Entries tagged "DOJ"

DOJ to file concerns about Google Books Friday

The DOJ on Friday is expected to submit a filing outlining a wide range of concerns about Google's 2008 settlement with publishers about Google Books.

What antitrust anachronism?

Thoughts about Gordon Crovitz's argument in The Wall Street Journal that because there are problems with antitrust enforcement, we should abandon it.

Bush DOJ antitrust chief to join Chevron

Former Department of Justice antitrust chief during the Bush administration, R. Hewitt Pate, starts as the new general counsel of Chevron on Aug. 3.

TicketMaster-LiveNation deal still no sure ticket

TicketMaster received approval from its lender for the proposed merger with Live Nation, but will it receive antitrust approval?

Varney uses Google to send message

Christine Varney, the Justice Department's antitrust chief, sends companies a reminder of the Obama administration's focus on antitrust with a review of Google's and Apple's boards.

Varney sworn in at DOJ

Christine Varney was sworn in at the Department of Justice as the assistant attorney general for antitrust.

Varney confirmed by Senate

The Senate confirms Hogan & Hartson attorney and former Clinton era FTC staffer Christine Varney as assistant attorney general for antitrust.

Stanford associate nabbed

The FBI made its first arrest in the $8 billion Stanford Financial Group fraud investigation.

Senators concerned by Live Nation deal

The Live Nation merger with Ticketmaster may prompt senators to expedite the confirmation hearings of Justice Department's antitrust chief nominee Christine Varney.

FOIA divulges Bush-era anti-cartel program

A White & Case Freedom of Information Act request prompts the Justice Department to release details of a Bush-era antitrust program meant to combat corporate cartels.

Kohl concerned TARP killing competition

The senator is concerned that bank mergers using TARP money could create financial fallout for consumers.

PNC must sell Nat City branches

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. must sell 61 branches of National City Corp. in western Pennsylvania as a condition for acquiring the Cleveland-based bank, The Associated Press reports. National City's nearly 30,000 employees, from top managers to bank tellers, were being informed during the afternoon that the Department of Justice would announce the order late Thursday. PNC chairman James Rohr said divestitures in western Pennsylvania would be necessary when the $5.6 billion deal was announced Oct. 24. - Bill McConnell ...

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