Tag: FTC
US: Senate panel grills DOJ and FTC chiefs over their antitrust...
Officials from the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission were questioned on Tuesday (September 17) at a Capitol Hill hearing that focused in...
US: FTC approves fiscal year 2018 Hart-Scott-Rodino report
The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division released the agencies’ 41st Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report. The report provides HSR Premerger Notification data...
US: FTC Commissioner says fines aren’t enough for big tech
Rohit Chopra, a commissioner with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said that fining Big Tech companies won’t have any real effect on changing the...
US: FTC imposes conditions on NEXUS Gas purchase of pipeline
Joint venture NEXUS Gas and its member companies—DTE Energy and Enbridge—will settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the joint venture's acquisition of an...
US: Amazon facing FTC antitrust probe over its marketplace
Amazon is reportedly facing a potential investigation of its marketplace by antitrust officials examining whether it's using its influence to hurt competition.
According to Bloomberg,...
US: Stewart, Fidelity call off merger after FTC opposes deal
Title giants Stewart Information Services and Fidelity National Financial have called off their US$1.2 billion merger amid opposition from the US Federal Trade Commission...
US: FTC sues to block title insurance providers deal
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had filed an administrative complaint aimed at preventing title insurance provider Fidelity National Financial, from...
US: Google to pay up to $200M to settle FTC YouTube...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is fining Google between US$150 million and US$200 million to settle the whole debacle with its subsidiary, YouTube, allegedly...
US: Juul’s marketing practices probed by FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the marketing practices of e-cigarette startup Juul, according to the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with...
US: Qualcomm wins stay in enforcement of FTC ruling
On Friday, August 23, Qualcomm won a partial stay against the enforcement of a sweeping antitrust ruling in a lawsuit brought by the US...
