Tag: Trump Administration
The Utter Failure of the Trump Administration’s Antitrust Chief
By Chris Sagers, Slate
However little hope the election of Donald Trump left, for some antitrust watchers it hid the slimmest of silver linings: Maybe,...
US: Trump’s pick for No. 3 Justice Department post withdraws
President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as the third-ranking official in the US Justice Department, Jessie Liu, withdrew from consideration on Thursday, March 28,...
US: Trump administration shrinks finance watchdog
The Trump administration is laying off 40 staff members at the Office of Financial Research (OFR), an independent bureau that analyzes market trends to...
US: SCOTUS overturns 2nd Circuit decision in Vitamin C case
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday, June 14, to return to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals a case brought in 2005 by...
US: Trump nominates for Second Circuit Bench
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated US District Judge Richard Sullivan of the Southern District of the New York to serve on the US...
Antitrust Enforcement Under the Trump Administration
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Antitrust Enforcement Under the Trump Administration
By Elvira Aliende Rodriguez, Brian G. Burke & John F. Cove, Jr (Shearman & Sterling LLP)
Divining trends in...
US: Trump’s FCC announces vote to kill net neutrality
The head of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unveiled plans on Tuesday, November 21, to repeal landmark 2015 rules that prohibited internet service...
US: More than 1 million petition Trump Administration to reject merger
Critics of agricultural consolidation joined forces Tuesday, November 14, in Washington to release reports calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reject the...
US: Trump picks antitrust lawyer to head FTC
President Donald Trump has selected Joseph Simons, an antitrust attorney from a Washington law firm, to head the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a White...
US: Facebook, Google, Twitter execs to testify at Russia hearings
Executives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been asked to testify to the United States Congress as lawmakers continue to investigate Russia’s alleged interference...
