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- BUREAU OF COMPETITION DIRECTOR JEFFERY SCHMIDT TO LEAVE FTC
- CHINA’S ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW
- INDIA REVIEWS MERGERS
- ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUD U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
- FTC CHALLENGES MCCORMICK'S ACQUISITION OF UNILEVER'S LAWRY'S AND ADOLPH'S BRANDS
- TWO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS PLEAD GUILTY FOR THEIR ROLE IN A CONSPIRACY INVOLVING AVIAITION FUEL SUPPLY
- ITALIAN MARINE HOSE MANUFACTURERS AND MARINE HOSE EXECUTIVES PLEAD GUILTY FOR ROLE IN WORLDWIDE SCHEME TO RIG BIDS
- SECOND EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY IN WORLDWIDE AIRCARGO PRICE FIXING CONSPIRACY
- N.J. WASTEWATER TREATMENT SUPPLY COMPANY OWNER AND A CONTRACTS ADMINISTRATOR PLEAD GUILTY TO BID RIGGING, FRAUD AND TAX OFFENSES
- FTC CHALLENGES PERNOD RICARD'S PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF V&S VIN & SPRIT
- EU TO EXPAND INTEL ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION
- FTC LAUNCHES ITS FTC GUIDE TO THE ANTITRUST LAWS
- ANOTHER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME AND TAX EVASION IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD HOME DEPOT
- DOJ REQUIRES DIVESTITURE IN SIGNATURE’S ACQUISITION OF HAWKER BEECHCRAFT’S FLIGHT SUPPORT SERVICE BUSINESS
- DOJ APPROVES NEW JERSEY ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CONSULTING COMPANY’S PROPOSAL
- VISA REVOKES DEBIT CARD RULE AS RESULT OF DOJ ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION
- FTC CHALLENGES PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF INEOS’S SODIUM SILICATE BUSINESSES BY CARLYLE PARTNERS
- FORMER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING HOME DEPOT IN VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME AND TAX EVASION
- ILLINOIS VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY AND ACCEPTING ILLEGAL GRATUITIES
- MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES PLEAD GUILTY AND AGREE TO PAY FINES FOR THEIR ROLE IN MAJOR CONSPIRACY TO FIX AIR CARGO RATES
- U.S. ARMY OFFICER AND WIFE PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BRIBERY AND MONEY LAUNDERING INVOLVING DOD CONTRACTS AT U.S. BASE IN KUWAIT
- COURT ALLOWS DOJ LAWSUIT AGAINST DAILY GAZETTE AND MEDIANEWS TO CONTINUE
- NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY FOR HIS ROLE IN A CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BRIBERY ON NEW YORK PIER 86 PROJECT
- CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY FOR ITS ROLE IN RIGGING BIDS ON FCC E-RATE PROJECTS FOR FRESNO AREA SCHOOLS
- CINCINNATI ICE COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO CUSTOMER AND TERRITORY ALLOCATION CHARGE
- ANOTHER EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY IN DOJ’S ONGOING INVESTIGATION IN THE MILITARY RESTRAINTS INDUSTRY
- SECOND HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE CHARGED IN VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME
- THREE EXECUTIVES SENTENCED IN UK’S FIRST OFFICE OF FAIR TRADE’S CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR BID RIGGING
- DOJ REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN VERIZON’S ACQUISTION OF RCC
- FORMER U.S. ARMY COLONEL PLEADS GUILTY IN BRIBERY SCHEME INVOLVING DOD CONTRACTS IN IRAQ
- INOVA WITHDRAWS MERGER PLANS WITH PRICE WILLIAM HEATH SYSTEM AFTER THOROUGH FTC INVESTIGATION AND LAWSUITS
- FORMER NEW YORK CITY ENGINEER INDICTED IN CONSPIRACY TO COMMITT BRIBERY
- DOJ APPROVES JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN SABMILLER PLC AND MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY
- MARYLAND TAX LIEN AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO RIGGING BIDS AT TAX LIEN AUCTIONS
- DOD CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BRIBERY
- DELAWARE JUDGE UNSEALS COMPLAINT AGAINST YAHOO’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- ANOTHER PECK & HALE, LLC EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES OF BID RIGGING AND TAKING KICKBACKS ON DOD CONTRACTS
- FORMER EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING HOME DEPOT IN VENDOR KICKBACK SCHEME AND TAX EVASION
