North America: Antitrust/Competition Law

On March 31, 2026, OFAC published a Sanctions Advisory that highlights compliance risks arising from sham transactions used to evade sanctions.

The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy profes­sionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world.

The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy profes­sionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world.

What does Vanguard’s $29.5 million settlement tell us about the growing legal and political fight over ESG investing? In this episode, we break down a first-of-its-kind agreement...

What happens when state attorneys general decide the DOJ’s antitrust fix doesn’t go far enough? In this episode...

Can a workout method be protected as choreography under federal copyright law? The Ninth Circuit recently said no.

A federal appeals court has struck down the FTC's authority to adjudicate deceptive advertising claims through its internal administrative process, ruling that such enforcement violates constitutional separation of powers. The Fifth Circuit's decision in Intuit v. FTC requires these cases to be heard in federal court, potentially reshaping how the agency pursues advertising enforcement actions and raising broader questions about the Commission's structural constitutionality.

Following a multiyear process that was initiated in 2019 and considered thousands of public comments, on October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...

The FTC focused its week on consumer protection. The Commission announced a tentative agenda for its upcoming open meeting, sent warning letters to adoption intermediaries for purportedly misleading consumers...