- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Jeff Dale2024-03-11T18:58:00
The appointments of two new commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were confirmed Friday, with the Democratic-led agency welcoming Republicans Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak.
FTC Chair Lina Khan congratulated Ferguson and Holyoak on their respective confirmations, saying in a press release she looked forward to working with them to “vigorously protect Americans from unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive business practices.”
Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was also confirmed to a second term.
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2025-03-31T19:50:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Two former Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission–Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter–filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the remaining commissioners, claiming their recent termination was without cause and that the courts should rule their dismissals as “unlawful and ineffective.”
2024-04-24T20:01:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Tens of millions of noncompete clauses included in employee contracts nationwide will be null and void by about Labor Day under a final rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission.
2024-03-07T22:33:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Federal Trade Commission is amid a crackdown on businesses misusing browsing and location data that provide enough information to be used to identify nonconsenting consumers.
2025-05-21T14:11:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins indicated he favors changing the agency’s requirement that only the wealthy can invest in so-called “closed-end” private equity funds and hedge funds.
2025-05-19T14:33:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has shuttered a special Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unit that focused on public corruption and whose legwork led to the special counsel investigation of President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
2025-05-19T14:09:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Trump administration is preparing to ask the European Union to alter or water down its rules on content moderation on social media, claiming that they hurt the competitiveness of American technology companies.
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