Tag: DOJ
Fenwick Grows Antitrust Practice
Fenwick announced that Steve Albertson is joining the firm as an antitrust & trade regulation partner, based in Washington, DC.
Albertson represents technology and life...
DOJ Weighs In On Dish Dispute With T-Mobile
Antitrust officials at the US Justice Department said they have “grave concerns” about plans by T-Mobile US to shut down the wireless network used by...
Pilgrim’s Pride Execs, Koch Foods Charged With Chicken Price-Fixing
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, July 29, announced charges against Koch Foods and four Pilgrim’s Pride executives over their roles in a...
Biden To Name Kanter As DOJ Antitrust Chief
President Joe Biden has picked Jonathan Kanter to serve as the Justice Department’s (DOJ) assistant attorney general for antitrust, in a major win for...
DOJ Indicts DaVita & Ex-CEO For Labor Market Collusion
A federal grand jury in Denver returned a two-count indictment charging DaVita and its former CEO, Kent Thiry, for conspiring with competing employers not...
DOJ Drops Probe Into $27.7B Salesforce/Slack Merger
Slack shares edged higher in active trading Monday, July 19, after an antitrust probe into its US$27.7 billion takeover by Salesforce was dropped by...
Maritime Regulator Signs First-Ever Competition Agreement With DOJ
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) and the antitrust division of the Department of Justice have signed an agreement to sharpen economic oversight of foreign...
FTC, DOJ To Review If Merger Rules “Overly Permissive”
Top US trade regulators released a joint statement committing to an examination of whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice...
DOJ Grows Antitrust Team For “US vs Google”
The Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice is seeking "highly qualified attorneys" that it wants to serve as trial attorneys as...
DOJ Withdraws From Realtor Antitrust Settlement
The Justice Department on Thursday, July 1, stated it is withdrawing from an antitrust settlement it reached last year with the real-estate industry’s largest trade group...