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.

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.

In May, the FTC withdrew the lawsuit against PepsiCo, a global company with 319,000 employees and a market capitalization of $177.5 billion, ending its most substantial and potentially impactful ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last month, the FTC opened an investigation into the nonprofit watchdog group to determine whether it worked with advertisers to carry out a boycott of X. The Elon Musk-owned platform sued Media ...

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 ...