Tag: Antitrust
CN To Sell Assets To Ease Kansas City Southern Antitrust Concerns
Canadian National Railway is offering to sell a 70-mile stretch of a Louisiana rail network to defuse antitrust concerns as it seeks regulatory approval...
Antitrust Pro Joins Geradin Partners In London
Leading competition law boutique Geradin Partners has announced that Tom Smith is joining the firm as a Partner based in London.
Tom Smith joins from...
AstraZeneca $39B Alexion Buy Hits UK Antitrust Roadblock
On Tuesday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it has launched an anti-competition investigation into the AstraZeneca-Alexion deal.
The agency wonders whether...
Lina Khan To Take Assertive FTC Antitrust Role: WSJ
Lina Khan, a progressive champion nominated by President Biden for a key enforcement post, wants to transform antitrust policy into a bulwark against corporate...
New House Antitrust Bill Looks To Boost State AGs
The US House is introducing legislation that will give states more influence over deciding in which courts antitrust lawsuits will be brought against companies,...
EU Antitrust Regulators Fine Nomura, UBS, UniCredit 371M
EU antitrust regulators on Thursday, May 20, fined Nomura, UBS, and UniCredit a total of €371 million (US$452 million) for taking part in a...
Mayer Brown Taps Antitrust FTC Vet
Mayer Brown is the latest law firm to beef up its antitrust offerings in anticipation of aggressive US and international enforcement, announcing on Tuesday,...
A High-Speed Antitrust Failure
By The Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal
AT&T ’s acquisition of Time Warner three years ago was supposed to entrench its media empire—or at least that...
Beijing’s Antitrust Push Poses A Problem For Western Regulators
By Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Axios
The Chinese government's anti-monopoly machinery presents a major challenge to U.S. and European regulators, a new book argues.
Why it matters: China's huge markets...
Makan Delrahim, DOJ Antitrust Chief Who Challenged AT&T-Time Warner Merger, Takes...
By Ted Johnson, Deadline
Makan Delrahim, who as the Justice Department’s antitrust chief during Donald Trump’s administration challenged AT&T’s combination with Time Warner, has a different view of...
