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Due to the government shutdown, the FTC is closed aside from essential services.  Therefore, Crowell’s FTC updates will resume after the shutdown ends.

The FTC proposed recommendations to rescind and lighten its own regulations. The agency also published its 47th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Report summarizing merger enforcement actions in 2024. These stories, and more, after the jump.Continue Reading FTC Updates September 2 – 26, 2025

This week, the FTC is making moves on several fronts. The agency kicked off a series of listening sessions on drug pricing and competition, held a workshop on trade practices related to gender-affirming care for minors, launched “Made in the USA” month, and weighed in on merger oversight in the energy sector. The FTC is also sending refunds to consumers allegedly affected by deceptive home-improvement financing and weight-loss schemes. These stories, and more, after the jump.Continue Reading FTC Updates (June 30 – July 11, 2025)

The FTC updates include highlights from the FTC’s final amendment to its “click-to-cancel” rule and its proposed order against a company that allegedly violated the Franchise Rule. All this and more after the jump.Continue Reading FTC Updates (October 14 – October 18, 2024)

As we close out the last week of March, the FTC updates include highlights from key findings from the International Competition Network on building tech capacity in law enforcement, banning the use of algorithms for price-fixing in the hotel industry, protecting child privacy data from software companies, and seeking information on the contracting practices of large health care organizations and drug wholesalers.  All this, and more, after the jump.Continue Reading FTC Updates (March 18 – 29, 2024)

As we enter 2024, the FTC is pushing forward on all fronts. The Bureau of Consumer Protection announced both settlements and actions, especially related to telemarketing and robocalls, as well as automotive industry junk fees and illegal uses of consumer location data. And, the FTC has scheduled a summit on Artificial Intelligence on January 25. This, and more, after the jump.Continue Reading FTC Updates (January 1 – January 19, 2024)