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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  02/11/19
								

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

House panel passes bill targeting OPEC oil supply cuts. A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved a bill on Thursday that would open up the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to antitrust lawsuits, but it was uncertain if the measure would be considered by the full chamber. A U.S....				 
				 					 

						
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Posted  02/4/19
								

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

Democratic lawmaker re-introduces bills to strengthen antitrust.  Senator Amy Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel, said on Friday that she had re-introduced two bills aimed at strengthening enforcement of U.S. antitrust law. One of the bills would adjust fees...				 
				 					 

						
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Posted  01/28/19
								

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

E.U. Fines Mastercard $650 Million Over Fees Merchants Were Forced to Pay.  The European Commission has fined Mastercard 571 million euros, or around $650 million, for breaching antitrust rules by raising payment-processing fees artificially, leading to higher prices for retailers and consumers. The...				 
				 					 

						
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Posted  01/22/19
								

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

F.T.C. Is Said to Be Considering Large Facebook Fines.  The Federal Trade Commission is in the advanced stages of its investigation into whether Facebook violated privacy rules and is expected to seek large fines from the company, according to two people familiar with the inquiry.  The five members of...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  01/14/19
								

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

HSBC to pay $30 million to settle bond rigging lawsuit in U.S.  HSBC Holdings Plc has agreed to pay $30 million to settle litigation by investors who accused 11 big banks of rigging the roughly $9 trillion government agency bond market from 2009 to 2015. The settlement with the British bank was made...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  01/7/19
								

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

Qualcomm kicks off crucial fight with U.S. antitrust regulator. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case accusing Qualcomm Inc. of abusing a monopoly on mobile chip technology kicked off in a California courtroom on Friday in a trial whose outcome could have a major impact on the smartphone...				 
				 					 

						
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Posted  12/17/18
								

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

CVS defends settlement that allowed Aetna merger as judge assesses.  CVS Health Corp. defended on Friday an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department which allowed it to purchase health insurer Aetna for $69 billion, a settlement that a federal judge is still assessing. The Justice Department approved...				 
				 					 

						
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Posted  12/10/18
								

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

U.S. appeals court hears arguments on stopping AT&T purchase of Time-Warner.  A three-judge appeals court panel on Thursday questioned the U.S. Justice Department’s challenge to a lower court’s approval of AT&T Inc.’s $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner. “Where is the clear error?” U.S....				 
				 					 

						
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Posted  12/3/18
								

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

U.S. top court leans towards allowing Apple App Store antitrust suit.  U.S. Supreme Court justices appear open to letting a lawsuit proceed against Apple Inc. that accused it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and causing consumers to overpay. ...				 
				 					 

						
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Posted  11/26/18
								

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

EU Opens Antitrust Investigation of Air Ticket Distributors.  European Union regulators have launched an investigation into flight ticket distribution services on concerns that their agreements with airlines might result in more expensive plane tickets. The EU's executive Commission said Friday that it...				 
				 				
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