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    These 2 Companies Control 90% of a Critical Market. Now Congress Wants Answers.
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two private companies currently dominate more than 90% of the proxy advisory market, controlling significant influence over corporate America, and Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, is demanding answers.  In a letter obtained by the Daily Signal to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Andrew N. Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Jackson points to specific examples of…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    How FTC v. Walmart Has Become Walmart v. Fourth Branch of Government
    It looks like Walmart and the administrative state are going to court. The case has the potential, however, to affect not only Walmart, but also the entire federal bureaucracy.  The Federal Trade Commission has sued the retail giant, seeking civil penalties in what Walmart is calling “an egregious instance of agency overreach” undertaken in spite…
    Joseph Postell
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    Biden’s Pick for FTC Commissioner Called ICE ‘Out-of-Control Domestic Surveillance’
    President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill the empty seat on the Federal Trade Commission has a history of opposing immigration authorities’ use of data to enforce the law. Alvaro Bedoya, a Georgetown Law professor and privacy advocate who is scheduled to have his committee nomination hearing Wednesday, is a staunch proponent of limiting the ability of immigration…
    Ailan Evans
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