Federal regulators are ramping up their investigation of the market dominance of giant tech companies, demanding detailed information on five companies’ acquisitions of smaller firms back to 2010. The Federal Trade Commission announced the move this week, issuing orders to ...

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If you’re one of Facebook’s more than 2 billion users, are you any better off now than you were before the Federal Trade Commission imposed new privacy restrictions and a $5 billion fine on the company this week? Facebook’s settlement ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision rewrites the rules governing the release of generic drugs.

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun contacting software makers as part of a preliminary inquiry into whether Twitter Inc.’s business practices harm competition, two people familiar with the matter said.

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Correction: Due to a glitch in our Web site, I am listed as an author along with Henry Fawell. I cannot take credit for something I didn’t do. We are trying to get this fixed as soon as possible. Donna ...

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A federal appeals court upheld a civil contempt order against a convicted scammer for violating a 12-year-old injunction against making false claims while marketing training and business programs. Richard C. Neiswonger was one of the owners of the now-defunct Asset ...

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The American Bar Association has filed suit in federal court seeking to prevent the Federal Trade Commission from applying a new anti-identity theft regulation to practicing attorneys. The regulation, called the Red Flags Rule, requires businesses that possess sensitive identification ...

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The Federal Trade Commission has delayed enforcement of the “red flag” rule that requires certain businesses to implement identity-theft policies from May 1 to Aug. 1.  The rule has slipped under the radar because many businesses are still unaware that ...

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Under new federal “red flag” rules, health care entities and physicians will be required to implement procedures for preventing, detecting and responding to identity theft, according to attorneys. Until recently, many entities, including health care providers, thought the red flag ...

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