Tag: FTC
FTC Sues To Undo Altria’s $12.8B Deal With Juul
The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Altria Group Inc. and Juul Labs focuses largely on a noncompete agreement in which the tobacco giant...
Axon Questions FTC’s Antitrust Powers At Court Hearing
Axon Enterprise's case challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) administrative powers should proceed in federal court to ensure that it gets a “meaningful”...
US Sues To Force Altria To Unwind Investment In Juul
Today, the Federal Trade Commission filed an administrative complaint (a public version of which will be available and linked to this news release as...
Ventilator Maker’s 2012 Merger Spurs Query From FTC
A member of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says the agency should review its 2012 decision to approve the acquisition of a small...
FTC Urges Court to Dismiss Surescripts Bid For Appeal
A US district court should reject Surescripts’s pre-trial appeal of portions of an antitrust suit since the health information company hasn’t justified narrowing the...
FTC Attorney Advisor Joins Wilson Sonsini
Keith Klovers, formerly an Attorney Advisor to FTC Commissioner Christine S. Wilson, has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mr. Klovers, who started March...
Resuming early termination of HSR reviews
Ian Conner, FTC
On Monday, March 13, as part of the Bureau’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus situation, and in partnership with the Antitrust Division of DOJ,...
Regulators To Soften Antitrust Restrictions For JVs
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division said they will speed up reviews for joint ventures aimed at...
FTC And DOJ Announce Expedited Antitrust Procedure For Coronavirus Public Health...
The Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division today issued joint statement detailing an expedited antitrust procedure and providing guidance for...
FTC Outlines Agency’s Response to Coronavirus Challenges
Federal Trade Commission Executive Director David B. Robbins issued the following statement:
The FTC is taking a variety of measures to respond to the new...
