Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
U.S. antitrust enforcer says merger wave means slower vetting. A huge increase in the number of mergers coming before the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for antitrust reviews is limiting its ability to investigate deals in a timely fashion, the FTC said on Tuesday. The agency, which works with the Justice...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
New York, other states to fight dismissal of antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. New York and other U.S. states filed a notice on Wednesday saying they will fight the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit that they launched against Facebook Inc in an appeals court. In June, a U.S. judge dismissed federal and...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
The F.T.C. votes to use its leverage to make it easier for consumers to repair their phones. The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to push harder for the right of consumers to repair devices like smartphones, home appliances, cars and even farm equipment, arguing that large...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Analysis: Dealmakers see M&A rush, then chills, in Biden's antitrust crackdown. Dealmakers expect a new wave of transformative U.S. mergers and acquisitions (M&A), as companies rush to complete deals before President Joe Biden's antitrust push takes shape, to be followed by a slowdown when regulators...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Biden's executive order to promote competition in the U.S. economy includes over 70 initiatives. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order that includes 72 initiatives he wants over a dozen agencies to undertake to promote competition throughout the U.S. economy, according to a fact sheet released...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Exclusive: White House order pushes antitrust enforcement throughout U.S. economy. The White House is working on an antitrust executive order that aims to push government agencies to consider how their decisions will impact competition in an industry, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Antitrust Overhaul Passes Its First Tests. Now, the Hard Parts. Six bills that could reshape the tech industry passed an important hurdle in the House. But the outcomes of the votes, and the debates before they took place, also showed divisions among lawmakers — and underscored why final passage of the...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
The Justice Department sues to block a major insurance brokers’ merger. The Department of Justice filed a civil suit on Wednesday to block the proposed merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson, arguing that combining two of the Big Three insurance brokers would create an anticompetitive “behemoth.”...