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DIGITALIZATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA: STRATEGIES FOR REGIONAL TRANSFORMATION AND RECOVERY
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DC Challenges Amazon’s Fair Pricing Policy
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Is There An Antitrust Reform Coming Soon? What Will This Mean For Large Tech Firms?
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Technology and Democracy after the “Great Deplatforming”
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Epic Games Seeks Injunctive Relief After Apple Removes Popular Game
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Recent Antitrust Changes To Motion Picture Industry
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FTC Approves El Dorado’s Acquisition of Caesar’s With Strong Dissent From Commissioner Chopra
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Deeply Divided FTC Approves AbbVie’s Acquisition of Allergan
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Latest Constitutional Challenge to Section 232 Duties
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McDonald’s Can’t Get No-Poach Claims Dismissed
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DOJ Files Statement of Interest in Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Mattresses from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam
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New Trade Case on Imports of Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet Against 18 Countries
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Consumer Groups Raise Rebate Wall Concerns With Regards to AbbVie/Allergan Merger
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Rivals Are Publicly Sounding Off Against Big Tech
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Antitrust Scrutiny of Agreements Not to Compete For Employees
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Can Deals That Do Not Trigger an HSR Filing Raise Antitrust Concerns? Yes, Buyer and Sellers Beware!
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Coalition of Unions and Consumer Groups Oppose AbbVie/Allergan Merger Based on Use of Rebate Walls
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Playing Politics with Antitrust Enforcement of Big Tech Firms Carries Significant Risk
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The STRONGER Patents Act is Bad for Patients
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DOJ Sues to Block Novelis’ Acquisition of Aleris and Agreed to Use Binding Arbitration to Resolve Product Market Definition
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Live Nation Draws Antitrust Scrutiny
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DOJ Sues to Block Sabre’s Acquisition of Small Disruptive Rival, Farelogix
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States Join in the Antitrust Assault on Big Tech
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FTC Sues to Block Chemical Merger
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USTR Will Open an Online Portal for Section 301 List 3 Exclusion Process
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Additional Tariffs on Mexican Imports: A “Creative” Approach to Both Immigration Policy and Negotiation Strategy that Will Likely Have Widespread Consequences
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Trump Administration Lifts Tariffs on Imports of Steel and Aluminum from Canada and Mexico
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China Retaliates Against U.S. Tariffs
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Updates in International Trade
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USTR Announces Second Round of Tariff Exclusions
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CIT Decision on Constitutionality of Section 232
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Allegeran Wins Motion to Dismiss Regarding Questionable Rebate Practices
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Trump Administration Acts to Lower Medicare Prescription Drug Prices
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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions on Fabricated Structural Steel From Canada, Mexico, and China
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Democrats Aim to Strengthen Antitrust Enforcement
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Members of Congress Want an Antitrust Investigation into Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Acquisition of Celgene
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Government Shutdown Will Impact Antitrust Reviews
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Trump Signs Two Bills into Law Banning PBM Gag Clauses
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State AGs Must Fill The Void to Challenge PBM Misconduct
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Trump’s FTC Temporarily Blocks Tronox’s Acquisition of Cristal in Federal Court
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Recap of First Day of FTC’s 21st Century Hearings
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Patient Access to Affordable Medicines: How a Renegotiated NAFTA Could Keep Drug Prices High
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Pfizer’s Suit Regarding J&J’s Rebate Trap Survives
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FTC’s New Model Timing Agreement
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DOJ Reviewing Paramount Consent Decrees
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Disney Uses Fast Pass Strategy to Obtain Speedy DOJ Antitrust Approval for its Acquisition of Fox Assets
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USTR Announces 301 Tariff Exclusion Process
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The FTC Is Requesting Public Comments Regarding Big Tech (Google, Facebook, Amazon and More
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The Never Ending Tunney Act Proceeding: ABI/SABMiller
