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Opioids: State Attorney General Marketing Enforcement Under Attack?
November has been an active month in the years-long litigation of opioid manufacturers -- and it hasn't been good for the theories put forth by Attorneys General and local governments. On November 1, Orange County…
Some fireworks at Bedoya’s Senate confirmation hearing, but confirmation still seems likely
On November 17, the Senate Commerce Committee held its eagerly-awaited hearing on the nomination of Alvaro Bedoya, a data privacy academic from Georgetown Law, to be FTC Commissioner. Bedoya is slated to replace Rohit…
Commissioner Christine Wilson Excoriates The FTC Chair’s Agenda in ABA Fall Forum Speech
Last week. FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson delivered a speech with a title that made clear she intended to speak her mind: The Neo-Brandeisian Revolution: Unforced Errors and the Dimunition of the FTC. Predicting…
The Section 13(b) Fix: Stand-Still on the Hill?
Following House passage of 13(b) legislation this summer, Congressional Democrats seem to have lost some of the urgency with which they were moving to strengthen the FTC’s penalty authorities in the wake of the…
State Attorneys General Lay Out Consumer Protection Priorities for 2022
For the first time in two years, State Attorneys General and their key consumer protection staff have gathered in Washington D.C. to attend the National Association of Attorneys General Fall Consumer Protection…