FTC sets fall hearings to consider antitrust, consumer protection "adjustments".
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FTC WILL CONSIDER "ADJUSTMENTS" TO ANTITRUST, CONSUMER PROTECTION in light of innovation and global competition at a series of autumn hearings. The Federal Trade Commission is "examining its role in enforcing antitrust and consumer protection laws" because of questions about whether such enforcement "should make adjustments to account for changes in the nature of global and innovation-based competition," according to a preliminary FTC agenda.