Tag: Antitrust
HomeToGo Files Antitrust Complaint Against Google In Germany
Vacation rental search engine HomeToGo, like other local travel startups including experienced booking platform GetYourGuide, has filed an antitrust complaint against Google, accusing it...
Democrats Are the Hipsters of Antitrust
By Joshua Brustein, Bloomberg
Hey it’s Josh.The main work of the Democratic Party's virtual convention is to officially choose its presidential nominee, but another part of...
India Throws Out Antitrust Complaint Against WhatsApp
India's antitrust watchdog has dismissed a case against Facebook's WhatsApp, ruling that the company has not abused its dominant position to expand into the...
Humana’s Antitrust Claims Over Acthar Can Advance
Insurer Humana can advance antitrust claims over Mallinckrodt’s decision to spike the price of Acthar, which treats infantile spasms and multiple sclerosis, by a...
Unifying Antitrust Enforcement for the Digital Age
By John O. McGinnis (Northwestern University)& Linda Sun
As the digital revolution continues to transform competition among businesses, U.S. antitrust enforcement has struggled to remain...
FTC Says “Pharma Bro” Orchestrated Antitrust Scheme From Jail
Convicted “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli carried out an anticompetitive scheme to raise the price of a life-saving drug from jail and those phone conversations...
CenturyLink Settles Antitrust Case With DOJ
CenturyLink agreed to settle allegations that it violated the court-ordered final judgment designed to prevent anticompetitive effects arising from its acquisition of Level 3...
Competition Policy Retrospective: the Formation of the United Launch Alliance and...
By William E. Kovacic (George Washington University)
In May 2005, Boeing and Lockheed Martin announced plans to form the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture...
Klobuchar, Cicilline To Conduct Antitrust Fundraiser For Biden
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Democrat - Minnesota) and Rep. David Cicilline(Democrat - Rhode Island), two of the most outspoken Democrats on antitrust issues, are set...
A Defeat for Antitrust Adventurism
Terrific news. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, in a 3-0 ruling, smacked down government lawyers who sought to hang Qualcomm for...