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No Magic Number for Wireless Competition: T-Mobile/Sprint Deal
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FTC Resolves Vertical Competition Concerns with Behavioral Conditions
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The Antitrust Division is Not Opposed to All Vertical Mergers
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The DOJ Approves Bayer’s Acquisition of Monsanto With the Largest U.S. Antitrust Asset Divestiture Ever
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Fair Competition is Needed to Keep Generic Prescription Drugs Affordable
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Trump Administration Calling Out Google and Big Tech
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DOJ Catches Another Big Fish (Tuna)
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FTC Provides Guidance on How to Resolve Future Competition Concerns in Generic Pharmaceutical Deals
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DOJ Forces Martin Marietta to Divest Quarries
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DOJ’s Top Antitrust Cop Says Evidence Based Enforcement Is Sufficient to Protect Consumers With Regards to Digital Platform Companies
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FTC Blocks Software Merger Involving Small Competitor
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Fake News: The DOJ/AT&T Trial Will Start on Time as Scheduled
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Air Medical Group Negotiates Consent Decree to Resolve FTC’s Competition Concerns
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Trump’s DOJ Blocks JV from Permanently Combining
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FTC Blocks Cooking Oil Merger Citing Some “Hot Docs”
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Close Coordination Between FTC and EC on Essilor and Luxottica Antitrust Reviews
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Is the Selective Enforcement Defense Applicable To Antitrust Cases?
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FTC Continues To Aggressively Enforce Collusion and Invitations to Collude Cases
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Politics Unlikely to Play a Role in Defense of Time Warner Deal
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FTC Says No More Divestitures of Complex Pipeline Products to Resolve Future Competition Concerns in Pharmaceutical Mergers
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DOJ Antitrust Division Improves the Enforceability of its Consent Decrees
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Business as Usual: Trump Administration Targets Consummated Mergers
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FTC Challenges Consummated Prosthetic Knee Manufacturer Merger
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Power Buyer Defense Not Enough: FTC Wins PI Hearing Against Sanford Health
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FTC is the New Cop on the Broadband Beat
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Senator Warren Criticizes Current State of Antitrust Enforcement
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Trump’s FTC Challenges Tronox’s Acquisition of Cristal
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Cutting Out the Regulatory Middle-Man: AT&T Responds to DOJ’s Complaint
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FTC Clears ACT’s Acquisition of Jet-Pep
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DOJ Relies on Hot Docs in Block of AT&T/Time Warner Deal
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Enforcement over Regulation: New Antitrust Cop Sets High Bar for Behavioral Remedies
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FTC Remains Mindful of Minority Interests in Merger Review
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FTC Settles With Integra on its Acquisition of J&J’s Codman Neuro Division
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DOJ Protects U.S. Electric Arc Furnace Mill Operators
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Does Avoiding a Second Request Mean that Your Deal Is Approved?
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DOJ Allows a JV of 24 Banks to Create and Operate a New Payment System
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FTC Cleared Valero Deal But California State AG Successfully Challenged It
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FTC Clears Animal Hospital Deal With Divestitures
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FTC Clears Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods
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FTC Blocks Small Physician Group Deal
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FTC Protects Daily Fantasy Sports Customers By Challenging The Merger of DraftKings and FanDuel
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EC Approves ChemChina’s Acquisition of Syngenta
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FTC Approves ChemChina’s Acquisition of Syngenta
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DOJ Forces Divestiture to Protect Organic Milk Market
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DOJ Settles DirecTV Lawsuit Regarding Illegal Information Sharing
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No Attorney Fees Under the FTC Act
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Anthem and DOJ Head to the D.C. Circuit
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FTC Acting Chair Ohlhausen Makes Appointments
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FTC Clears Enbridge and Spectra Merger With Behavioral Conditions
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FTC Releases Merger Remedy Study
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The FTC’s Path Ahead
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Duke Jumps the HSR Gun: Gets Slapped With $600,000 Penalty
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Will President Trump Interfere With Antitrust Reviews?
