US looks at takeover guidelines shake-up
The US justice department is considering a shake-up of the guidelines used in approving takeovers of US companies, pointing to a possible shift in antitrust policy under the Obama administration, the...
View ArticleFeds to probe Google dominance
A handful of the biggest US states has started antitrust investigations into Google, adding to the mounting regulatory pressure on the search company as federal authorities move closer to a full-blown...
View ArticleDoJ antitrust chief to join top law firm
Christine Varney, head of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division, is leaving the government to join Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a leading law firm known for its mergers and acquisitions...
View ArticleAntitrust chief departs DoJ
The Department of Justice is set to lose Christine Varney, head of its antitrust division, to Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a leading M&A legal firm, says the FT. Under Varney, DoJ antitrust...
View ArticleWhere now for AT&T and T-Mobile?
Wherein John McDermott and Cardiff Garcia try to understand the deal of the day and realise they should’ve gone to law school and become antitrust attorneys. What just happened?Continue reading: Where...
View ArticleAT&T/T-Mobile USA deal challenged
The US Department of Justice has moved to block AT&T’s $39bn takeover of T-Mobile USA, threatening to unpick plans to unite the number two and number four US telecommunications operators in a deal...
View ArticleGoogle denies ‘cooking’ search results
Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, denied that the search company “cooked” its search results to gain an advantage over rivals, as he fended off persistent questioning during a Senate hearing into how...
View ArticleEU zeroes in on Google antitrust probe
European regulators have narrowed down a list of concerns about Google’s business practices in the region, pushing their two-year probe into a new stage, the FT says. While the European Commission has...
View ArticleAT&T firm’s lawyer tipped for top US antitrust spot
William Baer, whose legal firm worked on AT&T’s bid for T-Mobile USA, is the White House’s prime candidate to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division, Bloomberg reports. Baer’s colleagues...
View ArticleThis is a raid, oil price reporting edition
We suggest watching this story… It looks like EU competition regulators paid some unannounced visits to oil company offices around Europe on Tuesday — note the reason:Continue reading: This is a raid,...
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