Tag: Antitrust
EU Plans To Legislate For Common Phone Charger
The European Commission on Thursday, September 23, will present a legislative proposal for a common charger for mobile phones, tablets and headphones, a person...
DOJ & 6 States File Antitrust Suit Against American Airlines, JetBlue...
The US and several of its states on Tuesday, September 21, filed an antitrust lawsuit against American Airlines Group and JetBlue Airways, according to records in...
Indian Antitrust Probe Finds Google Abused Android Dominance
Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its "huge financial muscle" to illegally hurt competitors, the country's antitrust...
2nd Circuit Asked To Revive Chinese Vitamin C Antitrust Case
Two US-based companies that purchase vitamin C from sources abroad urged a federal appeals court on Tuesday, September 14, to revisit a panel decision...
AG Kaul Announces Chair Of Multistate Antitrust Taskforce
Attorney General Josh Kaul announced on Thursday, September 16, that Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Gwendolyn J. Lindsay Cooley has been selected to chair the...
US Fertility Clinic Reaches Antitrust Settlement
A fertility clinic is among four such practices to agree to a pair of antitrust settlements totaling US$1.6 million.
Fertility clinics Reproductive Medicine Associates of...
DOJ Issues Statement On The Vertical Merger Guidelines
Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted...
US FTC Hints At Tougher Stance On Big Tech Small Mergers
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff presented data on Wednesday, September 15, on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped...
Live Nation Plans To Buy Mexico’s OCESA Entretenimiento
Live Nation has reached a new agreement to acquire Mexican concert promoter OCESA Entretenimiento for about US$450 million, reported The Wall Street Journal.
The deal, if...
A Theory of Antitrust Limits
By Nicolas Petit (European University Institute)
Antitrust doctrine is under heavy fire in the academic literature. Modern criticism of antitrust doctrine attacks three ‘limits’ that...
