Tag: FTC
US: Sprint and T-Mobile aim to merge without giving up assets
With Sprint majority owner SoftBank reportedly making the decision to move forward on a merger with T-Mobile, Reuters learned from confidential sources that both...
US: Rite Aid stock rises on FTC fix proposal
Walgreens Boots Alliance is set to revise its agreement to buy some Rite Aid stores, a move that may be enough for the drugstore...
US: Edith Ramirez, Former FTC Chair, tapped by Hogan Lovells
Former Federal Trade Commission chair Edith Ramirez has joined Hogan Lovells as co-head of the firm’s antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice.
Ramirez, who will...
US: Linde, Praxair get another antitrust request from FTC
Linde and Praxair said late on Monday, August 28, they were responding to a second request from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding...
US: FTC told to handover docs to Qualcomm in Antitrust suit
America’s trade watchdog has been ordered to provide copies of the letters that led to its antitrust probe into California chip designer Qualcomm.
In a...
US: Senator wonders about FTC’s quick approval of Amazon-Whole Foods deal
On Friday Senator Amy Klobuchar (Democrat, Minnesota) questioned the Federal Trade Commission’s quick approval of Amazon.com Inc’s purchase of Whole Foods Market Inc this...
US: Walgreens, Rite Aid refile deal proposal with FTC
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and Rite Aid have voluntarily withdrawn and refiled their antitrust notification with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to gain more...
Tying, Exclusivity, and Standard-Essential Patents
Posted by Social Science Research Network
Tying, Exclusivity, and Standard-Essential Patents
By Erik Hovenkamp (Harvard Law School)
Abstract: When a technological standard is adopted, implementers...
US: 1-800 Contacts want antitrust suit dismissed
Contact lens seller 1-800 Contacts has asked a Utah federal court to toss a proposed class suit alleging the companies conspired to limit competition...
US: DS Smith wins US clearance and shareholder approval for Indevco...
On July 25, DS Smith PLC said that it had won shareholder approval as well as US Federal Trade Commission clearance for its acquisition...
