Tag: Attorney general
US: Former Bush official takes over No. 3 position at DoJ
The Senate voted 52-46 along party lines to confirm Rachel Brand to the No. 3 position at the Justice Department.
Ms. Brand, who has previously...
US: Deputy AG nominee wins 94% of senate approval
Rod Rosenstein was confirmed by the Senate as deputy attorney general after his nomination was approved on Tuesday by the Senate in 94-6 vote.
At...
US: Michigan joins antitrust action against six drug companies
Michigan on Wednesday joined a multi-state antitrust lawsuit against six generic drug companies.
The action by Attorney General Bill Schuette against Heritage Pharmaceuticals and five...
US: Jeff Sessions confirmed as Attorney General
A closely divided Senate confirmed the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general on Wednesday after a historically tumultuous confirmation process that saw...
US: Trump takes AG Yates out and puts Boente in
President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for "refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of...
US: Dems delay Sessions vote
Senate Democrats used a procedural move Tuesday to stall a committee vote on Sen. Jeff Sessions’s nomination to be attorney general, one day after...
US: Sessions says ‘No Hesitation’ in enforcing antitrust law
Sen. Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that he would enforce the nation's antitrust laws as attorney general and that "certain mergers should not occur."
"I have...
US: AG now takes the lead in state’s asphalt antitrust lawsuit
The state Attorney General’s Office is now taking the lead in an antitrust lawsuit claiming the price of asphalt in West Virginia markets has...
Six-State NFL settlement may still end up costing fans
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Six-State NFL settlement may still end up costing fans
Timothy Liam Epstein (University of Illinois)
Abstract: In a multistate settlement...
Institutional Design and Federal Antitrust Enforcement Agencies: Renovation or Revolution?
Michael McFalls, Sep 11, 2014
Institutional design, properly defined, both circumscribes and defines the practice of antitrust law in the United States. The structure of...
