The US Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday pledged to closely examine a proposed deal between Comcast and NBC Universal to ensure it does not harm consumers or competition.
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South Korea fines flag carrier
Friday, 12 March
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has fined Korean Air 10 billion won (US$9 million) for hampering the activities of its low-cost competitors.
Gibson Dunn bolsters in Brussels
Friday, 12 March
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired competition specialist Andrés Font Galarza as a partner in its Brussels office. He joins the firm today.
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The prosecutors in the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division field office in San Francisco have quietly – and sometimes not so quietly – cracked down on some of the largest international cartels in the world. But it wasn’t always that way. Ron Knox looks at the office’s work over the past two decades
