Tag: DOJ
US Antitrust Regulators Are Seeing A Surge In Mergers
The US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission said Monday that they had been notified of more than 4,000 proposed transactions between March 2020...
DOJ Sues To Halt Random House’s $2.2B Simon & Schuster Deal
The Biden administration is suing to stop Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the United States, from acquiring its rival Simon & Schuster,...
Merck Delays $11.5B Acceleron Deal, Giving DOJ & FTC More Review...
Merck’s $11.5 billion Acceleron Pharma buyout may not happen quite as soon as the Kenilworth, NJ-based pharma company had hoped, reported Fierce Pharma.
Merck revealed...
FTC & DOJ Hold Virtual Workshop On Competition In Labor Markets
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division will host a virtual workshop on December 6 and 7 to...
US Panel Approves Kanter To Justice Department Antitrust Division
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved on a voice vote the nomination of Google critic Jonathan Kanter to head the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, reported...
DOJ Probes Visa’s Relationships With Fintech: WSJ
The US Justice Department is probing Visa's relationships with large fintech companies as part of its antitrust investigation of the card giant, the Wall Street...
US DOJ Sets It’s Eyes On New Apple Suit: Report
A new report from The Information says that Apple is “very likely” to face an antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice in the...
DOJ & Australian Watchdog Still Not OK With Google’s Fitbit Purchase
Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission and the US Department of Justice are still probing the US$2.1 billion deal between Google and Fitbit expressed Rod...
Anesthesiologists Group Calls For Antitrust Probe Of Insurer
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has called on the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division to investigate the conduct of an insurer it says is...
DOJ Continues Its Push On Antitrust Enforcement
The Justice Department (DOJ) has been ramping up antitrust enforcement under the Biden administration, despite not having a politically confirmed official to serve as...