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FTC Chair Resigns
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DOJ Requires Sale of Freight Car Business Without Upfront Buyer
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DOJ Steps Up to the Plate and Protects Farmers
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FTC Approves Updates to Hart Scott Rodino Rules
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FTC Approves ON’s Acquisition of Fairchild With Structural and Behavioral Conditions
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Senator Grassley Calls For Hearings on Consolidation of Seed and Ag Chemical Industry
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Senator Grassley Urging the FTC and DOJ to Coordinate Reviews of Seed Mergers
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Retail Pharmacies File Antitrust Suit Against Express Scripts
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FTC Approves Generic Pharmaceutical Mergers With Divestitures
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DOJ Sues to Block Health Insurance Mergers
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DOJ NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE TO PROTECT BEER CONSUMERS
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ValueAct Pays Record Fine for HSR Violation
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Preventing Competitive Harm In AB InBev-SABMiller Merger
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AAI, FWW and NFU Urge DOJ to Challenge Dow/DuPont Merger
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DOJ Approves Charter’s Acquisition of TWC With Behavioral Conditions
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No Upfront Buyer Required in Air Liquide/Airgas Approval
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Why DOJ Needs To Extend Anheuser-Modelo Consent Decree
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FTC Announces 2016 Monetary Thresholds for HSR Act Filings and Interlocking Directorates
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Getting Distribution Right is the Key to Successful Beer Remedies
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FTC Is Investigating Shkreli’s 5000% Price Hike of Daraprim
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DOJ Requires Divestitures of Theaters to Preserve Competition in Connecticut and New Jersey
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DOJ Gets Another Win as Electrolux and GE Abandon Deal
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Senate needs a competition Jedi warrior to take a close look at the Anheuser-Busch InBev Empire
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DOJ Blocks Tuna Merger
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One Drink Too Many: Why Consumers Will Lose from the Latest Beer Merger
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FTC and DOJ Urge Virginia to Repeal Certificate-of-Need Law
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Senators Urge FTC To Investigate Manufacturers of Saline
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Antitrust Division Decides Not to Challenge Expedia’s Acquisition of Orbitz
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FTC Issues Best Practices for Merger Investigations
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FTC Challenges Deal Based on Future Competition Concerns
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Mergers That Diminish Innovation Present Deal Risk
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DOJ Obtains Disgorgement of Profits for Illegally Consummated Merger
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FTC Revises Rule Regarding Administrative Challenges After Denial of Preliminary Injunction
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Effective Cooperation with the Antitrust Division Can Lead to Shorter Merger Investigations
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DOJ’s Approval of Continental AG’s Acquisition of Veyance Requires Remedy of a Vertical Concern
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President Obama Chimes in on the Net Neutrality Debate
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MOFCOM’s Block of the P3 Network Shipping Alliance
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Antitrust Division Obtains $3.8 Million in Civil Penalties and Disgorgement of $1.15 Million for Illegal Pre-closing Conduct
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AAI Announces New Leadership To Continue Pioneering Work In Competition Advocacy
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Antitrust Division Challenges Merger to Monopoly in Pre-Show Services and Cinema Advertising
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DOJ Blocks Software Merger
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DOJ CONTINUES TO PROSECUTE INVIDUALS WHO RIG BIDS AT REAL ESTATE FORECLOSURE AUCTIONS
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DOJ Approves Broadcast Merger With Conditions
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DOJ Approves Cyber Security Data Sharing Platform
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Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on “Net Neutrality”
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Proposed Legislation Seeks to Provide Companies with Consistent Merger Reviews
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FTC Sues Pharmaceutical Companies for Allegedly Entering Into Illegal Pay For Delay Agreements Not to Sell Low Cost Versions of AndroGel to Consumers
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FTC to Host Workshop on Fraud in Vulnerable Communities
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FTC Changes Stance on Proposed Settlement After Public Comments
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FTC Approves Final Order for Actavis Acquisition of Forest Laboratories
