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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  03/17/20
								

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

France Fines Apple $1.2 Billion for Antitrust Issues.  France’s antitrust regulator on Monday fined Apple 1.1 billion euros, or $1.2 billion, putting more pressure on the company as it grapples with the coronavirus outbreak that has threatened its supply chains and closed its retail stores. France’s...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  03/9/20
								

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

Novartis unit Sandoz agrees to pay $195 million to resolve antitrust charges.  Novartis’ generic drugs unit Sandoz has agreed to pay $195 million to reach a deferred prosecution agreement aimed at resolving antitrust charges, the Justice Department said. The company was charged with rigging bids and...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  03/2/20
								

				 
								 				United Technologies, Raytheon offer EU concessions over $120 billion merger deal.  United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Co. (RTN.N) have offered concessions to address EU antitrust concerns about their plan to create a $120 billion U.S. aerospace and defense giant, a filing on the European Commission website showed on Monday. The companies submitted their concessions on Friday. The European Commission, which did...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  02/24/20
								

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

Trump Administration Sees No Threat to Economy From Monopolies.  President Trump and his economic team see “no need to hastily rewrite the federal government’s antitrust rules,” drawing a battle line with leading Democratic presidential candidates on an issue that has increasingly drawn the...				 
				 					 

						
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FTC Challenge Pushes Schick Deal to Acquire Harry’s Off The Razor’s Edge

				
Posted  02/21/20
										

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								 				Edgewell Personal Care Co., the parent company of Schick, has abandoned its plans to purchase Harry’s Razors just days after the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint to block the merger earlier this month.

In May 2019, Edgewell entered into an agreement to purchase Harry’s Inc., a start-up shaving company, for approximately $1.37 billion in stock and cash. The two companies compete in the “wet shave”...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  02/17/20
								

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


FTC antitrust victory on Qualcomm questioned by appeals court.  The U.S. government’s antitrust victory over chip supplier Qualcomm Inc. drew tough questions for the Federal Trade Commission from a panel of three appellate judges in San Francisco on Thursday. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard...
				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  02/10/20
								

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

Administration Ends Antitrust Probe of 4 Automakers, Calif.  The Trump administration has ended its antitrust probe into a deal between California and four of the world's biggest automakers, after failing to find that the companies' conduct violated the law. The Justice Department's investigation, which...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  02/3/20
								

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

Martin Shkreli Faces New Accusations Over High-Priced Drug.  Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive serving a seven-year prison sentence for defrauding investors, was accused on Monday of trying to maintain a monopoly over the lifesaving drug Daraprim through anticompetitive tactics. The...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  01/27/20
								

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

EU plans more protectionist antitrust rules, data sharing in policy shake-up.  The EU plans to adopt more protectionist antitrust rules and encourage businesses to share data as part of an industrial policy overhaul aimed at giving European companies a sharper edge in global markets, a strategy document...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  01/21/20
								

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

Facebook sued in U.S. federal court for alleged anticompetitive conduct.  Four companies sued Facebook Inc. in U.S. federal court on Thursday for alleged anticompetitive conduct, saying the social network inappropriately revoked developer access to its platform in order to harm prospective competitors....				 
				 					 

						
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