August 6, 2019
Tensions between the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are increasing, prompting consternation among veteran antitrust practitioners.
August 6, 2019
Even before Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joe Simons began a press conference to unveil a record-breaking $5 billion penalty on Facebook as part of a sweeping privacy settlement, the narrative...
August 6, 2019
Three senators are pushing bills that would empower the Federal Trade Commission to prevent technology companies from using practices that get people hooked on content, while another senator wants...
August 6, 2019
GateHouse’s $1.4 billion offer to acquire Gannett would create the largest newspaper company — by circulation and number of properties owned — but few of their papers are serious rivals, likely...
August 6, 2019
The number of significant antitrust investigations declined during the year ending June 30, but they took longer, according to a report by the law firm Dechert.
August 6, 2019
After a successful career as an antitrust lawyer that included a top leadership post at the Federal Trade Commission, David Roll is having a second act as a non-fiction author.
August 6, 2019
The term “cost synergies” is being misused in ways that can distort antitrust analysis, and it should be reined in. The concept of synergy should be reserved for mergers combining different types...
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