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The Antitrust Week in Review

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  04/22/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.. Apple and Qualcomm Settle All Disputes Worldwide.  For the past two years, Apple and Qualcomm have dueled on three continents over the division of billions of dollars of smartphone profits and even how much consumers pay for their phones. On Tuesday, just as a trial had begun in a federal courtroom in...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  04/15/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Apple and Qualcomm’s Global Fight Heads to Court in San Diego.  Nasty legal battles are nothing new in the tech industry. But Apple’s conflict with the wireless chip maker Qualcomm, headed for a crucial court showdown this coming week, has a special intensity. The two companies, once partners of a...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  04/9/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Netflix looms large as theater owners assess industry future.  As movie theater owners converge on Las Vegas for their annual convention, one topic that keeps coming up is how they contend with a company that has resisted their traditional business model: Netflix Inc. The world’s most successful...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  04/1/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Warren, Klobuchar Agree on Breaking Up Big Ag.  Democratic presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar expressed support Saturday for strengthening antitrust laws and enforcement to break up big agriculture monopolies. "You've got these giant corporations that are making bigger and bigger...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  03/25/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. N.C.A.A. Appeals Latest Antitrust Ruling.  The N.C.A.A. said on Saturday that it was appealing a Federal District Court’s decision this month that barring athletes from being paid beyond a scholarship and related costs violated antitrust law. “We believe, and the Supreme Court has recognized, that...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  03/18/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. British Panel Calls for Stricter Antitrust Rules on Tech Giants.  The expanding power of technology companies has become a talking point in the United States presidential race, a subject of debate in India and a top focus of regulators in the European Union. Now, Britain is adding its voice to the...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  03/11/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Trump’s impeachable antitrust power grab. In a Washington Post opinion piece, Constantine Cannon’s Harry Litman comments on a report by The New Yorker of President Trump’s role in the government’s suit to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger. As Litman notes, The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer has...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  03/4/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. Justice Department will not appeal AT&T, Time Warner merger after court loss.  AT&T Inc, emerged victorious on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s drawn-out attempts to block its $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner as the U.S. Justice Department said it would not fight an appeals court...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  02/25/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. EU's Vestager says not precluding Facebook case in future.  Facebook is not currently in EU regulators’ crosshairs but it may well be in future because of the crucial role played by data, Europe’s antitrust chief said on Tuesday. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s comments came...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  02/18/19
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. German govt adviser proposes broader view of EU antitrust rules.  European Union antitrust rules could be reformed to introduce a two-stage review of mergers that would examine competition issues and then broader public interests, said the head of a German commission tasked with coming up with reforms...
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