A coalition of advocacy groups and lawmakers urged the Federal Trade Commission to hold companies accountable as online harms against people of color and women proliferate.
What was going on in the Supreme Court’s opinion in West Virginia v. EPA? Everyone has a sense the new “major questions doctrine” will create problems for the antitrust agencies. But what kinds of problems exactly?
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Despite forecasts of foreboding weather that shut down much of Washington, the world’s largest privacy conference went on without a hitch. Something on the order of 2000 financial, medical,...
As it usually does at the beginning of each new presidential term, the leadership of the antitrust section of the American Bar Association has presented the White House, Justice Department and...
Though new leaders are settling in at the Justice Department’s antitrust division and at the Federal Trade Commission, don’t expect much change in competition policies during the Obama...
Two major mergers are expected to alter the oil and gas landscape. Linn Energy has announced a groundbreaking agreement to acquire Berry Petroleum Company for $4.3 billion including debt...
The latest multibillion-dollar asset reshuffling in the health care sector nabs a new acquisition for Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health, a $108 billion health service company that caters to...
Charter Communications has agreed to purchase Bresnan Broadband from Cablevision for $1.625 billion. Cablevision investors welcomed the sale, judging by the market’s reaction. Its shares rose 6...