Comcast, Charter Sue FTC Over Efforts To Make Canceling Services Easier

Earlier this month the FTC announced it was modifying some existing rules to crack down on companies that make it extremely difficult to cancel services. The agency’s revamp of its 1973 “Nega…

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New FTC Rules Make It Easier To Cancel Services, Punish Companies For Being Annoying Little Shits About It

While FTC boss Lina Khan certainly has had some growing pains, she’s fought for consumer protection and antitrust reform in a way that U.S. regulators haven’t seen for the better part o…

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Lina Khan on a Second FTC Term, AI, Price Gouging, Data Privacy

Biden’s FTC chair has toughened merger oversight, taken on noncompetes and made the donor class crazy. She hints that there’s a lot more to come, if she’s given the chance.

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If Harris Wins, Whether She Keeps Lina Khan Will Be Extremely Telling

Lina Khan has most certainly faced some growing pains as the head of the FTC, occasionally filing some undercooked cases and raising the hackles of some staff (some grumbling about real missteps, s…

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FTC Chair Lina Khan Responds To Pushback

“Monopolies not only have economic power, but use that power to buy political power,” she tells The Lever’s David Sirota.

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