21 states and DC join the FTC’s lawsuit against Uber
21 states and DC join the FTC’s lawsuit against Uber
21 against Uber One
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
21 states and DC join the FTC’s lawsuit against Uber
Been on fixed term contracts since 2020, and after redundancy in March, managed to get offered a permanent role... Which then got changed to another fixed term... But now finally, after half a decade of FTC's, I have accepted an actual permanent contract. Bit less anxiety for a while at least.
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Been on fixed term contracts since 2020, and after redundancy in March, managed to get offered a permanent role... Which then got changed to another fixed term... But now finally, after half a decade of FTC's, I have accepted an actual permanent contract. Bit less anxiety for a while at least.
FTC's Gabe Roth has filed a complaint against CA3 Judge Emil Bove for attending last night's Trump rally in Pa., since refraining from political activity — & from the start, this was clearly a political rally — is a foundational part of judges' Code of Conduct: fixthecourt.com/wp-content/u....
fixthecourt.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
FTC's Gabe Roth has filed a complaint against CA3 Judge Emil Bove for attending last night's Trump rally in Pa., since refraining from political activity — & from the start, this was clearly a political rally — is a foundational part of judges' Code of Conduct: fixthecourt.com/wp-content/u....
FDR argued against the independence of executive agencies because he wanted to fire the FTC's pre-New Deal holdover.
90 years later and FDR's args are now being used to undermine the New Deal, and the Roberts Majority's all in.
This isn't about POTUS v. Congress. It's plutocrats vs. the people.
90 years later and FDR's args are now being used to undermine the New Deal, and the Roberts Majority's all in.
This isn't about POTUS v. Congress. It's plutocrats vs. the people.
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
FDR argued against the independence of executive agencies because he wanted to fire the FTC's pre-New Deal holdover.
90 years later and FDR's args are now being used to undermine the New Deal, and the Roberts Majority's all in.
This isn't about POTUS v. Congress. It's plutocrats vs. the people.
90 years later and FDR's args are now being used to undermine the New Deal, and the Roberts Majority's all in.
This isn't about POTUS v. Congress. It's plutocrats vs. the people.
The high court's decision( expected in the summer), could allow presidents to remove independent regulators without just cause. If SCOTUS sides with Trump, it would go directly against the court's 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor vs. US, which upheld the FTC's protections from removal.
Supreme Court could overturn 90 years of precedent in FTC firing case Monday - UPI.com
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday about President Donald Trump's firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.
www.upi.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The high court's decision( expected in the summer), could allow presidents to remove independent regulators without just cause. If SCOTUS sides with Trump, it would go directly against the court's 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor vs. US, which upheld the FTC's protections from removal.
NADA likes to pretend it cares about the interests of both its members and consumers, but their policy priorities tell a different story.
NADA has spent millions lobbying against Right to Repair, the FTC's Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Rule, and the CFPB's oversight of non-bank auto lenders.
NADA has spent millions lobbying against Right to Repair, the FTC's Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Rule, and the CFPB's oversight of non-bank auto lenders.
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
NADA likes to pretend it cares about the interests of both its members and consumers, but their policy priorities tell a different story.
NADA has spent millions lobbying against Right to Repair, the FTC's Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Rule, and the CFPB's oversight of non-bank auto lenders.
NADA has spent millions lobbying against Right to Repair, the FTC's Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Rule, and the CFPB's oversight of non-bank auto lenders.
On top of this, Trump has:
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
NEW: This year, Trump ended collective bargaining rights for 1 million federal workers — ending union protections for 1 in 14 unionized workers in the U.S.
No, Trump hasn’t helped workers. He’s helped bosses exploit them. Lawrence S. Wittner in @inequality.org:
No, Trump hasn’t helped workers. He’s helped bosses exploit them. Lawrence S. Wittner in @inequality.org:
Donald Trump, Union Buster
Trump's second term in office has been an all-out assault on organized labor.
inequality.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On top of this, Trump has:
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
-Prevented the NLRB from operating
-Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors
-Gutted OSHA
-Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations
-Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban
The “pro-worker" president.
3. In a 1935 case called Humphrey’s Executor, the Court blessed the FTC’s independence. Trump is asking the Court not just to undo hundreds of years of congressional and presidential practice, but nearly 100 years of SCOTUS case law. How does the Court justify going against its own precedent?