- DOJ ALLOWS CENGAGE TO ACQUIRE HM COLLEGE
- DOJ SETTLES WITH NATIONAL REALTORS ASSOCIATION
- U.S COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS FTC DECISION THAT THE NORTH TEXAS SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS ENGAGED IN ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES
- TWO INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO COMMIT BRIBERY IN CONNECTION WITH A U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NEW ORLEANS LEVEE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
- FIRST FORMER AIRLINE EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO
- FTC MODIFIES ORDER PROHIBITING NINE WEST GROUP, INC. FROM FIXING RETAIL PRICES WITH DEALERS
- FTC ENTERS INTO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN A MERGER WITHOUT A SECOND REQUEST
- DOJ FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST CONSOLIDATED MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES CHARGING THAT ITS RULES ARE ANTICOMPETITIVE
- DOJ REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN PROPOSED MERGER BETWEEN REGAL CINEMA AND CONSOLIDATED THEATERS
- FTC ORDERS REMEDY TO RESTORE COMPETITION BETWEEN EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND HIGHLAND PARK HOSPITAL
- FTC SETTLES WITH TALX CORP REGARDING ITS ACQUISITIONS OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS
- KANSAS OWNER OF COMPUTER SERVICE COMPANIES AND FAMILY MEMBER CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD FCC E-RATE PROGRAM
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY OF LYING TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- CANADIAN DEFENSE COMPANY AND TWO EXECUTIVES INDICTED ON CHARGES TO DEFRAUD U.S. MILITARY IN IRAQ
- FTC FILES COMMENT WITH FERC ON COMPETITION IN WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY
- NINTH FOREIGN EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN MARINE HOSE CARTEL
- JAPAN AIRLINES ADMITS INVOLVEMENT IN AIRLINE CARTEL THAT FIXED CARGO RATES TO AND FROM THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE
- CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN FRAUD CONSPIRACY AT NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
- DOD CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY FOR CONSPIRING SELL TRADE SECRETS FOR AVIATION FUEL SUPPLY CONTRACTS
- MONTANA BOARD OF REALTY REGULATION REPEALS RULE PROHIBITING REAL ESTATE BROKERS TO OFFER REBATES TO CONSUMERS
- WILLIAM E. KOVACIC ASSUMES NEW ROLE AS CHAIRMAN OF FTC
- A DEFENSE FIRM PLEADS GUILTY TO RIG BIDS ON U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS
- DOJ APPROVES XM/SIRIUS MERGER
- FORMER EDUCATION CONSULTANT SENTENCED FOR FRAUD AND BID RIGGING IN FCC E-RATE PROGRAM
- COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION COMPANY AND EXECUTIVE PLEAD GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN BID-RIGGING CONSPIRACY
- DOJ REQUIRES MILL DIVESTITURES IN PROPOSED MERGER OF ALTIVITY AND GRAPHIC PACKAGING
- FTC CHALLENGES ILLEGAL BOYCOTT OF HEALTH PLAN BY CONNECTICUT CHIROPRACTORS
- DOJ REQUIRES A DIVESTITURE IN COOKSON'S ACQUISITION OF FOSECO
- DOJ REQUIRES DIVESTITURE IN UNITEDHEALTH GROUP'S ACQUISITION OF SIERRA HEALTH SERVICES
- DOJ REQUIRES THOMSON TO SELL FINANCIAL DATA AND RELATED ASSETS IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE REUTERS
- FTC SUES FOR UNLAWFULLY BLOCKING SALE OF LOWER-COST GENERIC VERSIONS OF BRANDED-DRUG
- DOJ REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN CLEAR CHANNEL
- SCRAP METAL COMPANY AND OWNER INDICTED
- FTC NEEDS MORE TIME TO REVIEW MERGER
- JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN PEARSON'S ACQUISITION OF HARCOURT ASSESSMENT
- FTC CHALLENGES 'ETHERNET' STANDARD USED IN PERSONAL COMPUTERS
- COMMISSION LAUNCHES SECTOR INQUIRY INTO PHARMACEUTICALS
- OPERA FILES ANTITRUST COMPLAINT AGAINST MICROSOFT
- FTC STOPS DECEPTIVE “HEALTH CONFERENCES” AND SALES OF SUPPOSED
- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRING TO STEAL INFORMATION ON FUEL SUPPLY CONTRACTS
- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION CLOSES GOOGLE/DOUBLECLICK INVESTIGATION
- E.U. COMMISSION FINES FLAT-GLASS PRICE-FIXING CARTEL
- FTC ENTERS INTO A SETTLEMENT REGARDING SCHERING-PLOUGH’S ACQUISITION OF ORGANON BIOSCIENCES N.V.
