From journalism to baseball, lawmakers take up antitrust exemptions
Media companies and their congressional allies have escalated efforts to obtain an exemption to antitrust laws to counter the alleged unfair practices by Big Tech companies. The legislative fight is shining light on the broader issue of antitrust...
FleetCor case maps out new routes for consumer protection
We have seen what lies ahead for consumer protection, and it looks a great deal like the FleetCor case.
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Cicilline outlines priorities for antitrust subcommittee if Dems win the House
Democrats have made stronger antitrust enforcement a key component of their campaign platform to try to win back control of the House in the mid-term elections. If they succeed, Representative...
House Judiciary Committee to see leadership shift in 2019
The House panel that oversees antitrust policy will have a new leader next year regardless of which party controls the chamber.
Powers takes reins as DOJ top criminal antitrust enforcer amid questions
The appointment of Richard Powers as the Justice Department antitrust division's acting deputy for criminal enforcement has provoked some head scratching.
FDA chief Gottlieb ‘names and shames’ big pharma for delaying generic competition
When Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, publicly listed pharmaceutical companies that have “potentially blocked access” to samples of their branded products to...
Real estate mogul champions California privacy measure as tech battle brews
Over the past six months, Alastair Mactaggart has plowed $3.3 million of his own money into a California ballot initiative to pass the most extensive privacy and data security law in the United...
Uber official, others talk antitrust advocacy, regulation
It all depends on what the meaning of balanced is.