December 4, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent challenge to the proposed merger of two West Virginia hospitals pits the agency against the state’s attorney general, Patrick Morrisey, who had earlier reached an agreement that would have allowed the deal to proceed.
December 4, 2015
Concerns of business and leisure travelers, who fear higher prices and fewer choices, will play into the government's review of Marriott International’s proposed $12.2 billion acquisition of...
December 4, 2015
Bill Baer was in his first week as head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division in January 2013 when he had to decide whether to challenge Anheuser-Busch InBev’s proposed mega-deal to...
December 4, 2015
Two online fantasy sports sites already being investigated by the FBI and being sued by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman could also come under scrutiny for deceptive marketing by...
December 4, 2015
Guidelines on antitrust enforcement in the intellectual property arena, issued 20 years ago, are still highly relevant today, and no significant revisions are needed, top officials at the US's two...
December 4, 2015
The Federal Trade Commission’s staff is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit that charged that LabMD, a medical testing company, had failed to provide reasonable security to protect consumers’...
December 4, 2015
The winning antitrust case must be very simple. Its core proposition should be something that can be stated while standing balanced on one foot, and that makes obvious sense. One of the arts of...
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