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Competition Matters

U.S. Privilege Following Akzo Nobel v. European Commission

Alden F. Abbott, General Counsel, and Ashley Gum, Assistant General Counsel
Lawyers who have been paying attention to such things might recall the predicted fallout from the decision in Akzo Chemicals Ltd v. European Commission, Case C-550/07-P (September 14, 2010). In Akzo
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Anti-scammy Sammy

Lesley Fair
There’s former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar, NFL legend Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, and the incomparable Sammy Davis, Jr. All notable in their own right, but did they win back $586 million for defrauded
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FTC at work outside the Beltway

Bruce Hoffman, Bureau of Competition
This week, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first FTC regional office. According to the Commission’s 1918 Annual Report, the FTC first established three branch offices in
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Root, root root for the regions

Andrew Smith, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
This year eight major league baseball teams are celebrating milestone anniversaries – and so are the FTC’s regional offices. In 1918, the Commission opened the first three of its regional offices
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New freeze law in effect September 21st: Is your business ready?

Andrew Smith, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
Thanks to a new federal law, free credit freezes and year-long fraud alerts are here, starting September 21st. What does that mean for your customers and employees? Free credit freezes Security
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Lessons from FTC v. Wilhelmsen for merger practitioners

Amy Dobrzynski, Bureau of Competition
Last month, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the FTC’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, halting Wilhelmsen’s proposed acquisition of
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Phantom debt collectors jump on the banned wagon

Lesley Fair
Court orders against 13 related corporate and individual defendants involved in a Georgia-based debt collection operation bring to mind the 1980s chart-topping group from Australia, Crowded House
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Camouflaged commerce: What was going on at army.com?

Lesley Fair
Where do people go when considering careers in the military? Online, of course. Based on the search terms they selected, they often found themselves on sites like army.com, armyenlist.com, and similar
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It takes less time to do a thing right

Ian Conner and Lynda Lao, Bureau of Competition
Longfellow said “It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.†We agree, especially when it comes to designing effective merger remedies—ones that maintain competition
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Is your business prepared for an emergency? Is your data?

Lesley Fair
When an emergency strikes, your business’s most vulnerable asset may not be in the stockroom or warehouse. It could be the data that has been central to your success. September is National
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Be discreet when you delete your fleet

Lesley Fair
Thinking about replacing a company car or truck? Unless you take some security steps before selling the vehicle, you could be leaving behind a water bottle or two, some change under the seat – and a
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New law, new consumer rights

Lesley Fair
Food experts don’t recommend it for your ground chuck or pork shoulder, but starting September 21, 2018, there’s something consumers can safely freeze, unfreeze, and then freeze again. It’s their
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Timing is everything: The Model Timing Agreement

Bruce Hoffman, Bureau of Competition
The Bureau of Competition has undertaken several initiatives to streamline our merger review process in order to reach swifter resolutions—whether that be clearance, a negotiated settlement, or a