Tag: Justice Department
US: Judge blocks AT&T’s request to see White House Call Logs
A judge on Tuesday, February 20, denied AT&T’s request to see White House communications that might shed light on whether US President Donald Trump pressured...
US: Leading antitrust litigator leaves DoJ for Freshfields
A top US Justice Department (DOJ) official who departed his post in November is joining Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Washington, D.C.
Eric Mahr was a partner at Wilmer...
US: Kellyanne Conway’s husband withdraws from DoJ post
George T. Conway III, the husband of the presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, has withdrawn himself from consideration to become the head of the Justice...
US: DoJ drops AmEx antitrust case but 11 States press on
Attorneys general from 11 states filed a petition Friday afternoon asking the US Supreme Court to review their case against American Express, which centers...
US: Is Trump’s FCC chair really anti Net Neutrality?
President Trump on Monday designated Ajit Pai, a Republican member of the and an outspoken opponent of new net neutrality rules, to be the...
US: Judge blocks Aetna’s $37 billion deal for Humana
A federal judge ruled on Monday that a $37 billion merger between the health insurance providers Aetna and Humana should not be consummated on...
US: ChemChina files for US antitrust approval on Syngenta deal
China National Chemical said it filed for US antitrust approval with the Federal Trade Commission for its proposed $43 billion takeover of Swiss agrochemical...
US: DOJ won’t push antitrust case against airlines during Obama administration
The Justice Department, which started investigating alleged collusion between the nation’s major airlines in mid-2015, will not bring an antitrust case against the carriers...
US: Trump’s CEO meetings raise concerns
President-elect Donald Trump’s meetings with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers concerned about the possible erosion...
US: DirecTV wants DOJ antitrust case blacked out
The Justice Department can’t prove that information-sharing between DirecTV Group Holdings and three other content distributors violated federal antitrust law, the company said in...
