FTC's New Section 5 Policy Brings Small Measure Of Clarity - McDermott Will & Emery

FTC’s New Section 5 Policy Brings Small Measure Of Clarity

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Joel Chefitz said the FTC’s first-ever guidance on its power to police unfair methods of competition was important because it made clear that the agency was “importing the rule of reason test from the Sherman Act and the public policy of promoting consumer welfare,” which he called “familiar antitrust principles.”