By Natalia Baigorri This past year, the Biden Administration has pushed back against big business through FTC and DOJ action, including new merger guidelines and multiple lawsuits. This is a change from past FTC action of allowing mergers to proceed with structural remedies.  Now, the FTC is prioritizing blocking potentially harmful mergers.[1]  Recently, the FTC…

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By Frances Ricks Artificial intelligence (“AI”) took its first major evolutionary step in 2023 with the release of ChatGPT.[1] Since then, businesses have been experimenting with different kinds of AI to test its capabilities and limitations.[2] In September 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its plan to crack down on deceptive AI claims and…

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By: Caitlyn Lindstrom On September 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission. (“FTC”), along with seventeen states, filed suit against Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”), claiming Amazon’s business practices violate Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)[1] and Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15, U.S.C. § 2[2], in addition to state competition and consumer…

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