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Regulating Junk Fees May Harm Consumers

Regulating Junk Fees May Harm Consumers

Attempts to eliminate junk fees may harm rather than help both consumers and businesses.

Reviewing the Regulation of Fake Reviews

Reviewing the Regulation of Fake Reviews

Experts examine consumer protection regulations to prevent fake online reviews.

Merger Law Is Dante’s Inferno Revisited

Merger Law Is Dante’s Inferno Revisited

The shift by agencies away from the current guidelines on mergers and acquisitions has left firms in limbo.

Supreme Court Considers Case Against Agencies Run Amok

Supreme Court Considers Case Against Agencies Run Amok

In Axon v. FTC, the Supreme Court will consider how district courts can hear constitutional challenges against agencies.

Can Courts Stop Hearing Processes Where the Agency Always Wins?

Can Courts Stop Hearing Processes Where the Agency Always Wins?

The Supreme Court will hear an important challenge to agency decision-making.

Walmart Threads the Needle on Separation-of-Powers Remedies

Walmart Threads the Needle on Separation-of-Powers Remedies

Walmart challenges the constitutionality of the FTC’s power to seek monetary or injunctive relief.

Lessons from the FTC’s Facebook Saga

Lessons from the FTC’s Facebook Saga

The FTC’s settlement with Facebook does little to change or restrict recidivist business practices.

The P2P Fraud Conundrum

The P2P Fraud Conundrum

Regulators must strike a difficult balance in tamping down increased fraud on peer-to-peer payment platforms.

Why the SEC is Wrong About Implied Preclusion

Why the SEC is Wrong About Implied Preclusion

Federal securities regulators should not use implied preclusion to shield themselves from constitutional challenge.

Dark Patterns Cannot Stay in the Dark

Dark Patterns Cannot Stay in the Dark

In this Saturday Seminar, we collect scholarship on manipulative online practices that deceive consumers.

Taming Giants in the Health Care Industry

Taming Giants in the Health Care Industry

Scholars explore potential antitrust responses to growing consolidation among health care providers.

Compromise Between Radicals and Incrementalists in Antitrust Reform

Compromise Between Radicals and Incrementalists in Antitrust Reform

Harmonizing two approaches to antitrust law reform may protect consumer and market welfare most effectively.