Lina Khan, a law professor and outspoken critic of big tech companies’ market power, appears headed to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission following bipartisan endorsement Wednesday from the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The nomination now will go to the full...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday (Oct. 17) it had obtained a $4.1 million judgment and a ban on a payday lender. In a press release, the FTC said a federal court issued a default judgment granting the more than $4 million and a...
The Federal Trade Commission announced this week (Aug. 12) that it has charged a data broker operation with allowing consumers involved in payday loans to be scammed out of more than $7 million. The FTC alleges that the data broker organization debited consumers’ bank accounts and charged their...
January 12, 2022
A U.S. judge granted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a second chance to continue with its allegations of illegal monopolization against Facebook (now Meta), after it rejected the company’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit in a new filing on Tuesday. The rejection of Facebook´s motion to dismiss is a victory for the FTC after its […]
May 12, 2021
Lina Khan, a law professor and outspoken critic of big tech companies’ market power, appears headed to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission following bipartisan endorsement Wednesday from the...
August 14, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission announced this week (Aug. 12) that it has charged a data broker operation with allowing consumers involved in payday loans to be scammed out of more than $7...
