Regulation and Deregulation of Industry – Page 120

Banks Fined $549 Million Over Use of WhatsApp and Other Messaging Apps

The penalties add to nearly $2 billion in record-keeping fines last year for the improper policing of employee communications on private messaging services.

By Matthew Goldstein

Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues Computers and the Internet Corporations E-Commerce Federal Trade Commission Khan, Lina Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Suits and Litigation (Civil)

Amazon to Meet Regulators as U.S. Considers Possible Antitrust Suit

Amazon’s meetings with the Federal Trade Commission, known as “last rites” meetings, are typically a final step before the agency votes on filing a lawsuit.

By David McCabe

Consumer Product Safety Commission Consumer Protection Deaths (Obituaries) Recalls and Bans of Products Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Richard O. Simpson

Richard O. Simpson, First U.S. Product Safety Czar, Dies at 93

As Nixon’s choice to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, he protected the public from buying 25 million risky goods.

By Sam Roberts

Biden, Joseph R Jr Electric Light Bulbs Energy Department Energy Efficiency Light-Emitting Diodes Lighting Natural Gas Ovens and Stoves Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Republican Party Shopping and Retail Trump, Donald J United States Politics and Government

Incandescent Bulb Ban Renews a Squabble Over the American Home

A ban on most kinds of traditional bulbs renews a cultural squabble between regulatory efforts to curb energy consumption and the very American impulse to do whatever one wants in one’s domicile.

By Katie Rogers

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