Tag: Antitrust
White House Reportedly Working On Executive Order On Antitrust
The White House is said to be developing an executive order that will ask government agencies to consider antitrust concerns in decision making, Reuters...
UK’s Antitrust Watchdog Prepares For Post-Brexit Workload
UK's competition watchdog preps to shoulder post-Brexit workload from European Commission. The head of the UK's competition regulator said the body planned to "come...
Mastercard Resumes Antitrust Lobbying
According to Politico, Mastercard is getting into antitrust lobbying for the first time in years. The payment giant hired The Duberstein Group at the...
SCOTUS Declines Comcast’s Advertising Antitrust Appeal
On Monday, june 28, the US Supreme Court declined to shut down claims that Comcast violated antitrust laws by refusing to do business with...
Belgian Security Firm Pleads Guilty Price-Fixing
Belgian security firm, has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to rig bids, allocate customers and fix prices for defense-related...
FTC Chair Lina Khan Appoints Antitrust Chief
Lina Khan, the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), on Thursday, June 24, named three top staff members amid one of the...
The Globalization of Antitrust: History and Prospects
By Alden F. Abbott (George Mason University)
The United States stood virtually alone when it enacted its first antitrust statute in 1890. Today, almost all...
US Lawmakers Advance “Break Up” Antitrust Bill
The House Judiciary Committee narrowly advanced a sixth and final piece of legislation that has been dubbed the “break up” bill, on the notion...
US Panel Approves Five Antitrust Bills So Far
On Wednesday, June 23, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved five antitrust bills, three of them aimed at Big Tech, and took...
Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021: The Risk of Antitrust Balkanization
By Marianela Lopez-Galdos, Project-Disco
Antitrust litigation is far from an easy subject but the risk of fragmentation of antitrust litigation deserves some attention given the...
