Tag: Antitrust
US Antitrust Gets a European Makeover
By Joshua D. Wright, Wall Street Journal
The Federal Trade Commission finished hearing testimony last week in its administrative proceeding aimed at forcing a genomics-sequencing company,...
Qualcomm Wins Bid To Undo 250 Million Member Antitrust Class
Qualcomm won its bid to undo a district court order certifying a class of 250 million people in antitrust litigation over its alleged monopoly...
Lina Khan Looks To New Antitrust Laws For Gig Workers
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan urged Congress to consider passing legislation to give gig workers greater protections to organize under antitrust laws.
Employees’...
Former Dentons US Antitrust Head Moves To Manatt
Stephen Libowsky, who led Dentons' US antitrust practice until earlier this year and whose clients have included the Chicago Bulls, has joined Manatt, Phelps...
India Judge Accepts Google’s Confidentiality Request
India's antitrust watchdog has agreed to Google's request to keep confidential some information the company provided during an investigation into its business, though the...
Nine Ex-DOJ Antitrust Chiefs Ask Senate To Confirm Kanter As Antitrust...
Nine former chiefs of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division wrote to leaders of the Senate and its Judiciary Committee, urging them to confirm President...
The Morality of Monopolization Law
By Sandeep Vaheesan (Open Markets Institute)
Section 2 of the Sherman Act prohibits monopolization, attempted monopolization, and conspiracies to monopolize. The federal courts, in interpreting...
FTC’s Khan Outlines Plans For Antitrust Enforcement
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan laid out her policy priorities and vision in a memo to staff dated Wednesday, September 22, and recently made...
An Empirical & Theoretical Comparison of Alternative Predation Rules
By Richard O. Zerbe (University of Washington) & Donald Cooper
Many lawyers and economists use economic theory and limited empirical analysis to justify particular rules...
EX-FTC Attorney Returns To Gibson Dunn DC
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher announced that Jamie E. France has rejoined the firm as an of counsel in its Washington, DC, office. She will...