Tag: DOJ
US: DOJ appoints chief economist for the Antitrust Division
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced its new Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis in the Antitrust Division, a position also...
US: Former DOJ section chief moves to Bates White
Bates White announced on July 24 that the former Assistant Section Chief at the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, Dr. Nicholas Hill, has...
US: Crowell & Moring gain former DOJ Deputy Assistant AG
In a July 24 announcement, Crowell & Moring stated that former US Department of Justice Deputy Assistant Attorney General Juan Arteaga has joined its...
US: FTC, DOJ give Liberty-GCI deal antitrust ok
The Justice Department (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have no antitrust issues with John Malone’s (Liberty Interactive) deal to buy Alaskan cable...
US: Danone selling Stonyfield to Lactalis for US$875M
Yoghurt giant Danone is selling its Stonyfield brand to Lactalis, a fellow French company, for US$875 million, to satisfy US antitrust concerns.
The purchase price...
Hong Kong: Ex-DOJ antitrust official takes top job at HKCC
The Hong Kong Competition Commission announced today that Brent Snyder, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for criminal antitrust enforcement at the US Department of...
US: WWL Executives indicted for price fixing
Two former and one current executive of the shipping company Wallenius Wilhemsen Logistics (WWL) have been indicted on charges of fixing the prices of...
US: Hunton swaps DC leaders after antitrust team joins Shearman
Hunton & Williams has moved quickly to fill the vacancy left by Washington managing partner David Higbee last week.
After Higbee unexpectedly resigned to join...
US: DOJ, Dow-Dupont reach agreement on merger
DuPont and Dow Chemical have reached a proposed agreement with the US Department of Justice's antitrust division that would permit the proposed merger of...
US: Long prison term in latest extradition case by DOJ’s...
On June 12, 2017, a former Israeli executive was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay US$41,170 in restitution and US$7,500...
