FTC Acting Chairwoman Slaughter Announces New Rulemaking Group

FTC will reinvigorate rulemaking authority to level the playing field for consumers and businesses New group in Office of the General Counsel will help build Commissions rulemaking capacity and agenda for unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition

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https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/03/ftc-acting-chairwoman-slaughter-announces-new-rulemaking-group

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

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Law, Corporate crime, Federal Trade Commission, United States administrative law, Rulemaking, Articles, Justice, Franchise Rule

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FTC will reinvigorate rulemaking authority to level the playing field for consumers and businesses New group in Office of the General Counsel will help build Commissions rulemaking capacity and agenda for unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition
Today Acting Federal Trade CommissionChairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter announced the creation of a new rulemaking group within the FTCs Office of the General Counsel.
The new structure will allow the FTC to take a strategic and harmonized approach to rulemaking across its different authorities and mission areas.
With this new group in place, the FTC is poised to strengthen existing rules and to undertake new rulemakings to prohibit unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition.
Our rulemaking power under section 18 has gotten a bad reputation for being too hard to use, but longstanding FTC rules, such as the Funeral Rule and the Eyeglass Rule, have provided significant benefits to consumers, said Acting Chairwoman Slaughter.