Tag: DOJ
DOJ Launches New Initiatives On Cryptocurrencies
US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco unveiled two new Justice Department enforcement initiatives aimed at targeting cryptocurrencies and government contractors who fail to report...
DOJ Nominee Kanter Says He Plans “Vigorous” Antitrust Enforcement During Hearing
Jonathan Kanter told lawmakers he would bring “vigorous” enforcement to the helm of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, as they weigh his nomination to...
Google Asks Yelp For Docs For DOJ’s Antitrust Suit
On Monday Google submitted a motion to compel where they asked the District of Columbia court overseeing a Department of Justice antitrust suit to compel the...
US Senator Lee Questions DOJ & FTC Antitrust Enforcement
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Richard Powers, Acting Assistant Attorney General...
DOJ Antitrust Official Says Competition In Labor Markets A Concern
The US Justice Department's acting head of its Antitrust Division said on Friday, October 1, that labor markets were a top priority for enforcement...
Nine Ex-DOJ Antitrust Chiefs Ask Senate To Confirm Kanter As Antitrust...
Nine former chiefs of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division wrote to leaders of the Senate and its Judiciary Committee, urging them to confirm President...
FTC’s Khan Outlines Plans For Antitrust Enforcement
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan laid out her policy priorities and vision in a memo to staff dated Wednesday, September 22, and recently made...
DOJ & 6 States File Antitrust Suit Against American Airlines, JetBlue...
The US and several of its states on Tuesday, September 21, filed an antitrust lawsuit against American Airlines Group and JetBlue Airways, according to records in...
DOJ Probes Zoom’s $15 Billion Deal For Five9
A Justice Department-led panel is investigating Zoom Video Communications deal to buy an American customer-service software company, citing potential national-security risks posed by the US videoconferencing giant’s...