Tag: US
US Antitrust Regulators Are Seeing A Surge In Mergers
The US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission said Monday that they had been notified of more than 4,000 proposed transactions between March 2020...
US FCC Asked To Control Broadband Monopolies In Apartments
The OTI urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take action to improve broadband competition in multi-tenant environments (MTEs) such as apartment buildings.
In comments...
South Korean Chip Makers Will Omit Handing Detailed Data To US
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to leave out detailed information when supplying Washington with data related to the global chip shortage as they...
Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic & Jimmy John’s Sue Pork Produces For...
Three major chains have filed lawsuits against pork producers and a third-party pricing company accusing them of working together to fix their prices.
Sonic Drive-In,...
DOJ Sues To Halt Random House’s $2.2B Simon & Schuster Deal
The Biden administration is suing to stop Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the United States, from acquiring its rival Simon & Schuster,...
New FTC Policies Restore Prior Approval Policy For Merger
The Federal Trade Commission, led by new Democratic Chairwoman Lina Khan, has adopted a series of policy changes aimed at cracking down on corporate...
US Senate Panel Advances 9th Circuit Nominee Koh
On Thursday, October 28, a US Senate panel advanced the nomination of Lucy Koh to become a judge on the 9th US Circuit Court...
US Panel Approves Kanter To Justice Department Antitrust Division
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved on a voice vote the nomination of Google critic Jonathan Kanter to head the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, reported...
FTC Warns Tech Firms On Money-Making Claims
The Federal Trade Commission is putting more than 1,100 businesses that pitch money-making ventures on notice that if they deceive or mislead consumers about...
Three US Banks Settle ATM Antitrust Suit For $66M
Three US banks have agreed to pay US$66.7 million to settle consumer antitrust claims alleging a conspiracy to fix ATM charges, say plaintiffs' lawyers...
