FTC

Some companies with ongoing legal and regulatory disputes with federal agencies have an incentive to wait for the new, likely more business-friendly, administration to come into power.

In this week's newsletter, we’re looking at how states are reviving lawsuits to block mail-order abortion pills, the FTC's new rule that promised to curtail fake consumer reviews, and we do the numbers on down payment assistance programs.

Firms that sell subscriptions can count on significant revenue boosts from consumer spaciness. It helps if customers have to jump through hoops once they realize they’re shelling out for a product they don’t need. 

The Federal Trade Commission just announced that the agency would investigate whether companies are inflating grocery prices.

The Federal Trade Commission wants to know how firms are using surveillance pricing as ever more data on consumers is collected.

The Federal Trade Commission says companies like CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx are artificially driving up prices for medications.

With pharmaceutical mergers more common, the FTC is taking a hard look at pharmacy benefit managers and antitrust concerns.

A Senate committee and two federal agencies are taking closer looks at how private equity’s ownership of hospitals and physician staffing companies is affecting health care.

Posing as a bank or other trusted institution to cheat the public will be outlawed and the agency will get new tools to go after scammers.

One area particularly hard hit by these extra charges: apartment rent. And the fees aren't always disclosed before tenants sign the lease.