Tag: FTC
The FTC & Meta At Odds Over Antitrust Trial Date
US FTC and Facebooks parent company, Meta Platforms are at odds over when to start a high-profile antitrust trial, reported Reuters. The Federal Trade...
DOJ & FTC Work To Expand Gig Worker Rights
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are pushing forward with their support for making changes to antitrust law that would make it...
FTC’s Director Of The Bureau Of Economics Resigns
Marta Wosińska, the head economist at the Federal Trade Commission resigned unexpectedly on Wednesday, according to several people with direct knowledge of the matter...
Innovation: A Bridge to the New Brandeisians?
By Richard J. Gilbert* & A. Douglas Melamed**
The push to reform antitrust law by more aggressive enforcement strategies and perhaps new legislation has been...
FTC Sues To Stop Hospital Merger
On Thursday the US FTC said that it would file a lawsuit aimed at stopping the merger of Rhode Island's two largest health care...
FTC’s Review Of Zynga’s Take-Two Sale Extended
Zynga could see an extended FTC antitrust review of its planned $12.7B sale to Take-Two Interactive.
The US Federal Trade Commission may look at pursuing...
US FTC Dismisses Suit Over Juul Investment
A judge at the US Federal Trade Commission has dismissed a complaint that the agency filed aimed at requiring Marlboro maker Altria to sell...
EP Energy Seeks To Save Deal From FTC
EP Energy is exploring a sale of oil-producing acreage in Utah it hopes will avert a challenge from a US antitrust regulator to its...
Economic Issues in Assessing Potential and Nascent Competition
Potential and nascent competition have seen renewed interest from academics, antitrust practitioners, and United States enforcement agencies in recent years. For example, the Federal...
Discriminatory Antitrust in the Realm of Potential and Nascent Competition
One of the most important topics in antitrust is how to analyze potential and nascent acquisitions by the largest digital platforms. Notably, there have...
