Tag: DOJ
US: Court delivers prison sentence for real estate bid-rigging
The US Department of Justice stated that on Wednesday, November 1, the Northern District of California sentenced Ramin Rad Yeganeh to twelve months in...
US: DOJ OKs Entercom divestiture as remedy for CBS Radio acquisition
Entercom Communications will divest 13 radio stations as part of an agreement with the Justice Department to proceed with its acquisition of CBS Radio.
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US: Bipartisan collective pushes back on AT&T-Time Warner
Groups from both sides of the political aisle are casting a skeptical eye on AT&T’s US$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, bringing new intensity...
US: Gov lawyers ask judge to toss lawsuit over Trump’s businesses
Government attorneys on Wednesday, October 18, asked a New York federal judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the...
US: Tribune Media shareholders to vote on Sinclair merger
The proposed merger of Sinclair Broadcast and Tribune Media to form the largest TV station group in the US has generated pushback from broadcasters,...
US: Sprint and T-Mobile aim to merge without giving up assets
With Sprint majority owner SoftBank reportedly making the decision to move forward on a merger with T-Mobile, Reuters learned from confidential sources that both...
US: DoJ oks CenturyLink’s buy of Level 3
Telecommunications provider CenturyLink has won US antitrust approval for its purchase of Level 3 Communications on condition that it sell certain assets, according to...
US: DOJ Challenges $4b merger months after HSR deadline
Earlier this week, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit seeking to unwind Parker-Hannifin's US$4.3 billion consummated acquisition of...
US: Senate confirms Trump’s antitrust pick
The US Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm the head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, which will decide the fate of deals like...
US: DoJ files antitrust lawsuit against Parker-Hannifin takeover
The US Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging Parker-Hannifin's deal to buy Clarcor a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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