December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
3. In a 1935 case called Humphrey’s Executor, the Court blessed the FTC’s independence. Trump is asking the Court not just to undo hundreds of years of congressional and presidential practice, but nearly 100 years of SCOTUS case law. How does the Court justify going against its own precedent?
![In March 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Willams-Sonoma, Inc., over false advertising claims where Goldtouch Bakeware products, Rejuvenation-branded products, and Pottery Barn Teen and Pottery Barn Kids- branded upholstered furniture products were falsely advertised as being made in the USA. As part of the settlement with the FTC, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., agreed to stop making false, misleading or unsubstantiated "Made in USA" claims and required $1 million to the
is to pay FTC.[59l[60]
In April 2024, the FTC fined the Wiliams- Sonoma almost $3.2 million for violating the FTC's 2020 order to be truthful about whether its products were made in the US, which marked the largest-ever civi penalty in a "Made in USA" case,[61]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkthbeimpugecznybipkzzj/bafkreia3tp3xuh3kkwwsgcyc4yzbv6s6jak5i6qy7ksawnni5cbd7igyhm@jpeg)
I dunno if that's how it works? The FTC's attempt at an injunction against the Microsoft Activision acquisition wasn't denied because games are a leisure product, it was denied for other reasons which are honestly similarly absurd
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I dunno if that's how it works? The FTC's attempt at an injunction against the Microsoft Activision acquisition wasn't denied because games are a leisure product, it was denied for other reasons which are honestly similarly absurd
Their own lawyers told them Trump's suit had no chance. The real leverage was that they need the FTC's approval for mergers, and Trump controls the FTC.
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Their own lawyers told them Trump's suit had no chance. The real leverage was that they need the FTC's approval for mergers, and Trump controls the FTC.
I wrote last year about what became popularized as surveillance pricing: companies offering individualized prices based on reams of personal data. This is far more widespread than anyone imagined. One grocery chain builds customer profiles 62 pages long.
prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I wrote last year about what became popularized as surveillance pricing: companies offering individualized prices based on reams of personal data. This is far more widespread than anyone imagined. One grocery chain builds customer profiles 62 pages long.
prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
prospect.org/2025/12/02/p...
If you have some time today, check out my conversation with Lina Khan from earlier this year.
It’s a largely optimistic episode, discussing the FTC’s wins fighting against corporate greed under the Biden administration.
youtu.be/rR23_0E4NBQ
It’s a largely optimistic episode, discussing the FTC’s wins fighting against corporate greed under the Biden administration.
youtu.be/rR23_0E4NBQ
With Liberty and Justice for Some: Ep 7 – Fighting Corporate Greed with Lina Khan
You can follow Lina Khan at https://x.com/linamkhan
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you have some time today, check out my conversation with Lina Khan from earlier this year.
It’s a largely optimistic episode, discussing the FTC’s wins fighting against corporate greed under the Biden administration.
youtu.be/rR23_0E4NBQ
It’s a largely optimistic episode, discussing the FTC’s wins fighting against corporate greed under the Biden administration.
youtu.be/rR23_0E4NBQ
The FTC's case was premised on the idea that Meta does not compete with TikTok. It was not a great premise.
Breaking: Meta won the antitrust case brought against it by the FTC. Judge rules it's not a monopoly. www.theverge.com/news/823191/...
Meta is not a monopolist, judge rules
The FTC failed to prove it broke US antitrust laws.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The FTC's case was premised on the idea that Meta does not compete with TikTok. It was not a great premise.
A federal judge ruled Facebook parent Meta does not hold a monopoly, a win for the tech giant in the FTC's antitrust lawsuit.
Meta prevails in historic FTC antitrust case, won't have to break off WhatsApp, Instagram
Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A federal judge ruled Facebook parent Meta does not hold a monopoly, a win for the tech giant in the FTC's antitrust lawsuit.
Judge Boasberg dismantles FTC’s case, ruling the agency has failed to prove Meta holds a monopoly. Washington’s antitrust crusade hits concrete wall. For Big Tech, the breakup threat fades; judicial skepticism over narrow market definitions saves the giants.
Judge rules Meta doesn't have a social media monopoly
It's the latest decision against the government's push to limit the size of Big Tech.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Judge Boasberg dismantles FTC’s case, ruling the agency has failed to prove Meta holds a monopoly. Washington’s antitrust crusade hits concrete wall. For Big Tech, the breakup threat fades; judicial skepticism over narrow market definitions saves the giants.
