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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.


Sun shareholders OK Oracle deal

With a Sun shareholder vote cleared, Oracle now awaits clearance from the Justice Deptartment for its $7.4 billion deal.


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.


FTC to rule over Data Domain battle

The Federal Trade Commission won a wrestling match with the Justice Department to rule on EMC's $1.8 billion takeover bid for Data Domain Inc.


Varney finds a patron saint of antitrust

For the devout antitrust faithful, the Department of Justice this week unveiled its new patron saint, Thurman W. Arnold.


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.


Google draws new antitrust ire

Google's book archiving project is reportedly coming under Justice Department scrutiny.


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.



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