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Entries tagged "Federal Trade Commission"

Linklaters' Schmidt on antitrust merger reviews

Linklaters' Jeffrey Schmidt says agencies are scrutinizing proposed acquisitions more closely than they have in years


FTC to regulate blogging

The FTC doesn't just decide what mergers might harm consumers: It enforces a wide swath of federal consumer protection laws. Today, its lawyers are taking on the blogosphere.


John Malone takes his medicine on Discovery

The CEO of Discovery agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty to settle charges that he violated premerger filing rules.


The FTC's 50-page policy

The Federal Trade Commission has instituted a new policy: a 50-page limit on staff recommendations.


FTC nominee Leibowitz taps alum

Federal Trade Commission Chairman nominee Jon Leibowitz announced that Will Tom, an antitrust partner at Morgan Lewis in Washington, will return to the agency.


FTC to examine news media via workshop

The FTC is sponsoring a workshop intended to create a body of knowledge on the newspaper industry.


Google better get used to the antitrust spotlight

The last thing Google wants is a replay of Microsoft's antitrust situation in the '90s.


FTC's Wales to leave next month

David Wales, acting director of the Federal Trade Commission's competition bureau, will leave the FTC in May.


FTC's Leibowitz may tap Berkeley's Farrell

Although still awaiting confirmation, FTC Chair nominee Jon Leibowitz may waste no time building his staff.


Supreme Court won't hear FTC-Rambus suit

The FTC ultimately lost its seven year long campaign against the semiconductor company for anti-competitive behavior when the Supreme Court refused to hear the agency's appeal.


Obama nears FTC picks

If President Obama taps Jon Leibowitz as FTC chair, then Leibowitz may in turn pick Boies Schiller attorney Rich Feinstein to head the Bureau of Competition.


FTC paper examines efficiencies in antitrust

The commission's paper refutes the complaints by the private antitrust bar in Washington that their efficiency arguments are being ignored by staffers,



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