CHINA/DEMS/FTC/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A strange dynamic has gripped the Federal Trade Commission: President Trump’s biggest allies are the Democrats. In a vote made public Wednesday [4-17-19], the commission’s two Democratic appointees voted to impose financial penalties on companies the agency found violated federal law by falsely marketing their products as ‘Made in America’ when, in […]
Category: FTC
11/19/2018
FTC/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A liberal watchdog group on Monday [11-19-18] asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate President Donald Trump’s involvement with a company that he has been accused of promoting to investors in unfair get-rich-quick schemes. Public Citizen, a consumer group that has often criticized the president, said in a letter to FTC Chairman Joseph […]
11/24/2017
DODD-FRANK/FTC: “J. Christopher Giancarlo moved to the top job at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission this year from a minority commissioner’s role, giving him a chance to push for changes on Obama-era derivatives regulations that he has criticized. But so far, Mr. Giancarlo has been content to tweak derivatives rules tied to the 2010 Dodd-Frank […]
10/19/2017
FTC/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will nominate antitrust attorney Joseph Simons as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, moving to install a hand-picked leader at the consumer protection agency that’s been without a permanent head for 10 months. He also will nominate Noah Phillips, chief counsel for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), for the FTC […]
9/12/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/CYBERWAR/FTC/TREASURY: “A U.S. senator on Tuesday [9-12-17] called for a criminal investigation of executives from credit bureau Equifax Inc (EFX.N) for stock sales after a massive data breach this summer, and said their actions were comparable to insider trading. The breach, which the company learned about in July but did not acknowledge until this […]