Tag: Federal Trade Commission
US: Samsung and Intel join FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm
Qualcomm continues to have a rough start to the first half of the year after being sued by Apple and the United States Federal...
US: FTC says antitrust suit against Qualcomm should continue
The US Federal Trade Commission on Friday defended its antitrust lawsuit from January, saying in a legal filing with the US District Court in...
US: Minority leader recommends FTC commissioner
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) recommended May 9 that President Donald Trump tap consumer advocate Rohit Chopra to serve as a member...
US: Dollar General gets FTC OK to buy 300+ stores
The Federal Trade Commission gave a private equity firm approval to sell to Dollar General 323 stores that Sycamore purchased as part of a...
US: Microsoft hires Ex-FTC Commissioner for cybersecurity
Microsoft has tapped a former US Federal Trade Commission member to lead its policy efforts on privacy and data protection.
Julie Brill was appointed by...
US: Feds take on case for possible saline price fixing
The chance that some drugmakers will be charged for fixing the price of their saline solution has escalated as a federal probe has moved...
South Korea: Qualcomm ordered to pay Blackberry back $814mn for royalties
Qualcomm said on Wednesday that it has been ordered to pay the smartphone maker BlackBerry $814.9 million in an arbitration dispute over patent royalties.
The...
A Comparative and Economic Analysis of the US FTC’s Complaint and...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
A Comparative and Economic Analysis of the US FTC's Complaint and the Korea FTC's Decision Against Qualcomm
By Koren W....
US: House Committee votes to narrow FTC merger enforcement
On the 5th of April, the House Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would curtail the Federal Trade Commission’s ability to challenge mergers.
The legislation would...
US: Walgreens gives FTC deadline to approve Rite Aid deal
Walgreens set a deadline three months away for the Federal Trade Commission to either block or allow its $9.7 billion merger with Rite Aid.
Walgreens’s...