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FCC Chairman’s View On Broadband Competition
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Verizon Settles FCC Consumer Privacy Investigation
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FTC Approves Prestige Brands Holdings Acquisition of Insight Pharmaceuticals With Conditions
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Berkshire Hathaway Agrees to Pay $896,000 Maximum Civil Penalty for HSR Violation
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Waste Management Company Agree to Change Contracting Practices
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Concierge Medicine Provider Sues Rival, Citing Antitrust Concerns
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Amazon Under Antitrust Probe Over e-Book Wrangling
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D.C. Government Continues Fight Over Alleged Gas Price Fixing in the District of Columbia
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Intel Loses Appeal in Europe
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Donald Sterling to Continue Antitrust Lawsuit Against NBA and Commissioner
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Ardent Mills Merger Completes After Finding Upfront Buyer for Divestiture
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Russia’s FAS Lowers Fines on Salmon Cartel Operator
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FTC Patent Rules Overcome PhRMA’s Challenge
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Japanese Auto Part Executive Indicted on Cartel Conspiracy and Destruction of Evidence
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FTC Patent Report Rules Overcome Summary Judgment
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FTC Approves Combination of Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank Without Conditions
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Brazil Antitrust Agency Slap Record Fine on Cement & Concrete Cartel
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South Korea Railway Officials Under Scrutiny for Irregularities
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GSK Employees in China Sue Management Over Unreimbursed Bribes
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Japanese Auto Part Makers Appeal U.S. Court Ruling on Industry-wide Conspiracy
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FTC’s Bureau of Competition Brings in New Management Blood
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Samsung Reaches Agreement with the EC on SEP Injunctions
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Silicon Valley Firms Settle Anti-Poaching Class Action Case
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FTC Changes Location of Premerger Notification Office
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Baazarvoice Agrees to Remedy with the DOJ Over PowerReviews Acquisition
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MOFCOM Unveils Draft Guideline for Simple Merger Review
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FTC Halts Acquisition of Class Ring Company by Competitor
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Robert Doyle Interviewed by Bloomberg over Hertz Re-acquisition
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FTC Approves Toys “R” Us Petition to Modify 1998 Final Order
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FTC Approves Akorn’s Acquisition of Hi-Tech Pharmacal
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FTC Wins Case Against Immigration Service Scammers
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Power Conference Commissioners Discuss Legal Threats
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UK Competition Authority Launches Advisory Tool on Vertical and Horizontal Agreements
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Ardagh Group Settles With FTC
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China Ease M&A Rules in Insurance
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The Affordable Care Act Does Not Conflict With FTC
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MOFCOM Steps Up Enforcement of Merger Report Rules
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MOFCOM Update Draft Rules on Simplified Merger Review Procedure
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FTC Announces Enforcement Efforts of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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MOFCOM Releases Data on Merger Review Cases
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MOFCOM to Focus on Anti-Monopoly Legislation
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Korea Fair-Trade Commission Clears Samsung in Row with Apple
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FTC Settle with Business Opportunity Scammers
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Utah Pretzel Maker Sues Competitor Under Antitrust Laws
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Court upheld Russian antitrust agency fine on meat product cartel member
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Japan FTC Issues Warning to Ski Lift Operator
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FAS Issues Warning to Oil Tycoons Over Price Rise Comments
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Judge Dismisses Hotel Price Fixing Case
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Taiwan FTC Conditionally Clears Microsoft Acquisition of Nokia
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China’s NDRC Launches Preliminary Investigation Against Auto Part Industry
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German Sugar Cartel settles suit with BKartA, pays €280 million
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DOJ Asked by NGOs to Block Milling Companies’ Merger
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MOFCOM Spokesperson Condemns U.S. “Wrongdoing” Over Notorious Market Report
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MOFCOM publishes long-awaited Interim Rule on Applicable Standards for Simple Merger Review Cases
