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US FTC’s top competition official says agency will make aggressive use of Section 5 powers

By Claude Marx ( April 8, 2022, 16:57 GMT | Insight) -- The US Federal Trade Commission plans to use its authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act to pursue anticompetitive labor practices and cases limiting consumer choice in product repairs, Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova said today.The US Federal Trade Commission plans to use its authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act to go after anticompetitive labor practices and cases limiting consumer choice in product repairs, Bureau of Competition Director Holly Vedova said today.“The case law and precedent are really strong, and the FTC should use it,’’ she said at a Washington, DC, conference.*She noted non-competes prevent millions of people from working for rival companies and obtaining better wages and working conditions.She said the agency sees as its mandate to use its Section 5 authority to fill in gaps in other aspects of the law.Section 5 prohibits ''unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.''...

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