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By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) and Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan demanding answers about the recent resignation announcement of Republican FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson.
By USDA Newswire Report | Feb 24, 2023
Peter McGinnis, a spokesman for the Functional Government Initiative (FGI), a nonpartisan organization promoting government transparency, said FGI is suing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), seeking transparency around the FTC's investigation into alleged price gouging in the meat industry.
By Karen Kidd | Feb 23, 2023
A Connecticut insulation contracting firm's co-owner was sentenced to 15 months in prison following his guilty plea to bid-rigging and fraud that targeted private and public entities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2023
News Release: Reps. House Republicans accused the Federal Trade Commission of engaging in a “power grab" by proposing to ban non-compete agreements nationwide and demanded the agency turn over documents.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 6, 2023
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is readying a potential antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Amazon Inc. on the grounds that many of its business practices are "anticompetitive."
By Federal Newswire | Jan 20, 2023
Two businessmen, Vladislav Osipov and Richard Masters, face charges in the United States for their roles in a sanctions evasion and money laundering scheme involving a $90 million yacht owned by Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Today, U.S. Representative Dan Bishop (R-NC) and Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), alongside House Judiciary Committee Members Congressmen Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), and Cliff Bentz (R-OR), sent a letter to leaders of Climate Action 100+ requesting key documents surrounding the use of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies to advance their progressive goals.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
House Republicans launched an investigation Tuesday probing whether major climate groups that spearhead the “environmental, social, and governance” (ESG) movement are violating antitrust laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today. Strengthening the partnership between the two agencies will enable both to better protect health care consumers ...
By Commerce Newswire Report | Dec 7, 2022
A report released by the Functional Government Initiative showed a significant drop in federal employees using annual and sick leave in several finance and trade agencies since 2018, raising questions about teleworking abuse.
By Commerce Newswire Report | Nov 30, 2022
In August of this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that they were exploring rules to crack down on harmful commercial surveillance and lax data security. In what the FTC called its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), the agency sought public comments on the harms of businesses collecting, analyzing and monetizing information about people. NetChoice, a trade association of leading internet businesses, raised concerns not about cracking down on commercial surveillance and data security, but that the FTC is not the proper government body to implement these rules and/or regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and several Oversight Committee Republicans are pressing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Kahn over the FTC’s use of unpaid consultants and experts. An investigation by the FTC Inspector General (OIG) ...
By Federal Newswire | Oct 6, 2022
Tijuana resident Alexis Castillo Padilla has entered a guilty plea in federal court to charges related to a scheme aimed at defrauding interstate carriers and brokers within the trucking industry.
By Press release submission | Sep 21, 2022
Grassley Presses Justice Dept., FTC On Need For Vigorous Antitrust Enforcement In Ag, Prescription Drug Industries At Oversight Hearing
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Leader Rodgers Statement on Commissioner Phillips’ Departure from the FTC
By Federal Newswire | Aug 4, 2022
BC Flynn Contracting Corp. and Axion Specialty Contracting LLC have entered guilty pleas in a federal court in Connecticut, admitting to their involvement in a conspiracy to rig bids on insulation contracts.
By Federal Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
Vanessa Roberts Avery, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced the sentencing of William Sacco, a former project manager for a Massachusetts-based mechanical contractor.
By Press release submission | Jun 21, 2022
Murray, Cantwell, Casey Call on FTC to Investigate Price Gouging of Infant Formula