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FTC Announces Workshop on U.S. Health Care Competition – March 20-21
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U.S., Canada and Mexico Antitrust Officials’ Trilateral Meeting
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Apple’s Fight Against its E-book Antitrust Monitor
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Google settles EC antitrust lawsuit
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FTC Successfully Blocks St. Luke’s Acquisition of Physician Group
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DOJ Successfully Challenges Baazarvoice Consummated Deal in Court
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FTC Requires Modifications to Trade Associations’ Ethical Rules To Comply With the Antitrust Laws
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FTC Clears Office Depot/OfficeMax Merger
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Antitrust Division and FTC Accepting HSR Filings During Government Shut Down
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HSR RULES MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
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FTC Takes Action Against Charlotte Pipe’s Consummated Purchase of Star Pipe
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FTC and Idaho State AG Challenge Acquisition of Idaho’s Largest Independent Physician Practice Group
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Antitrust Division Challenges Bazaarvoice’s Consummated Transaction
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FTC Moves at Bureau of Consumer Protection
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DOJ Approves Wellpoint’s Acquisition of Amerigroup
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FTC Approves Bosch’s Acquisition of SPX
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Antitrust Division Sues eBay Over Non Solicitation Agreement
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Renata Hesse Appointed as Head of Antitrust Division
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FTC Approves Hertz’s Acquisition of Dollar Thrifty
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Exelon Agrees to Pay $400,000 for Civil Contempt Violation
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FTC Approves Corning’s Acquisition of Beckton Dickinson’s Discover Labware Division
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FTC Closes Hilcorp Alaska Investigation
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How Does China Conduct Antitrust Reviews of Mergers?
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Will the FTC Take an Enforcement Action Against a Small Transaction Consummated Years Ago?
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FTC Approves UNH’s Acquisition of Ascend Health Corporation With Conditions
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Democrats and Republicans Work Together – But Get Sued For Monopolizing The Presidential Debates
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Failure To File HSR Notification Form Can Be Costly
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Department of Justice Touts Its Antitrust Practice
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DOJ NETS HUGE FINES AND JAIL TERMS IN LCD PRICE FIXING CASE
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Canada Publishes New Competition Enforcement Guidelines
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FTC Calls Recent Patent Disputes “Anticompetitive”
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Antitrust Divisions Threatens To Block Sticky Notes Merger
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FTC Clears Facebook’s Acquisition of Instagram
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FTC Challenges Consummated Transactions and Restores Competition in Cardiology Market in Reno, Nevada
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FTC Withdraws Nine-Year Policy Statement on Monetary Equitable Remedies in Competition Cases
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Third Circuit Supports FTC On “Pay for Delay”
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11th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds FTC Ruling in Battery Separator Case
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Seventh Circuit Sets Forth Elements for a Claim to Meet FTAIA
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Executive Agrees to Go to Jail for Submitting Falsified Documents to the Antitrust Agencies During the Merger Review Process
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FTC Closes Investigation of Express Script’s Proposed Acquisition of Medco
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Humana Settles With DOJ Regarding Arcadian
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DOJ Requires Divestitures Allowing International Paper to Acquire Temple-Inland
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FTC to Revise Investigatory Rules, Attorney Disciplinary Rules
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Commission Declines to Seek Certiorari to Review Eighth Circuit’s Decision in FTC v. Lundbeck, Inc.
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Promedica Health System Ordered to Divest St. Luke’s Hospital
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D.C. Circuit Gives FTC Broad Discovery Rights
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China’s Ministry of Commerce Passes Measures on Unreported Transactions
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FTC Settles With Pool Supplier Regarding Exclusive Dealing Practices
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Hudson Institute’s Antitrust Policy in an Age of Rapid Innovation
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The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, Twombly & Iqbal: Is Compliance Practical?
