Tag: Federal Trade Commission
US: Consumer Watchdog says Amazon’s price lists are bogus
The California-based Consumer Watchdog group claims Amazon is misleading its customers by posting inflated list prices to give the impression the company is offering...
US: “Walgreens ready to divest more for Rite Aid”: inside source
Walgreens Boots Alliance, the pharmacy chain grappling with US antitrust officials over its planned takeover of Rite Aid, is set to pitch a new...
US: Hospitals scrap merger over antitrust concern
Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem are ending their plans to merge following a federal judge's ruling Tuesday against the systems.
US District Judge...
US: Anthem lobbyist is contender for top antitrust job
One of the Trump administration’s contenders for a top antitrust job is a lobbyist who’s worked for health insurer Anthem on its proposed megamerger...
US: FTC names acting Competition Bureau Chief
Antitrust law veteran Abbott Lipsky has been tapped to lead the Federal Trade Commission’s competition bureau on an acting basis, replacing Deborah Feinstein, who...
US: Gov calls for more information on $43bn ChemChina deal
Syngenta said the US has asked for more time to review its $43 billion takeover by China National Chemical, adding that it doesn’t expect...
US: Hogan Lovells adds antitrust partner
Hogan Lovells announced that Andrew Lee will join the firm's Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation practice as a partner in its Washington, DC office.
He...
US: FTC files complaint against ViroPharma for delaying generic competition
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in federal district court charging Shire ViroPharma with violating the antitrust laws by abusing government processes to...
US: Davis Polk adds antitrust partner from Obama’s White House
Davis Polk has hired antitrust partner Howard Shelanksi, who most recently served in the White House Office of Management and Budget as administrator of...
US: Peter Thiel is leading the search for Trump Administration Antitrust...
Buzzfeed news is reporting that billionaire venture capitalist Pete Thiel will be heading up the Trump administration’s search for the nation’s two top antitrust...
