Tag: Antitrust
Washington vs Big Tech: Lina Khan’s battle to transform US antitrust
By Kiran Stacey, Financial Times
In 1914, US President Woodrow Wilson enacted what was meant to be the final flourish of the early antitrust movement....
FTC’s Lina Khan Pushes For More M&A Blocking: Bloomberg
According to Bloomberg, Lina Khan, the head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said antitrust enforcers should more frequently move to block mergers that threaten...
AHA Urges DOJ To Probe UnitedHealth’s Acquisition Of Change Healthcare
In a letter to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, AHA expressed concern over the implications of UnitedHealth Group’s US$8 billion acquisition of...
Soy Growers Protest Brazil Antitrust Ruling On Bayer
Brazilian soybean producers' group Aprosoja, representing 240,000 farmers, on Tuesday, August 10, criticized federal antitrust agency CADE's decision to clear a joint venture formed...
UK Antitrust Watchdog Threatens Groupon With Court Action
The UK's competition watchdog has threatened Groupon with court action if the deals site does not quickly "improve its treatment of customers."
The Competition and...
Vertical Restraints (or Restrictions)
By Sandra Marco Colino (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
This paper explores the concept of vertical restraints or restrictions. It includes references to the...
Perkins Coie Adds Antitrust Partner To Commercial Litigation Practice
Perkins Coie announced that Christopher A. Williams has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice in its Antitrust & Unfair Competition Litigation practice group as...
Qualcomm Tops Magna’s Bid With $4.6B Offer For Veoneer
Chipmaker Qualcomm announced on Thursday, August 5, it had offered to buy Swedish auto parts maker Veoneer for US$4.6 billion, an 18.4% premium to...
Blockchain Code as Antitrust
By Thibault Schrepel (Stanford) & Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum Foundation)
In this article, the authors show that blockchain can help in reaching the goals of antitrust...
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission Adds 41 Firms To Antitrust Watch List
The number of South Korean companies affiliated with large business groups under tight supervision rose by 41 in the May-July period, data showed Tuesday,...
