With skyrocketing drug prices and ongoing anticompetitive conduct in the pharma industry, we need to revamp our approach to pharma mergers. Today the @FTC announced a joint project with our counterparts across the country and the globe to do just that. ftc.gov/news-events/pr… The @FTC's longstanding practice in pharma mergers tends to address one important competitive angle: overlaps in products and pipeline products between the merging parties. But I have long been concerned that this approach does not capture all the effects of these deals.

ICYMI, the @FTC proposed a settlement addressing allegations that @zoom_us undermined the #security and #privacy of its users. I dissented because the settlement failed to recognize and solve for the privacy implications of the security failures at issue. ftc.gov/public-stateme… Too often we treat data security and privacy as distinct concerns that can be separately
preserved. In reality, protecting a consumer’s privacy and providing strong data security are
closely intertwined, and when we solve only for one we fail to secure either.

America's workers are under siege on many fronts; they need the protection of our labor laws more than ever, but the Trump admin is pushing through an 11th hour rule that will make things worse not better. I urged them to stop. ftc.gov/public-stateme… Some more detail on the rule can be found in this @EricLiptonNYT story: nytimes.com/2020/10/16/us/…

I’ve spent the summer mostly offline w/ my newborn, but I’ve still been immersed in & moved by the momentous challenges our country has been confronting. So, as I come back online, I want to share some thoughts & questions about the @FTC’s role & how we can be #antiracist. 1/14 I’ve advocated for stronger #enforcement of our #ConsumerProtection laws to address racial inequities affecting Black communities— some examples include predatory lending and sales practices; 2/14 ftc.gov/public-stateme…

Today the @FTC announced its settlement with @facebook. I voted no, as did @chopraftc. The majority explained its decision in a statement, and we both wrote dissents - all long, but worth reading (as is the order itself). Links below. First, a more concise version of my views. I voted no b/c I do not believe either the money or the injunctive relief will ensure accountability or that @facebook changes how it treats user data. And the release of liability is not justified.

It was a good day for consumers and for antitrust law in the Supreme Court (a sentence I can say all too rarely). Below is a brief thread of some of my favorite lines from the decision in Apple v. Pepper. supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf… (but first, a reminder that I wrote about how this outcome was the correct and logical way to resolve this case back in December.) nytimes.com/2018/12/12/opi…

As promised, here’s the long version of my perspective on @mattstoller’s thought provoking commentary on Speedway. 1/

https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1032996351800496128

First - our enforcement does not happen in a vacuum, nor do we have a universe of perfect choices. There was no dispute that Speedway screwed up its compliance with the original order, and that was unacceptable. 2/