by Eric J. Ellman | Sep 17, 2024
In September 2024, the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing, Federal Trade Commission Practices: A Discussion on Past Versus Present. In advance of the hearing, the committee issued a hearing...
by Eric J. Ellman | Sep 27, 2022
In September 2022, Certree, “a document anti-fraud and data security company,” filed a petition to the FTC asking it to “investigate the ‘anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices’ of major data brokers Equifax and Experian.” This is according to...
by Eric J. Ellman | Jul 15, 2022
In July 2022, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the FTC for its lack of transparency and accountability. The Chamber issued a summary of its litigation: Why it matters: By unlawfully withholding public records the FTC has created a “black-box environment” that...