- GUILTY PLEA IN BID RIGGING AND FRAUD AT NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
- NORTH AMERICAN DIVESTITURE ORDERED IN OWENS CORNING
- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ORDERS DIVESTITURE IN ABITIBI/BOWATER MERGER
- DIVESTITURES LEAD TO SETTLEMENT IN VULCAN'S ACQUISITION OF FLORIDA ROCK
- SPANISH GOVERNMENT TO CHALLENGE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S DECISION TO FINE TELEFÓNICA
- COMMISSION INITIATES PHASE II INVESTIGATION INTO THOMSON'S ACQUISITION OF REUTERS
- KYPHON'S ACQUISITION OF DISC-O-TECH IS APPROVED
- FTC ANNOUNCES THE END OF LITIGATION IN THE WESTERN REFINING CASE
- COMMISSION APPROVES SONY/BMG MERGER FOR THE SECOND TIME
- GERMAN FEDERAL SUPREME COURT REFERS THE BKARTA’S SPRINGER/PROSIEBEN-SAT1 MERGER PROHIBITIONDECISION BACK TO THE HIGHER REGIONAL COURT DÜSSELDORF
- FIRSTGROUP AND LAIDLAW SELL OFF SCHOOL BUS CONTRACT IN ALASKA TO RESOLVE ANTITRUST CONCERNS
- FTC ADVISES ROCHESTER PHYSICIAN ORGINIZATION IT WILL NOT RECOMMEND ANTITRUST CHALLENGE TO PROPOSAL FOR "CLINICAL INTEGRATION" PROGRAM
- JACOBI INDUSTRIES PRESIDENT ENTERS GUILTY PLEA IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BID RIGGING CONSPIRACY
- COMMISSION ANNOUNCES PROPOSALS FOR NEW ENERGY PACKAGE
- ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ANTITRUST ISSUES STATEMENT ON EUROPEAN MICROSOFT DECISION
- THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE ESSENTIALLY UPHOLDS THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S DECISION AND FINDS THAT MICROSOFT ABUSED ITS DOMINANT POSITION
- FORMER SALES REPRESENTATIVE IN CALIFORNIA CONVICTED FOR ROLE IN SCHEMES TO DEFRAUD THE FEDERAL E-RATE PROGRAM
- TWO EXECUTIVES INDICTED IN MARINE HOSE BID RIGGING CONSPIRACY
- COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION COMPANY AND EXECUTIVE INDICTED FOR RIGGING BIDS ON CONTRACTS TO SAFEWAY GROCERY STORES IN ARIZONA
- FTC Challenges Jarden Corp.’s Proposed Acquisition of K2 Incorporated
- Commission Rules that Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corp.’s Acquisition of Highland Park Hospital Was Anticompetitive but doesn’t order divestiture
- CFIUS Reform
- Virginia Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging on Contracts with the U.S Navy and Others
- Justice Department Seeks Appointment of Trustee to Sell Mittal Steel’s Sparrows Point Steel Mill
- British Airways Plc and Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. agree to plead
- IHOP buys Applebee’s for $1.9 billion
- Yahoo takes control of Right Media
- XM and Sirius Proposed Merger
- FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of DirectRevenue LLC, et al.; FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Sony BMG Music Entertainment
- FTC Issues Administrative Complaint Seeking to Block Whole Foods Market’s Acquisition of Wild Oats Markets
- JAPANESE ADVISORY PANEL ISSUES RECOMENDATIONS
- FTC Stops Alleged Extortion Scheme Aimed At Hispanics Nationwide
- Justice Department Files Joint Status Report On Microsoft’s Compliance With The Final Judgments
- FTC Charges Company With Financing Fraudulent Telecom Services Scheme
- Justice Department Reaches Agreement Requiring Divestitures in Merger of First Busey Corporation and Main Street Trust Inc.
- FTC Asks Court to Shut Down Illegal Pyramid Operation
- Statement of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on Its Decision to Close Its Investigation of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.’s Acquisition of CBOT Holdings Inc.