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DOJ Settles With Grupo Bimbo on Sara Lee Acquisition
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When Private Enforcement Meets Leniency
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An Overview of the Amendments to the HSR Form
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Local Price Cutting Keeps Merger Case in DC
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Accountable Care Organizations: Dilemma or Opportunity
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FTC Settlement Requires Grifols to Divest Assets in the Plasma-Derived Drug Industry
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DOJ Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Stop H&R Block From Buying TaxAct
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VeriFone and Hypercom Abandon Planned Divestiture of Hypercom’s U.S. Assets When Faced With DOJ’s Lawsuit
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DOJ Challenges George’s Inc.’s Consummated Acquisition of Tyson Foods Inc.’s Harrisonburg Poultry Processing Complex
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DOJ Settles With Unilever on Alberto Culver Acquisition
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DOJ Conditions Google’s Acquisition of ITA Software by Requiring Google to Develop and License Travel Software
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DOJ Obtains Divesture in Stericycle Inc.’s Acquisition of Healthcare Waste Solutions
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DOJ Reaches Settlement with Dean Foods
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Canadian Competition Bureau Blocks First Merger After 6 Years – And It’s A Non-Reportable, Consummated Transaction
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FTC Loses Consummated Merger Case In District Court
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FTC Revises HSR Thresholds
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District Court Orders Disgorgement In Sherman Act Case
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L.B. Foster Must Sell Plant to Buy Portec Rail Products
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SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR WAL-MART CLASS ACTION APPEAL
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FTC Challenges Consummated Acquisition of St. Luke’s by ProMedica
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EU Revises Rules On Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
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Consummated LabCorp Deal Challenged By FTC
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FTC and Minnesota Appeal the Lundbeck Decision
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DOJ Disfavors MFNs
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FTC Loses Merger Trial Because Of Market Definition
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Antitrust Division Settles With Visa and MasterCard But Continues Lawsuit Against American Express
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FTC Approves Coca-Cola’s Acquisition of its Largest North American Bottler
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New U.K. Merger Assessment Guidelines Introduce More Flexibility In Defining Markets
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No Deal is Ever Done
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FTC Settles With Air Products Regarding Its Proposed Hostile Takeover of Airgas, Inc.
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Second Circuit Punts on Pay for Delay Settlements
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Ninth Circuit Limits Labor Exemption of Antitrust Laws
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California Supreme Court Limits Pass-on Defense
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FTC and DOJ Issue Merger Guidelines
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FTC Settles with Intel
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FTC Enters into Settlement Agreement with Nufarm Regarding Consummated Transaction
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FTC Chairman Offers Olive Branch, Options to AMA
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FTC Seeks to Limit Trinko and Credit Suisse
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Supreme Court Sacks the NFL: No Antitrust Exemption for the League
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DOJ Reaches Settlement With Baker Hughes
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DOJ Decides Not to Challenge Cisco’s Acquisition of Tandberg
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BLUE CROSS ABANDONS MERGER PLANS AFTER DOJ THREATENS LAWSUIT
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DOJ SEEKS DISGORGEMENT OF PROFITS IN SETTLEMENT WITH KEYSPAN REGARDING ANTICOMPETITIVE AGREEMENT
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DOJ ALLOWS TICKETMASTER TO BUY LIVE NATION
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DOJ SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST CHARLESTON WV NEWSPAPER DEAL
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DOJ INVESTIGATING MONSANTO
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FTC Approves Agrium’s Purchase of CF
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FTC Sues Intel
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DOJ CLEARS CISCO’S ACQUISITION OF STARENT
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Watson’s Acquisition of Arrow Requires Settlement
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FTC Allows SCI’s Acquisition of Palm Mortuary With Divestitures
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MICHIGAN REALTORS’ GROUP REDUCED COMPETITION BY RESTRICTING ACCESS TO ITS MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE
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FTC ALLOWS SCHERING-PLOUGH TO ACQUIRE MERCK
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FTC SETTLES WITH PFIZER REGARDING ITS ACQUISITION OF WYETH
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ICE PACKAGING COMPANY AND ITS EXECUTIVES PLEAD GUILTY TO CUSTOMER ALLOCATION CONSPIRACY
