federal judge to allow Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of rival Albertsons to go through, arguing that the Federal […]
Texas Federal Judge Blocks Implementation of FTC’s Ban on Noncompetes
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s implementation of its rule banning employers from imposing noncompete agreements on their workers, stating the regulation exceeded […]
Gibson Dunn, Sullivan & Cromwell Tapped to Challenge FTC’s Noncompete Ban
The country’s largest business lobbying group has selected Sullivan & Cromwell as outside counsel in its federal challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete clauses. Meanwhile, former Department of […]