The Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo, Inc., alleging the company engaged in illegal price discrimination by giving an unnamed "large, big box" retailer unfair pricing advantages, while raising prices for others.
Outgoing agency Chair Lina Khan has filed a raft of measures during her last week in office.
The agency filed suit against Deere over its software repair tool, only available to authorized repair shops, which has led to higher repair costs for users.
The ruling, which went into effect this week, requires businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up for it in the first place
The commission alleges that the retailer, whose name was redacted in the statement from commissioners, received “unfair pricing advantages” that were not made available to others.
The FTC is suing PepsiCo for allegedly rigging the market by offering “unfair pricing advantages” that can contribute to inflation.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit accusing property management company Greystar of swindling renters across the country out of at least $100 million using hidden fees.
Major retailers can tailor prices based on customer data including location, demographics or shopping history, the US Federal Trade Commission said in initial study findings, raising concerns about the use of what they termed “surveillance pricing.
After years of complaints about “unlawful” repairability policies, the FTC is suing tractor manufacturer Deere & Company. Repairability advocates are calling it a milestone for consumer rights.
Antitrust regulators have reached a deal with Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe that doesn’t penalize the private equity firm for rolling up the market for anesthesia services in Texas, but tries to prevent it from happening again.
In a rare move, the FTC issued a statement that revealed it referred a complaint against Snap to the DOJ, alleging an AI-powered chatbot is harmful to users.