Tag: Antitrust
US: Colorado ski resort buyout clears Hart Scott Rodino
The US Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have not filed procedures related to antitrust concerns in the proposed deal by Aspen Skiing...
US: Valero enters antitrust battle with California AG over terminal purchase
San Antonio-based refining company Valero Energy is facing an anti-trust battle with the California Attorney General's Office over plans to buy storage terminals in...
US: FanDuel, DraftKings drop merger
Boston-based DraftKings and its chief rival, FanDuel Inc., said Thursday they would walk away from their planned merger, abandoning a deal that had promised...
US: Former Director Debbie Feinstein returns to Arnold & Porter
After nearly four years as the Federal Trade Commission’s Director for the Bureau of Competition, which ended last February, Debbie Feinstein is returning in...
US: FTC, DOJ give Liberty-GCI deal antitrust ok
The Justice Department (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have no antitrust issues with John Malone’s (Liberty Interactive) deal to buy Alaskan cable...
Antitrust for Institutional Investors
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Antitrust for Institutional Investors
By Edward B. Rock (New York University) & Daniel L. Rubinfeld (University of California)
Abstract: With...
US: Newspapers to bid for antitrust exemption to tackle Google and...
The news industry is banding together to seek a limited antitrust exemption from Congress in an effort to fend off growing competition from Facebook...
US: Senator warns White House against using ‘political influence’ over AT&T-Time...
The US$85 billion mega-merger between AT&T and Time Warner -- the parent company of CNN -- is widely expected to close by the end...
EU: GE, Canon, Merck in post-merger spotlight
The European Union’s antitrust watchdog accused General Electric, Japan’s Canon as well as German pharmaceuticals group Merck KGaA and Sigma-Aldrich of breaching the bloc’s...
The Common Purposes of Intellectual Property and Antitrust: Promoting Creative and...
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The Common Purposes of Intellectual Property and Antitrust: Promoting Creative and Innovative Output
By Randolph J. May & Seth L....
