Tag: DOJ
US: Five firms advise on Amazon’s Whole Foods buy
Amazon.com announced Friday its plans to purchase the organic upscale grocery company Whole Foods Market in a $13.7 billion mega-deal, one that has yielded...
US: Senate Panel Approves DOJ Antitrust Pick Delrahim
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of the nomination of Makan Delrahim, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the assistant...
US: DoJ drops AmEx antitrust case but 11 States press on
Attorneys general from 11 states filed a petition Friday afternoon asking the US Supreme Court to review their case against American Express, which centers...
US: Trump’s antitrust nominee raises concerns over vertical mergers
Makan Delrahim, whose confirmation for assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division is expected this week, said he would keep a close...
US: Former Bush official takes over No. 3 position at DoJ
The Senate voted 52-46 along party lines to confirm Rachel Brand to the No. 3 position at the Justice Department.
Ms. Brand, who has previously...
US: Antitrust division unscathed in Trump’s budget proposal
In president Trump's new fiscal 2018 budget the antitrust division will not see any reductions, according to Bloomberg. The White House proposed a $1.1...
US: Baer to rejoin Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Bill Baer, former Acting Associate Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the Department of Justice, will rejoin the firm Arnold &...
US: Anthem refuses to pay out $1.8 billion for failed merger
After a court ruling in Delaware, Anthem has notified Cigna that their proposed $54 billion merger is off, but that doesn’t mean the two...
US: Tuna company pleads guilty to price fixing
Bumble Bee Foods has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix the prices of shelf-stable tuna fish, such as...
US: DoJ raids generics maker Perrigo in drug price-fixing probe
Perrigo Company said that search warrants were executed at its corporate offices linked to an ongoing investigation by the US Department of Justice Antitrust...
