Tag: Antitrust
US: Google is handing over data solicited by Texas antitrust investigators
Texas officials managing a sprawling investigation of the advertising practices at Alphabet Google have begun receiving data from the search and advertising giant, reported...
US: More States join AG Facebook investigation led by NY
The Facebook probeannounced by attorneys general in September now has 40 states signed on to investigate allegations of the social media giant’s anti-competitive practices,...
US: Haug Partners welcomes new antitrust attorney
Haug Partners LLP would like to welcome our newest antitrust attorney Ralph E. Labaton to the firm.
Ralph focuses on antitrust litigation and other complex...
US: Ex-FTC Chief Trial Counsel joins Hogan Lovells antitrust team
Hogan Lovells announced that former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chief Trial Counsel Charles “Chuck” Loughlin has joined the firm’s Washington DC office as a...
US: Simpson Thacher names Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice chairs
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett announced that Peter Guryan, Sara Razi, and John Terzaken have been named Global Co-Chairs of the Firm’s Antitrust and Trade...
France: Criteo files antitrust complaint against Facebook
Advertising platform Criteo filed a complaint against Facebook on September 10 with the French Competition Authority, the company announced Tuesday, October 1.
The gradual exclusion...
US: Hunton Andrews Kurth adds new head of Cartel and Antitrust
Hunton Andrews Kurth continues its expansion with the addition of Craig Y. Lee as a partner in its competition and consumer protection practice. Based...
US: Texas AG signs ex-Microsoft lawyer and others to aid in...
According to an inside scoop from Reuters, Texas attorney general’s office has hired three consultants for a multi-state probe it is leading into Google,...
China: Ericsson is facing an antitrust probe
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson, a major rival of Huawei Technologies in the sale 5G equipment, confirmed that the Chinese market regulator is investigating the...
US: AG Barr wants DOJ Facebook antitrust Probe
The Justice Department intends to investigate Facebook Inc. after prodding from US Attorney General William Barr, according to Bloomberg, even though the FTC already...
