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Antitrust Enforcement
397 published works
The Right Coast
The great break-up of big tech is finally beginning | Matt Stoller | Opinion | The Guardian
Last week, state attorneys general, led by Texas and New York, announced investigations into Google and Facebook for possible antitrust violations. This is a big deal. No society has ever…
The Mobile Workforce
Trump Administration Continues Antitrust Focus on Employee Issues
By Elizabeth (Liz) Espín Stern
On Thursday, August 8, 2019, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will hold a public workshop on September 23 to discuss “the role of antitrust enforcement in…
Competition Law
Delhi High Court Clarifies the Scope of Directions Passed in Mahindra Judgment Re Appointment of Judicial Member
By Dhruv Rajain, Ruchi Verma, CAM Competition Team
In a recent judgement, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi (Delhi HC) clarified that the absence of a judicial member did not preclude the Competition Commission of India (CCI) from…
The Right Coast
Chris Hughes, a Facebook Founder, Is Working With the Government to Break It Up – The New York Times
Chris Hughes used to huddle with Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room building Facebook from scratch. Now, he s huddling with regulators to explain why Facebook needs to be…
IP Litigation Current
Antitrust Scrutiny of Technology Companies Continues to Expand
Governmental and private antitrust actions against technology companies expanded in 2018 and 2019, particularly relative to electronics and pharmaceutical companies. This post provides an overview of several important decisions relative…
The Right Coast
Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies – WSJ
WASHINGTON The Justice Department is opening a broad antitrust review into whether dominant technology firms are unlawfully stifling competition, adding a new Washington threat for companies such as Facebook Inc.,…
China Law Insight
调查、处罚程序篇：《禁止垄断协议暂行规定》和《禁止滥用市场支配地位行为暂行规定》亮点解读（三）
By King & Wood
在调查和处罚程序方面，《禁止垄断协议暂行规定》 （“《禁止垄断协议规定》”）和《禁止滥用市场支配地位行为暂行规定》 （“《禁止滥用规定》”）在此前执法实践经验的基础上，对于相关问题做了进一步的梳理和补充，建立了对各省（区、市）人民政府市场监督管理部门的授权机制，细化了中止调查、终止调查、举报等程序要求和垄断协议宽大、豁免的机制，明确了行政处理决定的公示制度。就与其他法规的衔接而言，对于调查、处罚程序，除有关时限、立案、案件管辖的规定外，对于两个规定未涉及的内容，将依照《市场监督管理行政处罚程序暂行规定》执行；对于反垄断执法机关组织行政处罚听证的，按照《市场监督管理行政护法听证暂行办法》执行。
Antitrust Alert
Antitrust Enforcement Update: Spotlight on Physician Transactions
By Jeffrey W. Brennan, Ashley Fischer, Katharine M. O'Connor, Stephen Wu, Lisa A. Peterson
At both the state and federal level, antitrust enforcement agencies continue to pursue successful challenges to physician practice transactions. This article summarizes two recent enforcement actions, as well as a new…
On Competition Law and Economics
Investigating Big Tech!
Elizabeth Warren is calling for aggressive enforcement of the antitrust laws. The House Judiciary is opening hearings on big tech, and the Justice Department and FTC have allocated amongst themselves…
Antitrust Alert
Cartel Snapshot: Mid-Year Update
2019 MID-YEAR UPDATE The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced three new investigations and several developments in its other investigations, including new investigations in the commercial flooring industry, online…