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40+ States Could Join Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook

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Facebook could soon be staring down a lawsuit as the Federal Trade Commission and numerous states attorneys general finish up one or more antitrust cases against the social media giant, Reuters reports.

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DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook No Slam Dunk

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Facebook bought Instagram, the photo- and video-sharing social networking service, in 2012 for $1 billion and WhatsApp, the cross-platform messaging service, in 2014 for $19 billion. The document was prepared by Facebook staff based on work it commissioned from lawyers at Sidley Austin, a Chicago-based law firm, and reviewed by WSJ.

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FTC, 48 States Launch Massive Antitrust Suit On Facebook

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 48 states launched a massive antitrust lawsuit on Facebook Wednesday (Dec. The FTC is seeking an injunction in federal court that could require divestitures of assets, including Instagram and WhatsApp.

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FTC Calls For Tighter Small Biz Lending Scrutiny

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is eyeing tighter scrutiny of small business lending practices as Commissioner Rohit Chopra calls on the regulator to combat predatory SMB loan contracts, reports in Bloomberg said on Wednesday (May 8). Chopra spoke at an agency forum in Washington, D.C.,

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First Data And Exec To Pay $40M To Settle FTC Fraud Case

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million to settle allegations that they laundered credit card transactions for scams targeting hundreds of thousands of consumers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tuesday (May 19). Payments processing giant First Data Merchant Services and one of its executives will pay $40.3

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NY At Key Point In SMB Borrower Protection Fight

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The legislative proposal would limit lenders’ ability to include confessions of judgment to out-of-state debtors in their contracts, a controversial legal instrument that requires borrowers to agree to bypass traditional court proceedings and accept liability to damages. “These guys are ruthless and relentless.”

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Deep Dive: GDRP And The EU’s New Rules Of Data Handling

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That effort kicked off in 2012, when the European Commission first began taking steps to advance data protections in the EU. Four years later, the Commission has reached an agreement on which rules to include in reforms and also how they will be enforced. The Need for Greater GDPR Compliance.

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