Tag: DOJ
US: DOJ Oks Cigna/Express Scripts $52b merger
The US Justice Department's (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Monday, September 17, gave its approval to the US$52 billion deal merging Express Scripts with Cigna.
"We...
US: Former District Judge rejoins Cravath
Katherine Forrest, who has served since 2011 on the federal bench in the Southern District of New York, is rejoining law firm Cravath, Swaine...
US: DOJ wants suit against Bumble Bee CEO stalled
According to a filing written by prosecutor Leslie Wulff of the Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a California judge to delay a grocery...
US: Sessions’ concerned social media firms “stifle” free speech
The US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has expressed a “growing concern” that social media companies may be “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas”...
US: Could Delrahim be Sessions or McGahn Successor?
According to a report from Bloomberg, some of Donald Trump’s allies are promoting Makan Delrahim, the top antitrust official at the Department of Justice,...
Global Antitrust Discussion is Imperative – Fordham’s is the Premium International...
James Keyte, Director of Fordham University’s Competition Law Center, writes about the 45thinstalment of the Annual Conference on Competition Law and Policy.
On September 5-7,...
US: Congress asks DOJ’s Delrahim for OPEC Bill support
Congressional judiciary committee leaders asked the antitrust chief of the US Department of Justice to weigh in on bills that would allow the agency...
US: DOJ taps Ex-AG for Bayer-Monsanto deal
A DC district judge on Tuesday, August 14, appointed former US Attorney General and district court chief judge Michael B. Mukasey to serve as...
US: ACA calls for new trial in DOJ challenge to AT&T/TW
The American Cable Association (ACA) has told a federal appeals court that it should throw out the district court's decision to allow the AT&T/Time...
US: FCC: “Court made error in approval of AT&T/Time Warner merger”
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) attempt to reverse the AT&T/Time Warner merger received some help on Monday, August 13, from an unexpected source: the...
