Tech titans, other companies face PR hurdles in antitrust suits
Antitrust cases are fought as much in the court of public opinion as in a courtroom, and experts say that calls for a multipronged strategy.
Actually using a balancing test in the Google case
Antitrust lawyers love to talk about the consumer welfare standard and the rule of reason, and indeed these things are central to the intellectual framework of the law and to practical counseling. But when they’re put to the test in high-stakes litigation against Big Tech, courts generally recoil...
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Health-care mergers “front and center” in antitrust arena
Health care mergers are at the forefront of antitrust attention around the country, drawing watchful scrutiny from both Republicans and Democrats.
FTC nominee McSweeny gets thumbs-up from Commerce Committee
Almost two months after its hearing on Terrell McSweeny’s nomination to be a Federal Trade Commission commissioner, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee voted unanimously, on...
Ramirez and Baer face questions, criticisms at House hearing
FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Bill Baer, the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, recently were peppered with questions at a House subcommittee hearing that examined a broad range of antitrust...
Senate approves whistle-blower protections
The Senate has approved a bill that would provide whistleblower protections to employees who report violations of antitrust laws to government authorities.
Respected DOJ veteran Scott Hammond leaves the agency
Scott Hammond, who rose through the ranks over a 25-year career to become Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, will be jumping...
Groups charge improper FTC use of Section 5 privacy authority
The scope of the FTC’s consumer-protection authority under Section 5, as well as to its competition authority, is coming under challenge.