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Highlights from our Luncheon on the FTC’s Use of Economics

August 4, 2014

First Apple, Now Amazon: Where is the FTC Heading on Digital Consumer Protection? TechFreedom and the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE) hosted a...


FTC Officials to Speak at Luncheon on the Commission’s Use of Economics

July 28, 2014

First Apple, now Amazon: Where is the FTC Heading on Digital Consumer Protection?  The Federal Trade Commission’s recent enforcement actions against Amazon and Apple raise...


Thanks, FTC, but We Don’t Need a National Nanny

July 24, 2014

“Just think about the children!” has always been the rallying cry of hyperactive regulators. Lately, the FTC claimed it was protecting children — well, actually,...


FTC Cmr. Wright to Keynote Luncheon on FTC’s Use of Economics in Consumer Protection

July 23, 2014

FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright will be the keynote speaker at TechFreedom and ICLE’s latest installment in their year-long project “FTC: Technology and Reform,” launched in...


Join us 7/31 for a Luncheon Discussion on #FTCReform

July 14, 2014

First Apple, now Amazon: Where is the FTC Heading on Digital Consumer Protection? (RSVP) The FTC recently issued a complaint and consent order against Apple, alleging...


Video: FTC Commissioner Ohlhausen on Protecting Consumers in the Digital Age

October 4, 2013

Before her stint as Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen Ohlhausen oversaw the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning and helped to author the 2007 “FTC at 100”...