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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has appointed Emma Mittelstaedt Burnham as Associate Director for Healthcare in the Bureau of Competition. View Press Release

The Federal Trade Commission has published a request for public comment on the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s proposed modification of its Enforcement Rule. View Press Release

Action is the first brought under the Act, which ensures consumers can report suspicious activity to online marketplaces and contact major third party sellers Whaleco, Inc., which operates the online marketplace Temu, will pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the INFORM Consumers Act of 2023, by failing to provide consumers with required … Read more

Today the Federal Trade Commission took steps to dismiss its appeals in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, No. 24-10951 (5th Cir.), and Properties of the Villages v. FTC, No. 24-13102 (11th Cir.), and to accede to the vacatur of the Non-Compete Clause Rule.  View Press Release

Today the Federal Trade Commission launched a public inquiry to better understand the scope, prevalence, and effects of employer noncompete agreements, as well as to gather information to inform possible future enforcement actions. View Press Release

FTC orders the nation’s largest pet cremation business to stop enforcing restrictive noncompete agreements that bind nearly 1,800 workers The Federal Trade Commission today took action to protect American workers from harmful labor practices by ordering pet cremation company Gateway Services, Inc. and its subsidiary to stop enforcing noncompete agreements against their employees. View Press … Read more

Alex Morton and Brandon Boyd also face prohibitions relating to sales and earnings claims Two defendants will pay a total of $10.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission and State of Nevada allegations that they used false or baseless earnings claims to persuade people to pay for financial training programs and a multi-level-marketing business venture … Read more

Background information Date of decision: September 1st, 2025 National case Controller: GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED and GOOGLE LLC Legal Reference: Obligation to obtain the consent of individuals to receive commercial prospecting by electronic means (Article L.34-5 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code); Use of cookies without free and informed consent (Article 82 of the … Read more

The Federal Trade Commission published in the Federal Register the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s proposed 2026 budget as submitted to the Commission. View Press Release

Under proposed order with FTC and Utah, Operators of Pornhub will be required to implement a program to prevent such content from being published to its websites Note: The FTC and Utah will be hosting a media availability at 12 pm ET today. Participants will include FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, Utah Commerce Executive Director Margaret Busse, … Read more