May 13, 2016
Three days before the Federal Communications Commission approved Charter Communications’ $67 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, the Stop Mega Cable Coalition — a group that includes public interest, media and telecom firms — made a final pitch to agency officials stressing the “many harms” that would result from the merger.
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May 13, 2016
In introducing bills to change certain Federal Trade Commission procedures in a year when lawmakers aren’t doing much, congressional Republicans are giving hints about what’s on the agenda for next...
May 13, 2016
Bill Baer, who recently left his post as head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, made waves when he said some deals should never get out of the boardroom. He might well have been...
May 13, 2016
Parties seeking to come up with a divestiture remedy to sell a proposed merger to the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are running into plenty of skepticism these days.
May 13, 2016
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May 13, 2016
The Federal Trade Commission has found that minority groups, especially recent immigrants, are often afraid to ask the government for help.
May 13, 2016
For many years now, the antitrust agencies have treated exclusive dealing cases like the crazy old uncle in the attic — acknowledged as members of the family, brought out and introduced on...