Tag: Antitrust
Right To Repair Advances, Biden Prepares To Sign Exec Order
US president Joe Biden is set to sign a new executive order that aims to stop manufacturers from preventing people from repairing kit themselves...
House Republicans Release Their Big Tech Antitrust Agenda
House Judiciary Committee Republicans led by Ranking Member Jim Jordan (Republican - Ohio) laid out their framework for regulating Big Tech companies on Wednesday, July 7.
According...
Antitrust Can Hurt U.S. Competitiveness
By Robert D. Atkinson, Wall Street Journal
When it comes to technology and the economy, the U.S. is grappling with two contradictory goals: competing with China...
DOJ Grows Antitrust Team For “US vs Google”
The Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice is seeking "highly qualified attorneys" that it wants to serve as trial attorneys as...
Hagens Berman Gets Fee Award In Disk Drive Antitrust Fight
A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday awarded Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro more than $31 million in attorneys' fees stemming from its work...
Spain Watchdog Investigates Antitrust Practices By Apple & Amazon
Spain's competition watchdog, the CNMC, is investigating possible anti-competitive practices in Spain by Apple and Amazon regarding online sales of electronic products.
The CNMC said in...
UK Lawmaker Writes to Antitrust Watchdog Over Morrisons Bid Concerns
The head of the British parliament's business select committee has written to the nation's competition watchdog following a recent private equity bid for Morrisons,...
Portland Soccer Player Signs Contract After Antitrust Victory
Olivia Moultrie, 15, has signed a three-year deal with the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the club announced on Wednesday, June 30.
With the...
The American Experience with Employee Noncompete Clauses: Constraints on Employees Flourish...
By Kenneth Glenn Dau-Schmidt (Indiana University) & Phillip J. Jones (Ogletree Deakins)
Agreements not to compete are generally an anathema to free market advocates. Independent...
FTC Votes To Expand Antitrust Powers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday, July 1, voted to expand the regulatory agency’s enforcement powers, a signal of Democratic commissioners' willingness to...
