Tag: Federal Trade Commission
US: Walgreens working to finalize Rite Aid deal
The chief executive of Walgreens Boots Alliance said Thursday that the biggest US drug store chain was pressing on with its purchase of smaller...
US: Billionaire Thiel is leading the search for Trump’s antitrust officials
A leading Facebook board member and billionaire is now helping the Trump administration’s search to fill the government’s two top antitrust vacancies, Buzzfeeed reported.
Thiel has argued...
US: Ohlhausen named acting chair, leaving 3 open seats at FTC
President Donald J. Trump has designated Maureen K. Ohlhausen as Acting Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission by a White House order.
"I am deeply...
US: FTC Revises Hart-Scott-Rodino thresholds
The Federal Trade Commission announced on January 19, 2017 increased jurisdictional thresholds for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976,...
The Federal Trade Commission’s inner privacy struggle
Posted by Social Science Research Network
The Federal Trade Commission's inner privacy struggle
By Chris Jay Hoofnagle (University of California)
Abstract: The Federal Trade Commission...
US: Endo settles FTC allegations that it paid rivals to delay...
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday it had settled litigation that Endo International violated antitrust laws when it entered "anticompetitive reverse-payment" deals with rivals...
US: Walgreens, Rite Aid hammered by antitrust concerns
Shares of Walgreen Boots Alliance and Rite Aid tumbled on Friday, after the merger of the two drugstore companies faced reported resistance from US...
US: ChemChina files for US antitrust approval on Syngenta deal
China National Chemical said it filed for US antitrust approval with the Federal Trade Commission for its proposed $43 billion takeover of Swiss agrochemical...
US: DOJ and FTC update antitrust guidelines for international enforcement
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (the “Agencies”) issued updated Antitrust Guidelines for International Enforcement and Cooperation (“International...
US: Qualcomm exec says FTC ‘rushed’ antitrust lawsuit before Inauguration
Qualcomm Executive Chairman Paul Jacobs had some choice words on Thursday for the Federal Trade Commission, which filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing the semiconductor...
