Competition Law and Antitrust Law

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...

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.

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

This blog considers the Competition and Market Authority's (CMA) stated policy on the acceptance of commitments in Competition Act 1998 cases, how that policy has been...

The traditional distinction between "national" and "regional" law firms is becoming less predictive of where high-end legal work and the lawyers who drive it actually reside.