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DOJ REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN AT&T’S ACQUISITION OF CENTENNIAL
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FTC SETTLES REGARDING CARILION’S 2008 ACQUISITION OF TWO OUTPATIENT CLINICS IN VIRGINIA
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DOJ WILL NOT CHALLENGE LTL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES’ JOINT VENTURE
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FTC SETTLES WITH K+S REGARDING ITS ACQUISITION OF MORTON INTERNATIONAL
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U.S. ANTITRUST AGENCIES TO EXPLORE CHANGES TO HORIZONTAL MERGER GUIDELINES
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DOJ PRESENTS CONCERNS TO COURT REGARDING GOOGLE’S BOOK SETTLEMENT
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DOJ WILL NOT CHALLENGE LTL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES’ JOINT VENTURE
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DOJ WILL NOT CHALLENGE HOSPITAL’S JOINT PURCHASING AGREEMENT
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FTC STRESSES NEED TO CONSIDER COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION IN NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN
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DOJ CLOSES INVESTIGATION OF FIDELITY’s ACQUISITION OF METAVANTE
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EPSON PLEADS GUILTY TO AND PAYS $26 MILLION FINE FOR ITS ROLE IN GLOBAL LCD PRICE-FIXING CONSPIRACY
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DOJ SETTLES WITH MICROSEMI TO RESTORE COMPETITION IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USED IN MILITARY AND SPACE APPLICATIONS
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DOJ ENDS INVESTIGATION OF ORACLE’S PURCHASE OF SUN
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FORMER EXECUTIVE INDICTED IN GLOBAL COLOR DISPLAY TUBE PRICE-FIXING CONSPIRACY
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DOJ AND USDA TO HOLD PUBLIC WORKSHOPS TO EXPLORE COMPETITION ISSUES IN THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
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FTC WILL CONTINUE INVESTIGATION OF INTERLOCKING DIRECTORS BETWEEN GOOGLE AND APPLE
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DOJ REQUIRES DIVESTITURE IN SAPA’S ACQUISITION OF INDALEX
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FTC READY TO CHALLENGE THORATEC’S PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF HEARTWARE
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CONTRACTING OFFICER’S NEICE PLEADS GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTING MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME INVESTIGATION RELATED TO BRIBE PAYMENTS
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FTC CHALLENGES CONSUMMATED ACQUISITIONS
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INDIAN COMPETITION LAW UPDATE
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TEMP COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO PROVIDING FALSE STATEMENTS TO SBA
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ASPEN TECH VIOLATES TERMS OF 2004 FTC CONSENT ORDER RELATED TO ITS PURCHASE OF HYPROTECH, LTD.
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ANOTHER EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY FOR DEFRAUDING EPA AT FEDERAL CREOSOTE SUPERFUND SITE
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DOJ REPORTEDLY REVIEWING TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
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ANOTHER FORMER US MILITARY OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING DOD
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ANOTHER EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY FOR PARTICIPATING IN CONSPIRACY TO RIG BIDS FOR MARINE PRODUCTS
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FOMER DOD CIVIL EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS
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NEW JERSEY SUB-CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILITY TO DEFRAUDING EPA
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MEDIA EXECUTIVE PAYS $1.4 MILLION FOR VIOLATING PREMERGER NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
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THREE MILITARY OFFICERS, FOUR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND THEIR COMPANIES CHARGED FOR DEFRAUDING DOD IN AFGHANISTAN
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TWO MORE INDIVIDUALS INDICTED IN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO BIDDING VIOLATIONS IN MARYLAND TAX-LIEN AUCTIONS
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FORMER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IMPRISONMENT
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FTC SETTLES PRICE FIXING CHARGES AGAINST DOCTOR GROUP
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CHRISTINE A. VARNEY TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION NETWORK CONFERENCE IN ZURICH
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MICHIGAN SCHOOL OFFICIAL INDICTED TO DEFRAUD FCC’S E-RATE PROGRAM
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DEFENSE CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF BULLETPROOF VESTS IN IRAQ
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FTC AUTHORIZES SUIT TO BLOCK CSL’s PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF TALECRIS
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VIRGINIA SUBCONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING U.S. NAVY
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HSR RULES MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
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FORMER HOME DEPOT PRODUCT MERCHANT PLEADS GUILTY
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EX-WIFE OF FORMER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD
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ANTITRUST DIVISION WILL TAKE A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO EXCLUSIONARY CONDUCT
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FTC INVESTIGATING GOOGLE, APPLE
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DOJ SETTLES WITH CONSOLIDATED MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE, INC.
