Tag: DOJ
DOJ Issues Statement On The Vertical Merger Guidelines
Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted...
DOJ’s Gupta Expresses Firm Stance Against “Killer Acquisitions”
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will not shy away from enforcing antitrust laws against so-called “killer acquisitions,” where dominant firms buy start-ups before they...
DOJ Preparing Google Ad Technology Suit
According to Politico, the Justice Department (DOJ) is preparing another proceeding against Google, which may occur before DOJ’s antitrust candidate Jonathan Kanter is identified.
The...
DOJ Said To Be Preparing New Google Antitrust Suit Over Ad...
Antitrust officials in the US are getting ready for another lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google, this time relating to the company’s digital advertising and the...
Elizabeth Warren Asks DOJ To Probe Google-Facebook Ad Deal
Four members of Congress have asked the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation into whether an advertising agreement between Facebook and Alphabet violated...
DOJ Raises Competitive Concerns Over CSX-Pan Am Merger
The US Surface Transportation Board (STB) should force CSX Transportation to sell its stake in Pan Am Southern as part of its proposed acquisition...
Apple Disagrees With DOJ’s Document Requests In Google Case
Apple and the Justice Department (DOJ) are headed to court, after the company balked at the DOJ’s information request from Apple in its antitrust...
DOJ Gets More Time In UnitedHealth, Change Mega-Merger Review
UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare have entered into a timing agreement with the Department of Justice for their planned $8 billion merger.
In late March,...
AHA Urges DOJ To Probe UnitedHealth’s Acquisition Of Change Healthcare
In a letter to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, AHA expressed concern over the implications of UnitedHealth Group’s US$8 billion acquisition of...
US DOJ Called Changes To Debit-Card Rule Good For Competition
The US Justice Department on Wednesday, August 11, threw its weight behind a proposed rule change that would require banks and other debit card...
