Tag: Federal Trade Commission
US: Trump picks antitrust lawyer to head FTC
President Donald Trump has selected Joseph Simons, an antitrust attorney from a Washington law firm, to head the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a White...
US: After collapsed merger, DraftKings hires new Chief Legal Officer
Dish Network general counsel R. Stanton Dodge is leaving the satellite operator after 21 years to join daily fantasy-sports site DraftKings as chief legal...
US: Democrat asks FTC to make Google probe file public
Representative Keith Ellison has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to release the complete findings and analysis from the Commission’s Google investigation, which concluded...
US: Abbott wins antitrust approval to buy Alere with conditions
Abbott Laboratories has won US antitrust approval to buy Alere on condition that it sell two point-of-care medical testing businesses, the Federal Trade Commission...
FTC’s McSweeny is open to antitrust changes
Posted for Antitrust on Bloomberg Law
FTC’s McSweeny is open to antitrust changes
By Alexei Alexis
Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Terrell McSweeny wants to “revitalize” antitrust enforcement...
US: FTC joins Crowell & Moring as antitrust partner
Crowell & Moring announced that Alexis Gilman, a former Assistant Director at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), will join the firm's Washington office as...
US: McDermott antitrust partner moves to Cadwalader
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft announced on Monday, September 18, that it has strengthened its antitrust practice with the addition of former Federal Trade Commission...
US: Yelp accuses Google of scraping, breaking settlement
The ongoing Yelp vs. Google battle continues. Once again, the user-generated review site is accusing the search behemoth of scraping content off Yelp, mainly...
US: FTC nabs Kirkland’s antitrust partner
Acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen announced September 7 that she has selected Ian R. Conner, a partner in the Antitrust...
US: Edith Ramirez, Former FTC Chair, tapped by Hogan Lovells
Former Federal Trade Commission chair Edith Ramirez has joined Hogan Lovells as co-head of the firm’s antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice.
Ramirez, who will...
