AT&T's claim that a merger would result in substantial consumer benefits is equally unconvincing.
"Asic's submission argues that, in recent cases of substantial consumer loss, conflicts of interest held by financial advisers have often been a driver".
For the FTC to act, this requires evidence both of substantial consumer harm and that the firm did not have reasonable grounds for failing to implement certain practices.
Indeed, since the traditional consumer-voice business now accounts for just 28% of revenues, he now likes to describe BT as "a business-to-business company with a substantial consumer business" attached to it.
According to the commission, Lundbeck "may have caused substantial consumer harm" with direct payments to the generic drug makers, promises to buy the generic drug stocks for destruction and guaranteeing future profits in a distribution agreement.
Gillis: Google has the benefit of having a substantial consumer brand and a formidable marketing engine.
The residential sector is a substantial consumer of energy in every country, and therefore a focus for energy consumption efforts.
The Supreme Court should uphold the Affordable Care Act not only because it's constitutional, but because to do otherwise would whipsaw millions of America's seniors, families and small businesses by revoking substantial consumer protections and benefits.
Unlike Microsoft's 95% market share in the PC operating system market, which served as a substantial barrier to entry, Google neither dominates search to the same degree nor does the nature of search lead to a substantial consumer base that could constitute a barrier to entry.
"Losses of nutrients during fresh storage may be more substantial than consumers realize" and may not be reflected on nutrition labels.
