So much cake: The Tipline for 6 August 2018

There might be some leftover sweets at the Federal Trade Commission this week. Following Commissioner Noah Phillips’s birthday on Friday, his colleague Rebecca Kelly Slaughter turns 37 today. Our treats for you take the form of a close look at how the Department of Justice’s review of the Paramount decrees could affect the film business; more witness testimony from the FTC’s administrative law court as the agency looks to block the Ottobock/Freedom Innovations merger; and Shire ViroPharma pushing back against the FTC’s bid to overturn a lower court ruling.