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The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

U.S. lawmakers discuss antitrust exemption for media.  Lawmakers heard testimony on Friday over whether a bill aimed at helping news outlets negotiate with tech platforms was an appropriate way to help the struggling industry, including discussion of whether it should be restricted to smaller news...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

Biden adds Big Tech critic Tim Wu to his economic staff.  President Joe Biden on Friday rounded out his White House staff with a top adviser who has advocated for breaking up Big Tech companies along with a host of new appointments focused on COVID-19, criminal justice and the U.S. economy. The White House...

The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: A First Step in the Right Direction

Congress has become active in revitalizing antitrust enforcement in recent months, from repealing antitrust immunity for health and dental insurers to considering legislation to beef up antitrust enforcement. This renewed interest in antitrust enforcement led Congress on December 8, 2020, to pass the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2019 (the “Act”), which is the first federal statute to afford...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

What Happens When a Publisher Becomes a Megapublisher?  When Penguin Random House said last year that it planned to buy Simon & Schuster for more than $2 billion, the entire publishing industry snapped to attention. The merger of two of the largest publishers in the United States — Penguin Random House...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

Exclusive: Facebook and Google could lose bargaining power under upcoming U.S. bill to help news outlets.  Bipartisan members of Congress plan to introduce a bill in coming weeks to make it easier for smaller news organizations to negotiate with Big Tech platforms, said Rep. Ken Buck, the top Republican on...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

Exclusive: EU's Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally amid privacy dispute.  Europe’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple Inc to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform amid the iPhone maker’s privacy changes that have drawn charges of anti-competitive practices from...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

U.S. antitrust agencies temporarily suspend practice of early terminations.  The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, which determine if mergers are legal, will temporarily suspend the practice of granting early terminations for mergers, the agency said Thursday. With...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

Facebook Said to Consider Suing Apple Over App Store Practices.  Facebook has considered filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, two people familiar with the deliberations said, a move that could escalate tensions between two of the world’s most powerful technology companies. Facebook executives...

Health and Dental Insurers Lose Long-Standing Antitrust Immunity with Passage of the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act

This past year has been very eventful for antitrust. While most of the focus has been on Big Tech, such as the recent lawsuits against Facebook, other developments also deserve attention. One such development is the end of antitrust immunity for health and dental insurers under the recent amendment to the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1011-1015. The McCarran-Ferguson Act, in part, provided an...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

U.S. FTC names Rebecca Slaughter acting chair of the agency.  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that Rebecca Kelly Slaughter had been designated the acting chair of the agency. The outgoing chairman, Joseph Simons, said on Tuesday that he would resign effective Jan. 29, along with members...