Tag: Antitrust
AT&T Expects To Close WarnerMedia Merger Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
AT&T now expects it will close its controversial merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery by the second quarter of 2022, reported The Dallas Daily News.
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EU Antitrust Regulators Extend Illumina, Grail Deadline To March 4
EU antitrust regulators have extended the deadline for their decision on US life sciences company Illumina’s bid for $8 billion cash-and-stock takeover of Grail...
DOJ Antitrust Chief Seeks To Stop Deals Not Settle
The new head of the Justice Department Antitrust Division, Jonathan Kanter, said the government should seek to stop proposed mergers which pose anticompetitive concerns...
German Publishers Want Google EU To Not Remove Cookies From Chrome
German media companies want the European Union to prevent Google from removing third-party cookies from its Chrome browser, claiming the move will eat into...
FTC Increases Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds To $101M
On January 21, 2022, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced increased thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR). The thresholds...
Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Greenlights Medical Testing Takeover By Tanure
Brazilian antitrust watchdog CADE approved with no restriction the takeover of medical diagnostics company Alliar by an investment fund linked to tycoon Nelson Tanure,...
The Economic Rationale of United States v. Google
By Germán Bet, Roger D. Blair & Javier D. Donna (University of Florida)
In 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust suit against...
Microsoft-Activision Deal To Face Antitrust Scrutiny
Microsoft's US$69 billion deal to buy video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard is expected to win out with regulators despite vows in Europe and the...
Apple & Google Tell US Lawmaker Antitrust Bill Would Harm Privacy
Apple and Google argued to lawmakers Tuesday, January 18, that bipartisan antitrust legislation aimed at curbing the power of big technology companies would harm...
Mergers Involving Nascent Competition
By A. Douglas Melamed (Stanford)
Mergers involving nascent competition are a hot topic in antitrust circles, especially in light of the pending FTC case against...