February 19, 2019
America calls itself the great beacon of democracy, but its antitrust agencies are among the most secretive in the world. Government lawyers and executives claim they’re forbidden from discussing merger reviews by law, but these claims seem dubious.
February 19, 2019
Antitrust is becoming something of the belle of the political ball.
February 19, 2019
The Justice Department’s declaration that its remedy in the Bayer-Monsanto merger is “a victory for American farmers and consumers” has provoked harsh reactions from critics who say the deal will...
February 19, 2019
The late Representative John Dingell often showed his love for the Federal Trade Commission, but it was sometimes tough love.
February 19, 2019
Less than a month after the Federal Trade Commission decided that 1-800 Contacts had violated antitrust law by agreeing with rivals to limit keyword search advertising, an online travel company...
February 19, 2019
Pent-up complaints by consumers who were scammed during the partial federal government stoppage flooded into the Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel Network, which was dark during the...
February 19, 2019
State and local governments are lining up to sue the makers of Oxycontin and other addictive drugs. And there’s a side benefit to this. These cases not only address the opioid crisis, but they...
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