By Adrianne Appel2025-04-03T13:40:00
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) case against insulin price gouging has come to a screeching halt after two Democratic commissioners were fired by President Donald Trump.
On March 31, the FTC stayed its suit against pharmacy middle managers, called pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Government investigations, including one by the FTC, have pointed to PBMs, as behind at least part of the high prices.
The FTC said in its order that the case couldn’t move ahead because the remaining two Republican commissioners had recused themselves.
2025-08-08T21:06:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Two major health insurance brokers will pay a combined $145 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that they misled millions of consumers and mishandled personal data, the agency announced Thursday.
2025-07-21T18:54:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The firing of a Democrat commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission by President Donald Trump was illegal, according to a federal judge’s ruling last week.
2025-05-13T14:56:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Federal Trade Commission was set to begin enforcement of the “click to cancel” rule on May 14, but a new announcement from the agency pushed that date to July 14. As is the case with many of the regulatory decisions by the Trump administration, it’s unclear whether the agency ...
2025-10-23T20:36:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
It has been nearly six months now since the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division released its memorandum on the selection of compliance monitors. This article provides a critical analysis of the monitorships that received early terminations, those that remain in place, and the broader compliance lessons they impart.
2025-10-23T20:07:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The founder of crypto exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao, received a pardon from President Donald Trump. This pardon comes almost two years after Zhao signed a plea agreement and was sentenced to a four-month prison sentence.
2025-10-23T18:57:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A former Wells Fargo risk officer previously ordered to pay $10 million by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for her alleged role in the bank’s “fake accounts” scandal is completely off the hook, according to an OCC consent order issued Tuesday.
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