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PRESIDENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD U.S. NAVY IN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO MILITARY RESTRAINT INDUSTRY
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LCD PRICE-FIXING CONSPIRACY
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DOJ’S ANTITRUST DIVISION ANNOUNCE NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM
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ILLINOIS REFUSE CONTAINER REPAIR COMPANY EXECUTIVES INDICTED
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ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRISTINE A. VARNEY WILL LEAD DOJ’S ANTITRUST DIVISION
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AIRLINES PLEAD GUILTY FOR THEIR ROLE IN WORLDWIDE CONSPIRACY TO FIX AIR CARGO PRICES
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CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO MISLEADING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN ONGOING ANTITRUST INVESTIGATION
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FTC BLOCKS BASF/CIBA $5.1 BILLION MERGER
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TWO INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED FOR CONSPIRING TO COMMIT BRIBERY
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FORMER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEES SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLE IN CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD HOME DEPOT
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KICKBACK SCHEME TO DEFRAUD NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL
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FTC’S ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF COMPETITON TO STEP DOWN IN MAY 2009
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HITACHI EXECUTIVE CHARGED FOR PARTICIPATING IN ONGOING PRICE FIXING CONSPIRACY IN TFT-LCD INDUSTRY
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BRISTOL-MYERS TO PAY $2.1 MILLION FOR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE AGREEMENT TO DELAY GENERIC ENTRY OF PLAVIX
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MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR KICKBACK SCHEME DEFRAUDS NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL
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MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME AT KUWAIT AIR BASE
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CANADA AMENDS ITS COMPETITION LAW
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HITACHI PLEADS GUILTY TO ITS ROLE IN GLOBAL PRICE FIXING CONSPIRACY TO SELL LCD PANELS
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FTC INTERVENES IN WHOLE FOODS’ ACQUISITION OF WILD OATS
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FTC SETTLES WITH NAMM ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTING TO ILLEGALLY CONSTRAIN COMPETITION
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JON LEIBOWITZ NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE FTC
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FTC INTERVENES IN LUBRIZOL’S ASSET ACQUISITION IN 2007 FROM RIVAL LOCKHART, On February 7, 2007…
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FEDERAL CREOSOTE EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING EPA AT SUPERFUND SITE
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JBS AND NATIONAL BEEF ABANDON DEAL
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DOJ IMPOSES LONGEST JAIL SENTENCE FOR A SINGLE ANTITRUST CHARGE ON FORMER SHIPPING EXECUTIVE
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FTC INTERVENES IN GENTINGE’S $865 MILLION ACQUISITION OF RIVAL DATASCOPE
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IBM AND MICROSOFT ACCUSED OF “TYING” AND “BUNDLING” PRODUCTS IN EUROPE
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FTC INTERVENES IN DOW’S $18.8 MILLION ACQUISITION OF RIVAL ROHM & HAAS
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THREE MORE AIR CARGO CARRIERS CHARGED IN THE WORLDWIDE PRICE-FIXING CONSPIRACY INVESTIGATION
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FORMER EXECUTIVES AT TFT-LCD PANEL MAKERS CHARGED IN GLOBAL CONSPIRACY TO FIX PRICES
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ANOTHER HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY IN CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD COMPANY
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FTC BLOCKS OLDCASTLE ARCHITECTURAL’S ACQUISITION OF RIVAL PAVESTONE
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AT&T AGREES TO PAY $2 MILLION TO SETTLE WITH DOJ
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FTC ORDERS DIVESTITURE IN KING PHARMACEUTICAL’S ACQUISITION OF RIVAL ALPHARMA
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A MAJOR IN US ARMY RESERVE PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY AT CAMP VICOTRY, IRAQ
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FTC ORDERS DIVESTITURE IN TEVA’s ACQUISITION OF BARR
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DOJ FILES ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST MICROSEMI CORPORATION
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