by Jennifer Hill | May 14, 2026
Following appeal arguments concerning an August 2025 ruling from D.C. District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, the FTC has settled litigation with the left-wing watchdog journalism organization, Media Matters for America.[1] Our post on Judge Sooknanan’s August 2025 order...
by Christine Stackhouse | Apr 20, 2026
On March 20, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that deceptive advertising actions brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in an administrative proceeding are unconstitutional.[1] In Intuit, Inc. v. FTC (No. 24-60040), the Fifth Circuit...
by Christine Stackhouse | Apr 20, 2026
Last week the Department of Justice announced that IBM agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by engaging in illegal race- and ethnicity-based discrimination through DEI practices in connection with federal...
by Christine Stackhouse | Apr 10, 2026
Any foreign company looking to enter the U.S. market must consider the U.S. patent landscape for its products and services, both to avoid costly infringement battles and to maximize the value of its own intellectual property. Part I of this series discussed the...
by Christine Stackhouse | Mar 31, 2026
A recent case commenced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) challenging a merger directly in federal court has contradicted longstanding expectations regarding the agency’s merger enforcement process. The FTC has generally used Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade...
