Tag: Antitrust
“Pharma Boy’ Objects To Lifetime Pharma Ban
A US judge on Friday rejected former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli's objections to being banned for life from the drug industry and having to...
South Korea Ads 34 More Firms To Antitrust Watchlist
The number of South Korean companies affiliated with large business groups under tight supervision rose by 34 in the three months ending January 31...
Getting Antitrust and History in Tune
By Brian R. Cheffins (University of Cambridge)
Antitrust is high on the reform agenda at present, associated with calls to “break up big tech.” Proponents...
Apple App Store Antitrust Bill OK’ed By Senate Judiciary Committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, February 3, approved legislation that, if passed into law, would force Apple to let users install apps from outside...
AOC Says Facebook “Should Be Broken Up”
Facebook should be broken up, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with Yahoo Finance."They are acting as an advertiser, they are...
80% Of App Developers Support Bill To Rein In Google, Apple:...
84% of app developers support an antitrust bill aimed at curtailing the market power of Apple's and Google’s app stores, according to a poll from...
Pharma Bro’s Former Drug Company To Settle Antitrust Class Action
A drug company once run by Martin Shkreli, Pharma Bro, has agreed to settle a proposed class action alleging it illegally tried to block...
DaVita Must Face DOJ’s Criminal Antitrust Charges
On Friday, January 28, a federal judge declined to dismiss a criminal antitrust indictment alleging dialysis provider DaVita and its former CEO Kent Thiry...
DOJ Indicts Four On Wage Fixing Suit
A federal grand jury in Portland, Maine, returned an indictment charging four managers of home health care agencies with participating in a conspiracy to...
King & Spalding’s New Associate In Antitrust Crosshairs
King & Spalding's rehiring this month of an associate in San Francisco has become a flashpoint in a long-running antitrust lawsuit just weeks before...