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FTC Chair Testifies Before Congress Regarding Commission’s Role in Protecting Consumers and Competition On May 24, 2016, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez testified before the U.S. [read post]
17 May 2016, 3:01 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
The FTC noted that the biggest contributor to that spike was tax refund fraud with FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez calling tax refund fraud “the largest and fastest growing ID theft category” tracked by the agency. [read post]
6 May 2016, 8:10 am by Phyllis H. Marcus and Emma Lewis
In a statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision not to grant review, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said, “I am pleased that the POM Wonderful case has been brought to a successful conclusion. [read post]
Most recently, on March 31, 2016, FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez made remarks at an American Bar Association IoT Conference in Washington, D.C. suggesting that companies need to take steps to deal with the “significantly magnified” risks posed by the rapidly evolving IoT industry. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 6:12 pm by Margot Patterson
On March 24, CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais and US FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez signed a Memorandum of Understanding addressing these threats:  the MOU between the US Federal Trade Commission and the CRTC on mutual assistance in the Enforcement of Laws on commercial email and telemarketing. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 1:52 pm by Stewart Baker
Imagine Edith Ramirez as The Hulk: “LabMD bad! [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 8:58 am by HL Chronicle of Data Protection
 As FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez commented in announcing Commissioner Brill’s departure: “Commissioner Brill has been an unwavering advocate for consumers and competition during her six-year tenure at the Federal Trade Commission. [read post]
11 Mar 2016, 8:15 am by D Daniel Sokol
Department of Justice Washington , DC Download Testimony The Honorable Edith Ramirez Chairwoman Federal Trade Commission Washington , DC Download Testimony [read post]
25 Feb 2016, 9:47 am by HL Chronicle of Data Protection
FTC Regulation: Privacy and Security During her fireside chat with Georgetown University Law professor Paul Ohm, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez stated that data security is “one of the most significant challenges” society faces. [read post]
FTC Provides New Guidance Regarding Native Advertisements FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez noted at the FTC’s 2013 native advertising workshop that the practice of disguising ads as editorial content is not a new phenomenon. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 1:25 pm by Jason C. Gavejian
  Edith Ramirez, FTC Chairwoman, echoed Pritzker’s statement saying, “[w]e are pleased that U.S. and European Commission officials have reached an agreement in principle which, once finalized, will allow for the continuation of an important mechanism for transatlantic data transfers. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 4:11 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“Big data’s role is growing in nearly every area of business, affecting millions of consumers in concrete ways,” said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 7:56 am by Joy Waltemath
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA); Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission; Gene Sperling, President of Sperling Economic Strategies; and Krueger, who is the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. [read post]
9 Dec 2015, 12:38 pm by Alan L. Friel and Daniel Goldberg
The FTC Workshop The FTC workshop was an information-gathering exercise carried out by the FTC that involved participation from various panelists, FTC staff, and Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 4:13 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
“The Commission has reason to believe that the proposed merger between Staples and Office Depot is likely to eliminate beneficial competition that large companies rely on to reduce the costs of office supplies,” said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. [read post]
1 Dec 2015, 10:03 am by Julie O'Neill and Adam Fleisher
At the FTC workshop, panelists, FTC staff and FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez all expressed concern that cross-device tracking is inherently different from tracking users on a single device. [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 7:01 pm by James Denvil
  FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioners Julie Brill and Terrell McSweeny argued that the false representation was deceptive because express statements are presumed to be material. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 12:49 pm by nick
The proposed “Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015” or “SMARTER Act” is “unnecessary” and risks “undermining the beneficial role the Commission plays in merger enforcement,” FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez told Senate lawmakers on October 7. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
” While acknowledging the importance of regulations that protect consumers and promote public interest objectives, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez cautioned regulatory boards and policymakers against imposing regulations that would “chill pro-consumer innovation” by preventing Uber, Lfyt, and other ridesharing services from competing against traditional taxicabs. [read post]