- FTC Seeks to Block Whole Foods Market’s Acquisition of Wild Oats Markets
- FTC Challenges Rite Aid’s Proposed $3.5 Billion Acquisition of Brooks and Eckerd Pharmacies from Canada’s Jean Coutu Group, Inc.
- International Competition Network Presents Report on Unilateral Conduct and Announces Merger Convergence Project
- Justice Department Requires Divestitures in $1.5 Billion Merger of Monsanto and Delta & Pine Land
- FTC Testifies on Government Agencies’ Collection and Use of Personal Information and Identity Theft
- FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras Participated in Sixth Annual International Competition Network Conference in Moscow, Russia
- FTC Testifies Before Congress on Petroleum Industry Consolidation
- FTC Testifies on Market Forces, Competitive Dynamics, and Gasoline Prices
- Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Daily Gazette Company and MediaNews Group
- Texas Hedge Fund Manager Will Pay Civil Penalty for Violating Antitrust Premerger Notification Requirements
- FTC Recovers $160,000 for Franchisees Who Bought Web Services Businesses
- Justice Department Settles Civil Contempt Claim Against Allied Waste Industries Inc.
- U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Issue Report on Competition in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry
- Repeat Offender Permanently Banned from Telemarketing, Selling Business Programs
- Statement of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on its Decision to Close Its Investigation of Smithfield Inc.’sAcquisition of Premium Standard Farms Inc.
- FTC Testifies Before U.S. Senate on Barriers to Entry of Generic Drugs
- Department of Justice Files Amended Complaint in Antitrust Case Following Rinker Board of Directors’ Approval of Cemex Takeover Bid
- FTC Settles Two Complaints Charging Rebate-Fulfillment Violations
- FTC Identifies Additional Group of ChoicePoint Identity Theft Victims Who May Qualify for Redress
- Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Amsted Industries Inc.’s Purchase of FM Industries
- Antitrust Division Names New Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Regulatory Matters
- Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Issue Report on Antitrust and Intellectual Property
- FTC Challenges Actavis Group's Proposed Acquisition of Abrika
- FTC Files Complaint in Federal District Court Seeking to Block Equitable Resources’ Acquisition of The Peoples Natural Gas Company from Dominion Resources
- New Mexico Court Temporarily Blocks Western Refining’s Acquisition of Rival Energy Company Giant Industries, Inc.
- Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Cemex’s Acquisition of Rinker Group
- FTC Approves Proposed Divestiture in Matter of Thermo Electron Corporation
- Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
- FTC Sues to Block Acquisition of The Peoples Natural Gas Company from Dominion Resources
- Natural Gas Pipeline Company and Executives Indicted
- FTC Receives Seventh Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestiture from SCI and Alderwoods Group
- Kmart Settles With FTC Over Gift Card Sales Practices
- Commission Approves Application for Proposed Divestiture in Matter of Linde AG/BOC Group plc
- FTC Receives Supplemental Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestiture from SCI and Alderwoods Group
- Programmer Gives Up All The Money He Made Distributing Spyware
- Commission Approves Application for Proposed Divestiture in Matter of General Dynamics/SNC
- Commission Approves Application for Proposed Divestiture in Matter of Dan L. Duncan, et al.
- Virginia Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging on
- Justice Department Requires Mittal Steel to Divest Sparrows Point Steel Mill
- FTC Receives Sixth Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestiture from SCI and Alderwoods Group
- FTC Receives Application for Approval of Proposed Divestiture from Thermo Electron Corporation; Final Consent Orders Approved in Matters of Advocate Health Partners and General Dynamics/SNC Technologies
- FTC Stops Credit Card Rate Reduction Scam
- FTC Challenges Hospira/Mayne Pharma Deal
- FTC Provides Senate Testimony on Anticompetitive Patent Settlements in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
- FTC Receives Fifth Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestitures from SCI and Alderwoods Group
- FTC Sues Payment Processor That Took Millions From Consumers’ Bank Accounts Without Their Knowledge
