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Consumer Brands Association CPG Legal Forum 2025

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Recently Amy Mudge and I, along with Bethany Lukitsch and Julie Singer Brady, the co-leads of our class action group, attended and spoke at the Consumer Brand CPG Legal Forum....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Enforcement Priorities of President Trump’s DOJ and FTC Begin to Take Shape

Now more than a month into President Trump’s second term, the Administration’s antitrust enforcement priorities have begun to take shape. Recent actions indicate that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Appoints New Bureau Directors: What to Expect from Directors Christopher Mufarrige and Daniel Guarnera

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson has made two significant management decisions that will impact the trajectory of his enforcement agenda. On February 10, 2025, Chairman Ferguson appointed directors for...more

Wiley Rein LLP

What Just Happened at the FTC and CFPB: Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 24, 2025)

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In the two weeks before Inauguration, both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a flurry of rulemaking developments, policy announcements, and enforcement filings and...more

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The State AG Report – 12.19.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Illinois AG’s and FTC’s Settlement Takes a $25 Million...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

White Collar Enforcement Priorities and Challenges: Discussions from “Views at the Top”

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On December 11, 2024, the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA) hosted “Views from the Top,” featuring the following government officials from the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, and FTC discussing current and future enforcement...more

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The State AG Report – 10.10.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •GOP AGs Urge Congress to Tune In and Support AM Radio in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Hampshire AG Announces New Data Privacy Unit

The privacy space continues to evolve with the announcement of the new Data Privacy Unit within New Hampshire’s Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau. This new unit will enforce New Hampshire’s Data Privacy Act, which...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New UK Consumer Laws on Fake Reviews, Subscription Contracts and Drip Pricing: Impact on US Businesses

In May of this year, the UK Government passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC) into law. The DMCC is wide-ranging and covers three key areas: consumer law, digital markets, and merger and antitrust...more

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U.K. finalizes new consumer antitrust and digital markets regime

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The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 has finally been enacted. It introduces significant changes to U.K. merger control and antitrust rules, establishes a new consumer protection regime and introduces a...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Chair Testifies Before House Subcommittee to Discuss Ongoing Work

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On May 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to discuss the agency’s FY 2025 budget request and ongoing...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

AI Under the Antitrust Microscope: Competition Enforcers Focusing on Generative AI from All Angles

As generative AI becomes an increasingly integral part of the modern economy, antitrust and consumer protection agencies continue to raise concerns about the technology’s potential to promote unfair methods of competition....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Sights and Sounds from the Antitrust Section’s 2023 Spring Meeting

Antitrust practitioners from around the world gathered in Washington, D.C. the week of March 27, 2023, for a series of industry meetings, centered around the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s 71st Annual Spring...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Senate Refuses to Let Live Nation Shake It Off

On January 24, 2023, the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled a top executive from Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s parent company, following Ticketmaster’s very public disaster last month when it was unable to process orders for...more

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Testimony Against Flavored Tobacco | Affordable Cellular Service | McKinsey Settles Over Opioid Role

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2022 AG Elections- Arkansas Lt. Governor Announces Intent to Run for Attorney General- •Arkansas Republican Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin announced that he is dropping his gubernatorial bid and is running for...more

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2019 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting: Federal and State Antitrust Enforcement Takeaways

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The American Bar Association’s 67th Antitrust Law spring meeting held earlier this month featured several sessions addressing the efforts of federal and state antitrust enforcement agencies, including a number of discussions...more

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