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Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Uber customer claims company won price-fixing suit because arbitrator was scared. An Uber customer on Friday asked a Manhattan federal judge to overturn an arbitration win for the company in a price-fixing case, arguing that the arbitrator only ruled in Uber’s favor because he was scared. Spencer Meyer...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Facebook is quietly helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group to battle Washington. Facebook is working behind the scenes to help launch a new political advocacy group that would combat U.S. lawmakers and regulators trying to rein in the tech industry, escalating Silicon Valley’s war with...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
11 Attorneys General Seek Probe Into Meatpacking Industry. The attorneys general for 11 Midwestern states urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to pursue a federal investigation into market concentration and potential price fixing by meatpackers in the cattle industry during the coronavirus pandemic. In...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Warren, Ocasio-Cortez want to stop many company mergers during coronavirus pandemic. Two of the most popular Democrats, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said on Tuesday they would introduce legislation to stop many mergers while the United States struggles economically...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Key U.S. lawmaker pushes for a ban on mergers until coronavirus pandemic ends. The chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel on Thursday called for a moratorium on mergers in the next coronavirus stimulus package and a ban on deals that are not directly related to companies about to fail....
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
U.S. regulators warn companies against collusion to limit essential workers' wages. The two U.S. antitrust enforcers said that they would be keeping a sharp eye on companies to ensure that they do not seek to exploit nurses, doctors, store clerks and others working despite the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Generic drugmakers win EU okay to cooperate in coronavirus fight. Generic drugmakers will be allowed to cooperate to supply hospital medicines for COVID-19 patients without fear of breaching the bloc’s competition rules, EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday. The step is the latest loosening of the...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Explainer: Antitrust law won't get in the way of U.S. acting to raise oil prices. It is illegal for oil producers to meet to discuss pushing up oil prices under U.S. antitrust law, but perfectly legal if state regulators or the federal government set lower production levels for them, U.S. antitrust...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
U.S. antitrust agencies pledge quick action for anti-COVID-19 efforts. The two U.S. federal antitrust enforcers said on Tuesday that they would move quickly to approve collaborations that businesses, including hospital systems, put together to address rapidly growing public health concerns raised by the...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
EU regulators ask companies to delay merger filings over coronavirus disruption. European Union regulators have asked companies seeking to complete their desired mergers to delay submitting antitrust filings due to the coronavirus outbreak. That could affect the timelines of agreed deals. Among the...