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MOFCOM meets with US enforcers
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Officials from the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division and the US Federal Trade Commission have met with representatives from China's Ministry of Commerce in Washington, DC, to discuss antitrust merger enforcement.
DoJ investigating Del Monte acquisition
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division (DoJ) is looking into the US$5.3 billion acquisition of Del Monte Foods by a group of investment funds led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) – according to a securities lawyer for Del Monte’s former shareholders.
AT&T withdraws FCC application to focus on DoJ case
Friday, 25 November 2011
AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, parent of T-Mobile, have withdrawn their merger application before the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), announcing their decision to concentrate on the Department of Justice’s antitrust division’s (DoJ) hearing instead.
Sea Star settles price fixing case
Monday, 21 November 2011
Ferry company Sea Star Line has agreed to plead guilty and pay US$14.2 million to settle a cartel lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice (DoJ)’s antitrust division. One of the company’s executives was indicted by a grand jury for his role in the cartel.
H&R Block drops TaxACT deal
Thursday, 17 November 2011
US tax preparation company H&R Block has agreed to drop its pursuit of rival TaxACT after the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division won a permanent injunction against the merger late last month.
Group says DoJ office closures would hurt enforcement
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Multiple antitrust lawyers, former US Department of Justice prosecutors and a federal judge have joined a growing chorus of voices asking lawmakers to block the DoJ antitrust division’s proposal to close four of its seven field offices by the end of this year.
Judge sided with DoJ market definition in H&R Block/TaxACT trial
Friday, 11 November 2011
The evidence presented during the H&R Block/TaxACT merger trial convinced a federal judge that the tie-up would have led to an anti-competitive duopoly in the market for digital, do-it-yourself tax preparation capable of raising prices for customers.
DoJ sets conditions for Blue Cross takeover
Wednesday, 09 November 2011
The US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust division has ordered a divestiture as the price for allowing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana’s acquisition of New West Health Services.
Barnes & Noble asks DoJ to investigate Microsoft patents
Wednesday, 09 November 2011
US bookseller Barnes & Noble has asked the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division to investigate whether computer software company Microsoft has used questionable patents to try to harm competition in the market for mobile operating systems.
Kooperstein joins King & Spalding
Tuesday, 08 November 2011
Donna Kooperstein has joined King & Spalding LLP as senior counsel in its Washington, DC antitrust practice, ending her long tenure at the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust division.
AT&T fails to knock out Sprint lawsuit
Thursday, 03 November 2011
A US judge has allowed Sprint Nextel to pursue its antitrust lawsuit against AT&T’s $39 billion proposed takeover of T-Mobile.
Court prohibits H&R Block/TaxACT
Tuesday, 01 November 2011
A US district court has barred tax filing company H&R Block from acquiring rival TaxACT because it ruled the proposed $287.5 million deal would harm competition in the market for online tax return services.
Lawmaker urges DoJ to keep antitrust division offices open
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
A US politician has asked the administration of President Barack Obama to save four offices of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division that the administration has said should close.
Observers say revised ACO rules ease burden on health care providers
Friday, 21 October 2011
The US antitrust agencies yesterday released their final guidance on when and how groups of health care providers can work together to serve patients without violating the antitrust laws.
Sprint cries foul over blocked access to documents
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Lawyers from Sprint Nextel say a US federal court was wrong to bar the company from accessing documents produced in the government’s challenge of the blockbuster AT&T/T-Mobile merger.
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