Tag: FTC
US: FTC names Acting Director of the Bureau of Competition
On July 20, Federal Trade Commission Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen announced that D. Bruce Hoffman has been selected to fill the position of...
US: FTC announces improvements in transparency
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen announced several internal process reforms in the agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection that will...
South Korea: Qualcomm argues to delay US$910m KFTC fine
Qualcomm on Friday argued over a US$910 million antitrust fine that the company was hit with in South Korea in late 2016, asking the...
US: FanDuel, DraftKings drop merger
Boston-based DraftKings and its chief rival, FanDuel Inc., said Thursday they would walk away from their planned merger, abandoning a deal that had promised...
US: Former Director Debbie Feinstein returns to Arnold & Porter
After nearly four years as the Federal Trade Commission’s Director for the Bureau of Competition, which ended last February, Debbie Feinstein is returning in...
UK: FanDuel could abandon DraftKings merger
FanDuel chief executive Nigel Eccles has admitted abandoning a proposed merger with rival fantasy sports operator DraftKings is one of a number of options...
US: FTC, DOJ give Liberty-GCI deal antitrust ok
The Justice Department (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have no antitrust issues with John Malone’s (Liberty Interactive) deal to buy Alaskan cable...
US: FTC Competition Bureau Chief Tad Lipsky retires
Tad Lipsky, acting bureau chief of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, retired July 3, according to FTC acting chair, Maureen Ohlhausen. Replacing...
US: Broadcom wins antitrust consent to buy Brocade with conditions
On Monday the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Chipmaker Broadcom has received US antitrust approval to buy Brocade Communications Systems.
The buyout had already...
US: Qualcomm loses bid to squash FTC antitrust lawsuit
A US federal judge ruled against Qualcomm's motion to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the FTC, the Wall Street Journal reported late Monday....
