FTC at a Crossroads: Addressing Process Gaps and Shaping Policy for Tomorrow
Plus antitrust, free speech, and more…
FTC: In City Journal, Corbin discussed Lina Khan’s inability to advance her aggressive antitrust agenda. Despite ambitious goals to challenge “Big Tech” and dismantle the consumer-welfare standard, Khan's lack of strategy and disregard for norms resulted in few lasting successes. The essay was also featured in this week’s GWU Regulation Digest.
At today’s FTC open meeting, Berin outlined what the current FTC Commissioners could do to avoid the FTC from being politicized even further—and, perhaps, at least delay the “nuclear option” by which President Trump might simply fire all Democratic Commissioners.
AI: At the same meeting, Andy recommended that the Commission issue a policy statement to summarize the Commission’s recent enforcement actions related to artificial intelligence and define “unfair” and “deceptive” AI business practices.
Free Speech: Santana was a guest on the Moving Forward with Young Voices podcast to discuss her recent essay for Free the People. She highlighted how the movement to ban pornography violates the First Amendment while posing significant privacy risks through age verification laws.
Antitrust: Bilal moderated a panel at the Global Antitrust Economics Conference on the potential direction of antitrust enforcement following the election.
Space Law: Next Tuesday, November 17, Jim will participate in a CLE webinar (fee required) hosted by the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA). He will analyze how the Loper Bright ruling will impact the current regulatory framework for commercial outer space operators, as well as the future legislation needs of the space industry.
What will happen next?