Tag: FTC
FTC Has Questions Over Nvidia’s Arm Takeover
Nvidia is seeking regulatory approvals of its Arm acquisition in multiple jurisdictions, but the company is facing hurdles basically everywhere. After the EU and the UK launched in-depth...
FTC Asks Court Not To Toss Facebook Antitrust Suit
On Wednesday the US FTC said that a federal court should allow an antitrust lawsuit it filed against Facebook to go forward as the...
Biden Calls On FTC To Probe Gas Price Hikes
President Joe Biden asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to "immediately" investigate whether illegal activity by oil and gas companies is pushing up...
FTC Invites Public Comment On Draft Strategic Plan
The Federal Trade Commission has released a preliminary draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022 to 2026 for public review and comment.
Every four years, government agencies...
FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Divestitures Of Hundreds Of 7-Eleven Stations
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that 7-Eleven’s acquisition of Marathon’s Speedway subsidiary violated federal...
FTC Approves ANI Deal To Buy Novitium, With Divestments
Specialty pharmacy company ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc has won US antitrust approval to buy Novitium Pharma on condition it divest rights or assets related to...
FTC Announces Agenda for Nov 18 Commission Meeting
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan announced that an open meeting of the Commission will be held virtually on Thursday, November 18, 2021....
FTC OKs 2020 Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Report
The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division released the agencies’ 43rd Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report.
The report provides HSR Premerger Notification data for fiscal...
Can the Federal Trade Commission Use Rulemaking to Change Antitrust Law?
By Richard J. Pierce (George Washington University Law School)
Lina Khan, the new Chair of the FTC, proposes to use notice and comment rulemaking to...
US Antitrust Regulators Are Seeing A Surge In Mergers
The US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission said Monday that they had been notified of more than 4,000 proposed transactions between March 2020...
