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Former FTC chairwoman to speak at Rotary meeting FAIRFIELD — Former U.S. Federal Trades Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez will speak via Zoom at the Fairfield-Suisun Rotary Club meeting April 13. “Our club is truly honored to have a prominent national leader and expert in the area of cybersecurity and data protection address us,” Rotary Club President Joan Lovell said in a press release. The meeting is set for noon. Ramirez joined the FTC as a commissioner in April 2010 and served as ch...

The government’s lawyers saw a Google monopoly coming. Their bosses refused to sue. POLITICO 3/16/2021 © POLITICO illustration by Megan McCrink/Photos by iStock The Google Files - Mobile Federal investigators were convinced: Google’s push to take over mobile internet searches was illegal. They had the evidence and urged their bosses to sue. But those politically appointed bosses overruled them. Nearly a decade later, the Justice Department and state regulators are suing Google over th...

5 min read EMEA Margrethe Vestager isn’t wasting any time. Just months after becoming the European Union’s competition chief, the Danish politician moved beyond her predecessors’ cautious policies to confront the monsters of the digital and energy worlds – Google and Gazprom. But her ambitious battles on Eastern and Western fronts may have one clear beneficiary: Europe’s mergers and acquisitions boom. In a matter of weeks, the “Iron Woman of Denmark” picked up dossiers moldering i...

POLITICO FTC suffering a cash crunch as it prepares to battle Facebook The Federal Trade Commission has frozen pay and hiring, explored ways of shrinking its staff, and may need to bring fewer expensive cases, its executive director says in internal emails. This Jan. 28, 2015, file photo shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. | Alex Brandon, File/AP Link Copied The agency that just launched a landmark antitrust suit to break up Facebook is so strapped for cash that its leade...

0 computer code that could download 70,000 records in four minutes over the internet no hacking required. we will see kennedy and other experts today on the hill. as far as healthcare policy is concerned the hill newspaper is now reporting that 50 more regulations tied to healthcare are on the way in the next year. keep your eyes open in the next few days for new celebrity ads. magic johnson report recorded a spot talking about the importance of insurance for athletes and encouraging people to e...

Children were racking up a huge bill on their parents dime without their parents even knowing. >> you know, its interesting, because a lot of times, you know, parents will give their phones, you know, for kids to play with, just to keep them occupied or busy, have no idea theyre hitting buttons and potentially buying things. i understand there were tens of thousands of complaints that led to this settlement, and that you had kids who were spending anywhere from like 99-cent apps to $99, right? >...

0 scene, having to determine at the moment, make a legal determination, was this man immune. >> all right. well, listen, i have to leave it there. i think were going to be talking a lot more about this as it works its way through the court. danny, joey, thank you both. appreciate your insight, as always. and thank you all. its been great having you here in los angeles. im back live in new york tomorrow. but right now "around the world" starts. starts. stay with us. -- captions by vitac -- www....