FCC, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Department of Transportation (DOT)

Federal Agencies Increase Focus on Pricing Enforcement

Venable LLP on 9/20/2024

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly hosted a public meeting of the interagency “Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Business Practices.” The meeting was a continuation of...more

Inaugural Strike Force Meeting Signals Broad Cross-Agency Focus on Pricing

Morgan Lewis on 8/19/2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on August 1, 2024 co-hosted the first public meeting of the Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing (Strike Force), formed by President Joseph Biden...more

The First Public Meeting of the Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing: What Happened and What’s Next

BakerHostetler on 8/12/2024

On August 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) virtually cohosted the first public meeting of the multiagency Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing (Strike Force), focused on antitrust...more

FTC and DOJ Host First Public Meeting of the Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing

Alston & Bird on 8/7/2024

At its first public meeting, the federal interagency Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing signaled a priority of lowering U.S. retail prices. Our Antitrust Team highlights what businesses should know going forward....more

Beware: Multi-Agency Pricing Task Force

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/6/2024

Arising out of a March 2024 meeting of the White House Competition Council, President Biden announced the launch of a Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing designed "to strengthen interagency efforts to root out and stop...more

FTC Proposes Rule to Ban Hidden and Falsely Advertised Fees

ArentFox Schiff on 10/23/2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a new rule aimed at eliminating certain "hidden" and "junk" fee practices. The FTC said that these fees, which may be undisclosed until late in the transaction process, are...more

FTC Proposes Rule to Prohibit Hidden and Falsely Advertised Fees

Hinch Newman LLP on 10/16/2023

On October 11, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a new proposed rule to prohibit “junk fees,” which the FTC states are hidden and bogus fees that can harm consumers and undercut honest businesses. FTC...more

Biden Administration Continues Efforts to Crackdown on “Junk Fees”

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/22/2023

During his remarks in a meeting with private sector companies on June 15, 2023, President Biden described junk fees as “these hidden charges that companies sneak into your bill to make you pay more and without you really...more

Executive Order Throws Down the Gauntlet for a New Era of Antitrust Enforcement

Troutman Pepper on 7/16/2021

On July 9, President Biden signed an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy, listing broad priorities for antitrust enforcement. In conjunction with this order, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and...more

The Return of the Congressional Review Act

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/20/2021

Little used before the Trump administration and with limited time to act, what regulations will the Biden administration target with the CRA? Democrats can use the Congressional Review Act to overturn regulations passed in...more

COVID-19 Washington Update: April 2020 #15

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 5/1/2020

Today’s federal government actions in response to COVID-19 include additional details on President Trump’s Tuesday evening Executive Order on meat and poultry processors....more

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