Tag: DOJ
US/China: Ministry of Commerce’s amicus arguments to be heard in China-US...
Last week, the US Supreme Court granted an extremely unusual motion by China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), allowing the ministry to present oral argument...
US: AT&T, Time Warner CEOs expected to take the stand this...
AT&T chief executive officer Randall Stephenson and Time Warner chief executive officer Jeff Bewkes are expected to testify this week in the companies’ antitrust...
US: Knorr, Wabtec agree to end pacts to not poach workers
Rail equipment suppliers Knorr-Bremse AG and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation have agreed to end agreements to not compete for each other’s employees, the...
US: DOJ vs. AT&T-TW: battle lines drawn
The US antitrust trial against AT&T’s proposed takeover of Time Warner opened with clashes over whether the Justice Department should be allowed to introduce...
US: TV bills will spike US$436m a year with AT&T-Time Warner...
If AT&T is allowed to buy Time Warner Inc., the Justice Department (DOJ) argued, it will raise the total annual US pay TV bill...
US: DOJ announces roundtable series on competition
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently announced plans to hold a series of public roundtable discussions to analyze the relationship between...
UK/US: Sparton, Ultra terminate US$234m merger
British defense contractor Ultra Electronics Holdings said it terminated the US$234 million acquisition of Schaumburg-based Sparton Corp. following an unfavorable antitrust review outcome from...
US: House Democrats want to subpoena DOJ on AT&T
Two high-ranking democrats have stated that the chair of the House of Representatives’ oversight committee should force the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to...
US: Dish TV to proceed with Videocon D2H merger
After evaluating the consequences of parent company Videocon's insolvency proceedings, Dish TV India has decided to proceed with the merger with Videocon D2H.
The company...
US: Warren backs DOJ over AT&T-Time Warner merger
Elizabeth Warren said she supports the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to block AT&T’s merger with Time Warner, while also expressing concerns about the...
