Tag: DOJ
DOJ Is Seeking Comments On Updating Bank Merger Review
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division announced today that it is seeking public comments into whether the division should revise the 1995 Bank Merger...
Failed Talks Between Teva & DOJ Proceeded Indictment
This week’s indictment of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ’s US subsidiary on price-fixing charges came after a last-minute staredown with the Justice Department, reported The...
CPI Talks… with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser
In this month’s edition of CPI Talks… we have the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Phil Weiser, Attorney General for the State of Colorado,...
DOJ Staffers Express Concerns Over Google Antitrust Suit
According to the Wall Street Journal some DOJ staffers have expressed internal concerns over plans to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google.
The department has...
The DOJ Is Going “Full Tilt” On Big Tech Probe
The US Justice Department is moving “full-tilt” on its antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc’s Google and other Big Tech platforms, the department’s second-ranking official told...
Bipartisan Senators Ask DOJ, FTC To Look Into Google’s Search Algorithm
Ten top senators are demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate anticompetitive practices in Google’s search algorithms following...
DOJ Sues To Block Geisinger Health’s Evangelical Community Hospital Deal
The U.S. Department of Justice sued today to block Geisinger Health’s partial acquisition of its close rival, Evangelical Community Hospital. The complaint alleges that...
DOJ Probes Tyson Foods For Manipulating Beef & Cattle Packing Markets
Tyson Foods announced in a filing that it is under investigation by the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. Tyson received a notice of the...
The Antitrust Car Emissions Investigation in the U.S. – Some Thoughts...
Cooperation with and in the private sector to achieve positive environmental changes can come into conflict with competition laws. A recent example is the...
DOJ Announces Agenda For Workshop On The Licensing Of Public Performance...
The Department of Justice has released a final agenda for the Antitrust Division’s July 28-29 public workshop on competition in the licensing of public...