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More FTC employees likely to return to office in the fall

Federal Trade Commission employees are likely to be required to be back in the office for at least two days during each pay period starting in September, according to several agency sources.

Don’t panic over Supreme Court’s climate ruling

No, in all likelihood the sky is not falling. The Supreme Court’s decision on the non-delegation doctrine in West Virginia v. EPA isn’t likely to force major changes in the body of antitrust and consumer protection law.

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Enforcers face challenges using antitrust to narrow racial gaps

Neo-Brandeisian reformers want to use antitrust enforcement to narrow racial disparities in large part by targeting labor markets, but some of their ideological allies are skeptical of the chances...

Gupta to decide Kanter’s fate in Google case

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta gets to decide whether her subordinate, antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter, should be recused from matters involving Google. But Gupta and the Justice...

DoubleClick’s O’Connor derides Big Tech cases

Google and Facebook’s dominance of digital advertising is simply evidence their products work well, according to the founder of an Internet advertising company that became the platform where...

Study offers prescription to boost government employee morale

Senior leaders’ interpersonal skills are a top influence on federal workforce trust, according to a nonpartisan group seeking to make the federal government more effective.

Meta says FTC must provide ‘critical’ evidence for Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

Meta is asking a US court to make the Federal Trade Commission produce “critical” evidence about the company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, so it can fend off a monopolization lawsuit.

Supreme Court environmental ruling could hinder FTC rulemaking push

The Supreme Court sent a clear signal that it’s ready to slap down federal agencies if they exceed a narrow reading of the authority granted to them by Congress, issuing a ruling that threatens the...

A takedown of Jack Welch’s excesses, including mergers

While Robert Bork wrote about the virtues of free markets and mergers, Jack Welch put those ideas into action. During Welch’s more than 20-year tenure as General Electric’s chief executive, the company spent roughly $130 billion to buy nearly 1,000 companies.

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