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The Antitrust Week in Review

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  02/12/18
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. EU regulators to examine Apple buy of UK music discovery app Shazam.  EU antitrust regulators will examine iPhone maker Apple’s acquisition of British music discovery app Shazam following a request from seven European countries.  Apple has said that Shazam, an app that lets users identify songs by...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  02/5/18
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. agencies probe Apple over slowing iPhones: Bloomberg.  The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc. violated securities laws concerning its disclosures that it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries, Bloomberg reported on...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  01/29/18
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. E.U. Fines Qualcomm $1.2 Billion Over Apple Deal.  European antitrust officials hammered Qualcomm with a $1.2 billion fine on Wednesday, saying the American chip maker, whose technology underpins much of the world’s mobile phone industry, had abused its dominant market position to squeeze out...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  01/22/18
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. FTC investigating Broadcom for antitrust practices.  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether chipmaker Broadcom Ltd. engaged in anticompetitive tactics in negotiations with customers, the company said on Wednesday.  The investigation comes as Broadcom pursues a hostile takeover of...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  01/16/18
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Live Nation Settles Suit With Ticketing Start-Up, Buying Its Assets.  Two years ago, Songkick, a ticketing start-up that operated out of a loft in Brooklyn, filed an antitrust suit against Live Nation Entertainment, the colossus of the concert business.  The David-and-Goliath suit included accusations of...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  01/8/18
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Southwest Airlines Settles Suit but Denies Colluding to Keep Ticket Prices High.  A federal judge has approved a $15 million settlement between Southwest Airlines and members of a class-action lawsuit who allege that the company, along with three other airlines, conspired to limit the number of seats...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  01/2/18
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Ramen price-fixing class action headed for U.S. trial.  A federal judge in San Francisco has refused to dismiss antitrust class action litigation accusing two big South Korean ramen producers of conspiring to fix prices in the United States, clearing the way for a trial.  U.S. District Judge William...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  12/26/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Apple Hit With $25K Per Day Fine in Qualcomm Antitrust Case.  Apple is being fined $25,000 per day for missing a court-imposed deadline to produce evidence in a government lawsuit that alleges mobile chip supplier Qualcomm has been imposing unfair licensing terms on the makers of smartphones.  The fine...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  12/18/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. AT&T vs. Disney: How the Trump Administration May View 2 Mega-Mergers.  AT&T’s proposed $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner would normally have had a good chance of passing muster with antitrust officials in Washington.  Disney’s bid to purchase 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion, on the other...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  12/11/17
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Lawsuit by Minor Leaguers. The Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit filed by minor league baseball players accusing Major League Baseball of colluding to suppress wages, leaving intact a District Court ruling that dismissed the case.  In a one-sentence announcement...
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