Tag: DOJ
US: Expanded Federal probe hurts Facebook
Following news that the US government probe into the Facebook data breach connected with Cambridge Analytica has widened, shares of the company dropped 2%...
US: Japanese exec pleads guilty to conspiracy charges
An Elna executive pleaded guilty to being part of a price-fixing conspiracy involving the Japanese capacitor company and will serve a prison term, reported...
US: T-Mobile, Sprint execs testify on proposed merger
The heads of T-Mobile and Sprint testified before a Senate panel on Wednesday, June 27, to make the case for their proposed US$26 billion...
US: Disney wins antitrust approval to purchase most of Fox
The US Justice Department has agreed to a settlement with Disney that will allow it to purchase most of 21st Century Fox's assets, reported...
US: FTC and DOJ Approve procedural changes to HSR form
The Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, has approved amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger...
US: Antitrust partners join Baker Botts
Baker Botts announced on June 25 that Mark Botti and Anthony Swisher have joined the firm's Antitrust and Competition Practice as partners in the...
US: The American Medical Association wants FTC and DOJ to monitor...
With insulin prices spiking, the American Medical Association (AMA) urged the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department to monitor insulin pricing and market...
US: American agrees to US$45m settlement for collusion
American Airlines has agreed to pay US$45 million to settle a three-year-old lawsuit accusing four domestic carriers of collusion and antitrust practices, reported Bloomberg.
The...
US: SCOTUS overturns 2nd Circuit decision in Vitamin C case
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday, June 14, to return to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals a case brought in 2005 by...
US: DOJ SocGen brass Ordered Libor rigging
According to the Financial Times top executives at Société Générale ordered the bank’s manipulation of the US-dollar Libor interest rate sin 2015.
Michel Péretié, the...
