Tag: US
Jimmy John’s Beats Class Action Bid In “No Poach” Suit
Jimmy John’s dodged a bid for class action status in a federal court in Illinois by the employees leading an antitrust challenge to a...
Foot Locker To Buy Two Shoe Store Chains for $1.1B
Foot Locker will buy two smaller shoe store chains for a total of about US$1.1 billion in cash, the footwear retailer announced on Monday,...
Square To Australia’s Afterpay For $29B
Jack Dorsey's Square (SQ) is spending US$29 billion on an Australian buy now, pay later firm — a massive purchase that will help his...
US Judge Says Google Request For Microsoft Documents Is Relevant
A federal judge asked Microsoft on Friday to let him know how big of a burden it would be for the company to provide...
Republicans: US FTC Chair Khan Is Overstepping Her Power
Republicans at the US Federal Trade Commission told Congress that the agency's Democratic leadership has been moving too quickly on decisions, leaving too little time for...
US Administration & TikTok Agree To Drop Lawsuit
Under the US President Joe Biden administration, a lawsuit from the President Donald Trump era attempting to ban TikTok from American shores won’t be...
US FTC Asks For Extension To Refile Its Facebook Antitrust Suit
The Federal Trade Commission on Friday asked a federal judge to give it more time to refile an antitrust suit against Facebook that is...
US Judge Narrows Focus Of Aon-Willis Antitrust Suit
A federal judge has narrowed the scope of a US Department of Justice lawsuit blocking the proposed $30 billion merger of insurance brokers Aon...
US & Germany Strike Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Deal
The United States and Germany on Wednesday unveiled an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under which Berlin pledged to respond to...
Biden To Name Kanter As DOJ Antitrust Chief
President Joe Biden has picked Jonathan Kanter to serve as the Justice Department’s (DOJ) assistant attorney general for antitrust, in a major win for...