Geoffrey Manne on FTC Reform and the Agency’s Enforcement Role
Law360
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Law360 cited ICLE’s comments coauthored by Geoffrey A. Manne, Daniel J. Gilman, and Eric Fruits in an article on the FTC’s changing structure and enforcement role. The piece examines the agency’s shift toward federal court litigation and the debate over keeping its competition and consumer protection functions together. Read the full article here.
Some observers, including at the International Center for Law & Economics, an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan global research and public policy think tank, have posited that “keeping the competition and consumer-protection enforcement functions together” fosters this balancing of interests, since the FTC commissioners are responsible for advancing both missions.[15]