Media Matters Sues To Defend the First Amendment. Omnicom Group and the Interpublic Group of Companies accepted the Federal Trade Commission's anti-boycott proviso to complete their merger.

The FTC's proposed consent order to the merger of the two advertising holding companies prohibits Omnicom and IPG from "entering into or maintaining any agreement or practice that would steer ...

Media Matters sues FTC over ‘retaliatory’ probe into X advertiser exodus reports Media Matters argues that the FTC probe is the latest example of the Trump administration targeting those it deems ...

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission has voted to dismiss a lawsuit against PepsiCo that the previous commission filed in the waning days of the Biden administration. The lawsuit ...

In contrast to the above, the FTC recently dismissed its lawsuit against PepsiCo, which alleged that PepsiCo provided preferential pricing to Walmart in violation of the Act. 12 The case, filed on ...

Instead, Media Matters argues, it is the FTC itself that is violating the law by investigating it for First Amendment-protected speech. The post Advertising Companies Cave to the FTC.