A key consumer protection measure, the Federal Trade Commission's CARS Rule, has been thrown out by a federal appeals court.

On January 17, 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the preliminary observations and findings from its ...

For example, the FTC says that a consumer profiled as a new parent may intentionally be shown higher-priced baby thermometers on the first page of their search results. It also says many of the ...

the overhaul of the FTC’s long-outdated Negative Option Rule (now known as the “Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Programs”), is a prime example of the FTC ...

Our Consumer Protection/FTC and Antitrust Teams highlight a spate of activity by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its final days under ...

for example. Notably, guidance around noncompete agreements remains, even though the FTC’s final rule which explicitly banned the agreements was enjoined by federal courts and is under appeal.

"This analysis shows that the two case study drugs analyzed in our first interim report weren't isolated examples," said an FTC staff member during an open commission meeting. The report also ...

According to the FTC report: "For the pulmonary hypertension drug tadalafil (generic Adcirca), for example, pharmacies purchased the drug at an average of $27 in 2022, yet the Big 3 PBMs marked up ...