Tag: FTC
Microsoft Commits To Openness In New App Store
Executives at Microsoft are pledging the company’s new video game app store will be governed by open-market principals, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday...
FTC To Review Microsoft’s Activision $68.7B Deal, Testing New Merger Guidelines
Microsoft’s US$70 billion bid for Activision may be reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in what will become its first test to show...
Observations on the Court’s Rejection of Facebook’s Motion to Dismiss the...
By: Jarod Bona (The Antitrust Attorney)
The FTC alleges that Facebook has a longstanding monopoly in the market for personal social networking (PSN) services and that it unlawfully...
FTC Looks To Block Lockheed Martin’s $4.4B Aerojet Deal
The US FTC has voted unanimously to sue to block arms maker Lockheed Martin's proposed $4.4 billion purchase of rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne...
FTC Approves Tops Markets/Price Chopper Merger With Conditions
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the merger of New York-based supermarket operators The Golub,...
SCOTUS To Hear Taser Maker’s Antitrust Suit With FTC
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Axon Enterprise’s bid to revive its challenge to the constitutionality of the FTC’s structure aimed...
FTC Increases Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds To $101M
On January 21, 2022, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced increased thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR). The thresholds...
Chair Khan Says FTC Will Take On Big Tech
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) won’t back down in the face of intimidation from better-resourced opponents, said Chair Lina Khan in an interview with CNBC...
White House Encouraged By Judge’s Decision Not To Dismiss Facebook Case
On Wednesday, January 13, the White House stated it was encouraged by a US judge's decision not to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC)...
FTC Gets Second Chance To Take On Facebook In Antitrust Suit
A judge granted the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a second chance to pursue its charges of illegal monopolization against Facebook, rejecting the company’s motion...
