About 40 State Attorneys General Plan to Take Part in Facebook Antitrust Probe
NewsThe effort reflects a broadening belief among the country’s top Democrats and Republicans that the tech giant may be undermining its social-networking rivals.
View ArticleFormer Bumble Bee Tuna CEO Found Guilty of Price Fixing
NewsProsecutors alleged that he conspired with colleagues and executives at rival companies on a “peace proposal” in order to boost prices.
View ArticleHP Wins $439 Million As Judge Triples Jury Price-Fix Award
NewsSony, Panasonic and some other disk-drive makers settled with HP over the past decade. Only Taiwan-based Quanta chose to go to trial.
View ArticlePilgrim’s Announces Agreement with DOJ Antitrust Division
NewsPilgrim’s Pride Corporation has entered into a plea agreement with the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division in respect to its investigation into the sales of broiler chicken products in the US.
View ArticleU.S. Says Google Breakup May be Needed to End Violations of Antitrust Law
NewsThe U.S. sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the $1 trillion company of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge to the power and influence of Big Tech in decades.
View ArticleDOJ Sues to Block Visa Acquisition of Fintech Startup Plaid
NewsThe federal government is suing to block Visa's $5.3 billion acquisition of fintech startup Plaid, alleging the merger violates antitrust laws.
View ArticleTexas Hiring Two Law Firms for Google Probe Team
NewsThe Texas attorney general’s office has named The Lanier Law Firm and the law firm Keller Lenkner to the litigation team that would face off against Alphabet’s Google in an expected antitrust lawsuit.
View Article‘Gorilla’ Google Hit with Third Lawsuit as U.S. States Sue Over Search Dominance
NewsGoogle faced its third major lawsuit in two months on Thursday as 38 U.S. states and territories accused the $1 trillion company of abusing its market power to try to make its search engine as...
View ArticleAnthem Agrees to Pay $594M to Settle Antitrust Litigation
NewsThe settlement, struck last fall and awaiting final approval in an Alabama federal court, resolves lawsuits filed in 2012 by insurance customers alleging the Chicago-based Blue Cross Blue Shield...
View ArticleTrio of Big Law Firms Hire Antitrust Partners as Demand Grows
NewsThree top U.S. law firms, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and Latham & Watkins, announced Monday they hired antitrust partners, signaling growing demand as...
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