And they will continue to do so as long as corporate america is as lawless as it is. The FTC can't enforce the rules on everyone at the same time, so they have to choose their targets. And why should businesses play by the rules if in another 8 years at the most the FTC will be gutted again and the spectre ofenforcement disappears?
The only way for this to change is if the corporations start skirting on the right side of the law, and they won't do that voluntarily unless the risk is sufficiently high (see e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley). Don't blame the FTC, blame the purposeful undermining by alternating administrations.
The only way for this to change is if the corporations start skirting on the right side of the law, and they won't do that voluntarily unless the risk is sufficiently high (see e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley). Don't blame the FTC, blame the purposeful undermining by alternating administrations.