The FTC was early to recognize that the ease with which online firms could collect and share consumer information would make privacy a core consumer protection issue. The FTC skillfully has used case-by-case enforcement under its section 5 authority to address privacy concerns for nearly...

Individual Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cases invariably raise broad questions about consumers, markets, and effective enforcement policy. Recent consumer protection cases raise questions about information regulation. Horizontal merger enforcement has recently focused on retrospective analysis...