WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice will make an antitrust announcement later on Thursday, it said in a statement without offering any details. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Deputy …
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Biden Admin Launches Probe Into Health Care Giant Amid Antitrust Crackdown: REPORT Will Kessler on February 27, 2024 The Biden administration in recent weeks has launched an antitrust investigation into …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday set an October 2026 trial date for a Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com. The consumer protection agency …
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By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Vivendi, Telecom Italia’s (TIM) top investor, is asking the EU antitrust regulator to look into the role played by the Italian Treasury in a …
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By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – Oil and gas firms Woodside and Santos could overcome any “significant concerns” with a A$80 billion ($52 billion merger) from Australia’s competition regulator by …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has asked a judge to dismiss the government’s prosecution of a UnitedHealth Group affiliate accused of unlawfully restricting employee mobility, marking …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Vodafone and CK Hutchison’s $19 billion mobile merger in Britain does not pose any competition concerns to EU antitrust regulators, according to a European Commission filing. The …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – The CEO of Spirit Airlines on Wednesday defended in court the planned $3.8 billion acquisition of his company by JetBlue Airways as a means …
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The Antitrust Division’s Diversity Committee is hosting a virtual panel discussion for soon to be college students who may be interested in becoming a paralegal specialist. This panel will feature …
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google called its first witness on Wednesday in a once-in-a-generation U.S. antitrust trial, putting on the witness stand an executive who detailed the …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will ask its competition watchdog to monitor domestic passenger flights in a bid to boost competition in a sector dominated by national carrier Qantas, which is …
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it remained focused on its appeal opposing Xbox maker Microsoft’s now-closed $69 billion deal to buy …
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is near the halfway mark in its court battle with Alphabet’s Google, which it has accused of breaking antitrust law with …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have not opened a formal investigation into chips used for artificial intelligence, the European Commission said on Monday, days after the French competition authority …
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TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the state has joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 16 other state attorneys general in filing …
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NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) – Amazon faces an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 state attorneys general for what they call monopolistic pricing to customers …
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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday filed an antitrust lawsuit against data company Agri Stats, alleging that its weekly reports on meat pricing and sales …
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(Reuters) – The judge assigned to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com has recused himself from the case, according to a court document filed on Wednesday. Senior …
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Apple was ordered on Wednesday to face a private antitrust lawsuit by payment card issuers accusing the company of thwarting competition for its Apple Pay …
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By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Epic Games on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the antitrust case it brought against Apple, hoping to reverse lower court rulings that …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Qualcomm on Tuesday defeated a consumer lawsuit in California federal court alleging the chipmaker’s contracts with device manufacturers had artificially boosted the cost of mobile …
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(Reuters) – U.S. antitrust regulators on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com accusing the online retailer of harming consumers with higher prices, the latest in a long history of tough …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against Amazon.com, expected to be filed as soon as this week, adds to a slew of legal …
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department’s first witness when the government kicks off the second week of the Google antitrust trial will be a Verizon executive, who …
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – DuckDuckGo, which has long complained that Google’s tactics have made it too tough to get people to use their search engine on a mobile …