- FTC Receives Fourth Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestiture from SCI and Alderwoods Group
- Federal Trade Commission Reaches New Year’s Resolutions with Four Major Weight-Control Pill Marketers
- FTC Charges Chicago-Area Doctor Groups with Price Fixing
- Commission Approves AT&T-BellSouth with Conditions
- FTC Challenges General Dynamics’ Purchase of SNC Technologies
- FTC Receives Third Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestitures from SCI and Alderwoods Group
- Antitrust Division Ends the Year with Second-Highest Level of Criminal Fines
- FTC Stops Payment Processor Who Aided Cross-Border Telemarketing Fraud
- FCC Sets Timeframe for Action Regarding AT&T, Verizon Applications
- FTC Receives Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestitures from SCI and Alderwoods Group
- FTC Receives Petition for Approval of Proposed Divestiture from SCI and Alderwoods Group
- Antitrust Division Announces Amendment to its 2001 Merger Review Process Initiative
- Investors Buying Clear Channel Seek to Avoid Violating FCC’s Limits on Radio Ownership
- Scammers Targeting Spanish-Speakers Will Turn Over Assets
- FTC Challenges Terms of Johnson & Johnson’s Proposed Acquisition of Pfizer’s Consumer Healthcare Business To Protect Competition
- FTC Provides Senate Testimony on Sports Programming and Cable Distribution
- FTC Targets Bogus Claims for Pill Advertised to Make Kids Taller
- Court Allows Department of Justice Antitrust Lawsuit Against National Association of Realtors to Proceed
- Cablevision Challenges FCC’s Integration Ban
- Guidance Software Inc. Settles FTC Charges
- Senate Votes to Confirm Chairman Martin to Second Term
- Mary Beth Richards Appointed Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection
- Commission approves merger of Gaz de France and Suez, subject to conditions
- Court Shuts Down Media Motor Spyware Operation
- Qualcomm may face probe from Japanese. Inquiry likely to involve antitrust complaints
- Commission clears acquisition of Fisher by Thermo, subject to conditions
- Commission approves planned acquisition of Intermagnetics by Philips
- Commissioner Kroes welcomes withdrawal of obstacles to Abertis-Autostrade merger and offer of full cooperation
- Marketer Settles With FTC for Sending Unwanted E-Mails
- Zango, Inc. Settles FTC Charges
- Justice Department Suspends Investigation Of Entercom Communications Purchase Of N.Y. Radio Stations From CBS Corporation
- FTC Challenges Terms of Watson Pharmaceuticals’ Acquisition of Andrx
- Commission clears planned acquisition of Bayer Diagnostics by Siemens
- Justice Department Will Not Oppose Proposal By Standard-Setting Organization on Disclosure and Licensing of Patents
- What Is Confession Good for Now?
- Nation’s Largest Funeral Home/Cemetery Chains Agree to FTC Terms Before They May Merge
- FTC Challenges Barr’s Proposed Acquisition of Pliva
- Commission approves proposed acquisition of Mercury by Hewlett Packard
- Justice Department Reaches Agreement Requiring Divestitures in Merger of Regions Financial Corp. and AmSouth
- Three Executives Indicted for their roles in the Dram Price-Fixing & Bid-Rigging Conspiracy
- FTC Charges That Thermo Electron’s Acquisition of Fisher Scientific
- FCC Releases Notice of Inquiry Regarding Competition in the Delivery of Video Programming
- Commission approves proposed acquisition of joint control by Arcelor Profil Luxembourg and SNCFL of newly created CFL Cargo
- FCC Takes No Action against Time Warner for Dropping NFL Network
- Telephone Record Seller Settles FTC Charges
- FTC Intervenes in Formation of ULA Joint Venture by Boeing and Lockheed Martin
- FCC OKs ALLTELL-Midwest with Conditions
- Justice Department Dismisses Antitrust Lawsuit Against Exelon Corp. And Public Enterprise Service Group Inc.
- Five Cable MSOs ask FCC for Conditions on AT&T/BellSouth Merger
- FTC Warns Advertisers and Media That Ads May Be Deceptive
- FCC Adopts Eleventh Annual Report on the State of Competition in the CMRS Industry
- Court Rules in FTC's Favor in Q-Ray Bracelet Case; Orders Defendants to Pay Up To $87 Million
- FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Nominated for Second Five-Year Term
- FCC’s First Auction of Advanced Wireless Services Spectrum Licenses Raises Total Gross Bids of Nearly $13.9 Billion
- Justice Department Dismisses Antitrust Lawsuit Against INCO Ltd. and Falconbridge Ltd.
