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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.

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...

The Antitrust Week In Review

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...

The Antitrust Week In Review

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...

Constantine Cannon Names New Partner

Constantine Cannon LLP is pleased to announce that Daniel Vitelli has been named partner at the firm.  Click here to read more.

The Antitrust Week In Review

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....

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. 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...

Universities May Incur Antitrust Liability Acting Jointly in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced virtually every company and institution engaged in commercial transactions to re-evaluate and drastically alter its business practices.  While they are wise to do so, they would also be wise to remember that their susceptibility to the commercial effects of the pandemic offers no immunity from antitrust enforcement where companies have entered into...

The Antitrust Week In Review

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...

The Antitrust Week In Review

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...

Antitrust Enforcers Confront Coronavirus by Easing Up on Competitors While Cracking Down on Price Gougers

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing antitrust enforcers around the globe to adjust their competition policies to protect their constituents from both the virus and the unscrupulous. In an antitrust variant of the Hippocratic Oath, antitrust enforcers are first easing up on competition law to ensure that enforcement does not hinder life-saving efforts at cooperation by competitors.  For example, last week in the...