Breaking news: A judge rejected the FTC’s effort to force Meta to divest its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, ending a five-year legal battle by dealing a blow to government efforts to rein in the power of the Silicon Valley giant.
Meta is not an illegal monopoly, judge rules
District Judge James E. Boasberg rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s argument that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Breaking news: A judge rejected the FTC’s effort to force Meta to divest its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, ending a five-year legal battle by dealing a blow to government efforts to rein in the power of the Silicon Valley giant.
one unintended consequence of the short-lived tiktok blackout:
it provided a mini case study that helped Meta defeat the FTC's anti-trust case
it provided a mini case study that helped Meta defeat the FTC's anti-trust case
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
one unintended consequence of the short-lived tiktok blackout:
it provided a mini case study that helped Meta defeat the FTC's anti-trust case
it provided a mini case study that helped Meta defeat the FTC's anti-trust case
What can happen now that the FTC's 'click-to-cancel' subscription policy is canceled. (gift link)
wapo.st/3LJCt79
wapo.st/3LJCt79
Analysis | He bought a subscription online but had to cancel by snail mail
Some people are frustrated over trying to quit Dropbox subscriptions. Why is fighting unwanted subscriptions such a pervasive problem?
wapo.st
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What can happen now that the FTC's 'click-to-cancel' subscription policy is canceled. (gift link)
wapo.st/3LJCt79
wapo.st/3LJCt79
US judge rejects FTC's bid to block private equity medical company deal reut.rs/3LSKo1O
US judge rejects FTC's bid to block private equity medical company deal
Private equity firm GTCR can move forward with its acquisition of medical device coatings maker Surmodics' , a federal judge in Chicago ruled on Monday, rejecting the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's bid to block the deal.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
US judge rejects FTC's bid to block private equity medical company deal reut.rs/3LSKo1O
One laid-off worker is trying to save the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements after his own contract left him unable to get a similar job for 18 months. “For me that’s a death sentence,” he says. From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social: trib.al/Zof2f4C
Texan Takes On Corporate Abuse as Trump’s FTC Abandons Workers - The American Prospect
Ric Davidson’s motion to defend the federal ban on noncompete clauses would force the FTC to undertake a formal process to roll it back, not just quietly suffocate it in the dead of night.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One laid-off worker is trying to save the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements after his own contract left him unable to get a similar job for 18 months. “For me that’s a death sentence,” he says. From @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social: trib.al/Zof2f4C
Fun fact: this needs to be DOJ and not the FTC because congress stripped the FTC's power to regulate the meat packing industry after the FTC released a report in 1919 that called for nationalizing parts of the industry
Trump says he’s told DOJ to investigate the meatpacking companies, which he blames for high prices.
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Fun fact: this needs to be DOJ and not the FTC because congress stripped the FTC's power to regulate the meat packing industry after the FTC released a report in 1919 that called for nationalizing parts of the industry
Last week, a unemployed Texan barred from getting a job in his field by a noncompete agreement stepped up to intervene in the federal lawsuit and defend the FTC's ban on noncompetes that Trump's FTC won't. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to Ric Davidson about his story & why he decided to fight.
Texan Takes On Corporate Abuse as Trump’s FTC Abandons Workers - The American Prospect
Ric Davidson’s motion to defend the federal ban on noncompete clauses would force the FTC to undertake a formal process to roll it back, not just quietly suffocate it in the dead of night.
prospect.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Last week, a unemployed Texan barred from getting a job in his field by a noncompete agreement stepped up to intervene in the federal lawsuit and defend the FTC's ban on noncompetes that Trump's FTC won't. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to Ric Davidson about his story & why he decided to fight.
In the first minute of this interview, Stewart asks Khan what’s the pushback like from businesses to the FTC’s regulatory actions. She replies, basically: well, monopolies don’t like our anti-monopoly regulations, so friction’s baked into the equation.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In the first minute of this interview, Stewart asks Khan what’s the pushback like from businesses to the FTC’s regulatory actions. She replies, basically: well, monopolies don’t like our anti-monopoly regulations, so friction’s baked into the equation.
we must redirect the ftc’s mission to take on amazon and its dastardly plan to increase consumer welfare by competing margins to basically nothing
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
we must redirect the ftc’s mission to take on amazon and its dastardly plan to increase consumer welfare by competing margins to basically nothing