Tag: Antitrust
US Senate Committee Passes Antitrust Bill Allowing Suits Against OPEC
A US Senate committee passed a bill on Thursday that could expose the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and partners to lawsuits for...
UK Ministers No Longer Wish To Empower Tech Regulator
The UK is poised to shelve plans to empower a new technology regulator, in a blow to global efforts to curb the dominance of...
Crowdfund Founded Efforts To Push Antitrust Bills Vote Start Up
The digital rights group Fight for the Future is launching a crowdfund campaign to press Senate leadership to bring two antitrust bills targeting tech...
Clifford Chance Announces New Global Co-chair For Antitrust
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance announced today the appointment of partner Marc Besen as Global Co-Chair of the firm's Antitrust practice. Besen will...
Big Tech Lobbyists Use Trans People to Avoid Antitrust Regulation
By Evan Greer, Vice
Washington is on the verge of doing something big: finally passing meaningful legislation to rein in the monopoly power and abusive practices...
Spirit Airlines Rejects JetBlue Offer, Claiming Antitrust Issues
Ultra low cost carrier Spirit Airlines on Monday rejected JetBlue Airways’ $33-per-share takeover offer, saying it had a low likelihood of winning approval from...
Covington Nabs Former Linklaters Antitrust Chief
Christian Ahlborn, former global head of antitrust at Linklaters, is leaving this summer to join Covington & Burling's Brussels office as a partner, as...
FTC’s Khan Looks To Fix Sinking Staffing Issues
Under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the Federal Trade Commission has consistently ranked in the top five for staff satisfaction among medium-size government agencies,...
Brazil’s OKs Vitru Limited For Its Business Combination With Unicesumar
Vitru, announced that the General Superintendence of CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defense – Brazilian antitrust authority) approved today the definitive agreement for a...
DOJ Wants DC’s Amazon Antitrust Case Revived
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is urging a Washington, DC, superior court to reconsider its decision to dismiss an antitrust case against Amazon brought...
