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The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  12/21/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .  American Express can once again enforce its rules prohibiting merchants from steering customers to other credit cards after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit temporarily lifted an earlier court order on Friday.  The Court of Appeals...

Driverless Cars Will Have To Navigate Antitrust Curves

Posted  12/16/15
By Daniel Vitelli As noted by Boies Schiller partner Scott Gant in his recent , not only is the much-anticipated arrival of driverless cars on the roads raising thorny questions regarding their safety, efficiency and ethical use, but antitrust issues are hitching a ride as well. While suppliers and consumers work together to navigate the technological and social roadblocks, potential antitrust...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  12/14/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .  Chemical giants DuPont and Dow Chemical Co have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger valued at $130 billion in a first step toward breaking up into three separate businesses, a move that pleased activist investors and could trigger more...

FTC Moves To Break Up Staples Office Depot Merger

Posted  12/8/15
By Allison F. Sheedy The Federal Trade Commission filed an administrative complaint yesterday seeking to block Staples, Inc.’s proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of rival Office Depot, Inc., claiming the merger would violate the antitrust laws by significantly reducing competition nationwide in the market for “consumable” office supplies sold to large business customers for their own use. The FTC’s action...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  12/7/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Anheuser-Busch InBev's bid to buy its biggest rival, SABMiller, will be the subject of a U.S. Senate hearing this week.  AB InBev, whose takeover of SABMiller would be one of the largest mergers in corporate history, announced last month that...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/30/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .  The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Comcast Corp, the biggest U.S. cable TV provider, is blocking competition in cable advertising sales, according to a source.  The DOJ’s Antitrust Division reportedly has sent civil...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/23/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   The credit card industry won a big legal victory as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit  rejected claims by a group of consumers that big issuers colluded to require that disputes be settled in arbitration rather than through...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/16/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Two U.S. consumer groups have formed a coalition with New York labor unions to press antitrust regulators to oppose big insurance mergers that would cut the number of nationwide for-profit health insurers from five to three.  The Coalition to...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/9/15
  Google is hitting back at European Union antitrust regulators' threats of a hefty fine, saying this would be inappropriate because of the unusual nature of the case and its willingness to settle the case with concessions last year.  In its reply to the European Commission's charge sheet, the world's most popular search engine also criticized regulators for...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  11/2/15
.  Apple is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that found the iPad maker conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices.  Apple is seeking review of the June ruling that favored the U.S. Department of Justice and found the company liable for engaging in a conspiracy that...
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