- FTC Puts a Permanent Halt to Illegal Spamming Operations
- Microsoft's Vista Faces Regulatory Delays in Europe
- German Airline Settles Price Suit
- Regulatory Review of Intel Widens in Europe
- Magazine Seller Will Pay More Than $7 Million
- FTC/DOJ Issue Annual HSR Premerger Notification Report to Congress; Commission Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of CardSystems Solutions
- Xanga.com to pay $1 Million for Violating Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule
- Justice Departments Requires Divestitures in ALLTELL'S Acquisition of Midwest Wireless
- FTC Testifies on Competition in Group Health Care
- FTC Closes Door on Spyware Operation
- Commission Approves Final Consent Orders in Matters of Linde/BOC and Austin Board of Realtors
- FTC Halts Bogus Claims for Fuel Saving Device
- FTC Challenges Deal between Enterprise Products Partners and TEPPCO
- FTC Sues to Halt Unfair Movieland Downloads
- Internet Video Distributor VDC Complains to FCC about Inability to Secure Carriage Deals with Established Cable Networks
- Justice Department Will Not Oppose American Trucking Associations’ Proposal
- DIRECTV Telemarketers Pay $75,000 Penalty for Do Not Call Violations
- China Issues Rules on Foreign Investment Via Share Swaps
- Repeat Offenders Banned From Claiming Products Treat or Cure Diseases
- Justice Department Will Not Oppose Proposal to Form Textile Rental and Laundry Services Joint Venture
- FCC’s Robert McDowell Addresses a Number of Issues Important to the Cable Industry
- Italian Highway Merger to receive EC Scrutiny
- FCC Reiterates Ruling in Adelphia/Time Warner/Comcast Deal
- FTC/Federal Reserve Board Issue Joint Report on FCRA’s Consumer Dispute Provisions
- FTC Alleges Illegal Internet Sales of Contact Lenses
- EU Presses Spain on Endesa Bid
- FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power
- Justice Department Requires Divestiture in Mittal Steel’s Acquisition of Arcelor
- FTC Testifies on Barriers to the Entry of Generic Drugs
- FTC Advises “Save This Date”
- FTC Stops Family and Companies Selling Illegal Business Opportunity
- FCC to Release Bidder Interests and Identities for Auction No. 66
- Canadians Selling Bogus Credit Card Protection and Healthcare Discount Plans Settle FTC Charges
- First EC Investigation of Chinese-EU Merger Ends After Deal Scrapped
- Rare Japanese Takeover Rejected
- FTC Testifies on Competition in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry
- Upfront Buyer and No Upfront Buyer Required in Linde/BOC
- House of Lords Overturns Landmark Inntrepreneur v Crehan case
- The European Commission Proposes to Modernize the Single Market for Aviation
- Brussels Finds Barriers to Retail Banking Competition
- Competitors, Regulators, and Law Enforcement Officials Seek Halt Sale of Verizon’s Puerto Rico Telecom Assets
- Federal Judge to Examine Internal FCC Documents Regarding SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI Mergers
- FCC Approves Adelphia/Time Warner/Comcast Deal With Conditions
- Sony BMG recorded music merger clearance annulled by the Court of First Instance
- EC imposes penalty payment of €280.5 million on Microsoft for continued non-compliance
- Smith & Nephew buys Texas company for $72.3M
- Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice Hearings
- FTC Continues to Challenge Consummated Mergers
- FTC Challenges Hologic/Fischer Imaging Deal
- FTC Staff Sends Warning Letters to Marketers of Cosmetic Contact Lenses
- EC Announces New Antitrust Violation Guidelines
- FTC Testifies on Social Networking Sites
- EC Launches Review of Anti-dumping Measures
- Supreme Court Will Hear Telecommunication Collusion Case
- FTC/DOJ File Joint Comments with NY State Assembly on the Unauthorized Practice of Law
- DOJ Requires Divestiture for Knight Ridder - McClatchy Merger
- Spanish Courts Confirm Decision on Abuse of Dominant Position by Tabacalera-Altadis
- Supreme Court Rejects FTC’s Petition to Overturn Schering-Plough Decision Relating to Reverse Payments to Generics
- DOJ Subpoenas Orthopedic Device Manufacturers
- DOJ Alleges American Bar Association Violates Antitrust Consent Decree
- DOJ Requires Divestitures for Exelon - Public Service Enterprise Group Merger
- FCC to Act on Adelphia Deal in July
- AT&T - BellSouth Merger Runs into Opposition
- Telemarketer Pays the Price for Using Unscrubbed “Lead Lists”
- FTC Issues Statement on Whois Databases
- Spanish Banks Push into American Market
- Possible Consolidation in Italian Banking Sector
- FCC Approves Sprint's Acquisition of Nextel Parnters
- FTC/DOJ Allow Electronic Submission of Premerger Notification Filings
- Alpena, Michigan, Public Schools Planned Pharmaceutical Transfer Falls Within NPIA.
