Week in Review

FDA announced plans to phase out some antibiotics in livestock, Taiwanese FTC fined Apple, and more…

  • silverman backgroundJapanese financial regulator seeks to increase oversight over interbank lending rate.
  • New Jersey senator urges the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ramp up safeguards for consumers following retailer Target’s data breach of $40 million consumer accounts.
  • Taiwanese Fair Trade Commission (FTC) fines Apple $670 million for dictating iPhone prices to the nation’s telecom companies.
  • The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces plans to phase out use of certain antibiotics in farm animals.