The FTC is eager to investigate conduct by larger companies, even where such conduct might not meet the traditional requirements of liability under the federal antitrust laws, and will be open to hearing complaints from smaller firms.
The Federal Trade Commission upended decades of antitrust compliance principles last week when it announced a broad framework for policing unfair methods of competition under Section 5.
The guidance significantly expands the reach of Section 5 beyond the Sherman and Clayton Acts to encompass unfair methods of competition that constitute “incipient” violations of the.
On November 10, 2022 (following its January 2021 withdrawal of its 2015 policy statement regarding enforcement under Section 5 of the FTC Act), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or.
On June 3, 2022, Department of Justice Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant General Richard A. Powers reiterated the Division's intent to bring more cases to trial and touted the Division's record.