- The Truth about Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry
- FCC Approves Intelsat - PanAmSat Merger
- DOJ WIll Not Challange Fair Factories Clearinghouse
- Appeals Court Upholds FCC Rules on Phone Companies
- Japanese Economy Industry Asks Competition Authorities to Adjust Merger Rules
- Marine Products Company Chief Charged with Bid Rigging
- DOJ Extends Review of McClatchy Sale of California Newspapers
- DOJ Approves Xstrata - Falconbridge Merger
- FTC Testifies on Marketing of Violent and Explicit Video Games
- FTC Announces First Case Highlighting Application of Do Not Call Provisions to Affiliates
- FTC Testifies on Broadband Internet Access Services
- Despite Promises, Consumers Find They Don’t Make Thousands Stuffing Envelopes
- Chinese Antimonopoly Law Taking Shape
- DOJ Approves Lucent - Alcatel Merger
- Makers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Settle FTC Charges
- FTC Alleges Stanley Made False Made in the USA Claims About Its Tools
- Grand Jury Indicts Former Raisio Chemicals Northwest Sales Exec for False Tax Returns
- FTC/DOJ File Joint Amicus Brief in Case of Latino Quimica-Amtex S.A. v. Atofina, et al.
- Rumors of Further Bourse Consolidation Persist
- Arcelor – Mittal Merger Reached After Bumpy Road
- FTC Files Joint Amicus Brief with DOJ in Matter of Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co.
- DOJ Okays Avocent's Purchase of Landesk
- DOJ Clears Intelsat's Purchase of PanAmSat
- Senate Confirms McDowell as FCC Commissioner
- DOJ Clears Precision Castparts Purchase of Special Metals
- DOJ Clears Attachmate's Purchase of NetIQ
- Korean Antitrust Authorities Reject Microsoft Objection
- DOJ Investigates Mitsubishi over DRAM Operations
- New Zealand Reviews Commerce Act
- FTC Releases Report on its “Investigation of Gasoline Price Manipulation and Post-Katrina Gasoline Price Increases”
- FCC Chairman Pushes for Review of Adelphia Carve-Up
- DOJ Approves of Applied Materials' Acquisition of Applied Firms
- Early Termination for Nextel's Acquisition of UbiquiTel
- Japanese Competition Authority Raids Contractors over Bid Rigging
- European Antitrust Authorities Raid Gas Companies
- David Meyer Appointed Deput Assistant Attorney General General
- DOJ Reaches Settlement over Arcelor - Mittal Merger
- Microsoft Judgement to Be Extended by Two Years
- DOJ Clears KLA-Tencor's Acquisition of ADE
- Italy PM Cleared of Conflict of Interest
- DOJ Approves Coherent - Excel Merger
- Questions Raised over Unbundled Network Elements in Broadband Market
- International Competition Network Conference Finalizes Merger Guidelines Workbook
- DOJ Issues Second Request over AT&T, BellSouth
- FCC Commissioner Tate Speaks on Revamping Telecom Act
- FTC Approves Publication of New Rules for Telemarketing Fees
- FTC Urges FDA to Clear Uncertainty over Whole Grain Food Statements
- Comments over Whole Grain Labeling
- FTC Revises Fees for Do Not Call Registry
- Fifth Annual International Competition Network Conference
- Carmel Concrete to Pay Fines
- FTC Releases Sumary of Agreements by Branded Drug Manufacturers
- Concent Agreement Issued over Boston Scientific - Guidant Merger
- FTC Joins Foreign Partners in Recommending International Efforts to Combat Spam
- FTC Joins Foreign Agencies in Cross-Border Law Enforcement
- FTC Bans Repeat Offender from Telemarketing
- FTC Bans Two Telemarket Companies
- Jumping the HSR Gun Is Costly for Qualcomm
- MA-RI-AL Indicted
- Fresinus to Divest Dialisys Clinics to Settle Merger
- FTC to Study Generic Prescription Drugs
- FTC Appoints Competition Bureau Directors
- FTC Releases Commentary on Horizintal Merger Guidelines
- FTC Starts Workshop on Merger Notification and Review
- Physician-Hospital Organization Plan Violates Antitrust Laws
- Valassis Settles Collusion CHarges
- Allergan Divests to Settle FTC Charges
- AT&T to Merge with Bellsouth