Federal Trade Commission sues leading transgender health group

The group noted in a statement that a federal court had already ruled against the FTC over this effort when it blocked the investigation.

 “WPATH is in a strong position to prove that the FTC is acting out of pure retaliation as part of the federal government’s relentless and targeted campaign to undermine gender-affirming care by attacking the First Amendment rights and the independence of professional medical organizations,” the statement said. “We expect the same result when we oppose this latest attack on WPATH and its mission to promote evidence-informed care and guidance for doctors and their patients.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/ftc-transgender-health-lawsuit

 

Supreme Court allows Trump to fire Democratic member of trade commission - The Washington Post

The high court will also hear arguments about overturning a 90-year-old precedent that allowed Congress to create independent agencies...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/22/trump-supreme-court-ftc-firing-slaughter/

 

US appeals court reinstates FTC commissioner fired by Trump

Win for Rebecca Slaughter as court rules commissioners may not be dismissed by a president without cause…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/rebecca-slaughter-ftc-trump

 

How Stores Use Your Data to Change Prices!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25okvSzFUZY

 

FTC sues to block medical device coatings deal

The Federal Trade Commission under President Trump is making its first move to challenge private equity in health care, by suing to block the $627 million acquisition of a maker of specialized coatings for catheters and other medical devices…

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/trump-ftc-sues-block-medical-device-deal

Democrats’ FTC to companies: make it easy to cancel subscriptions and protect consumers or face penalties

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgzJw7q1kI

Hospital debacle puts focus on private equity

It also comes as the Biden administration launched an investigation into private equity acquisitions of health care providers. 

Just yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission held a virtual workshop during which such deals were heavily criticized...

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/hospital-debacle-private-equity-cerberus-steward 

Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide | Ars Technica

According to the FTC's complaint, "Amazon recognizes the importance of maintaining the perception that it has lower prices than competitors," but that Amazon designed Project Nessie specifically "to deter other online stores from offering lower prices than those of Amazon." 

 In a press release, the FTC confirmed that it intends to prove that Amazon is "stifling competition on price," among other alleged consumer harms. 

 "Amazon's far-reaching schemes impact hundreds of billions of dollars in retail sales every year, touch hundreds of thousands of products sold by businesses big and small, and affect over a hundred million shoppers," the FTC's press release said. 

 "Seldom in the history of US antitrust law has one case had the potential to do so much good for so many people," John Newman, the deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, said…

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/report-amazon-made-1b-with-secret-algorithm-for-spiking-prices-internet-wide/

FTC files a massive antitrust lawsuit against Amazon - The Verge

"Our complaint lays out how Amazon has used a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies," FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement Tuesday. "The complaint sets forth detailed allegations noting how Amazon is now exploiting its monopoly power to enrich itself while raising prices and degrading service for the tens of millions of American families who shop on its platform and the hundreds of thousands of businesses that rely on Amazon to reach them."…

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/26/23809817/amazon-ftc-antitrust-lawsuit-monopoly

The FTC is back to being the activist US agency progressives sought in 1914

The real purpose of non-competes is to make it harder (or impossible) for workers to bargain with rival employers for better pay or working conditions...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/12/ftc-non-compete-agreements-biden-chair

Amazon can't keep Jassy, Bezos from testifying in FTC Prime probe

The FTC has been investigating sign-up and cancellation processes for Amazon's Prime program since March 2021. The agency is looking into whether Amazon deceives users into signing up for Prime, while failing to provide a simple way to cancel and avoid recurring charges...

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/22/amazon-cant-keep-jassy-bezos-from-testifying-in-ftc-prime-probe.html

Citing high gas prices, Biden asks FTC to redouble probe of possible 'illegal conduct' | Reuters

…Biden in August asked the FTC to investigate possible illegal conduct causing the spike in gas prices, which are contributing to surging inflation. On Wednesday he told FTC Chair Lina Khan in a letter that further action was needed...

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/biden-asks-ftc-redouble-probe-possible-illegal-conduct-by-oil-gas-companies-2021-11-17/