FTC Sues Amazon for Hindering Consumer Attempts to Cancel Prime June 21, 2023 By Leah Nylen The US Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com Inc. Wednesday, alleging the e-commerce giant duped consumers into signing up for its...
Surprise Golf Marriage of PGA and LIV Risks Antitrust Scrutiny June 8, 2023 By Leah Nylen, Malathi Nayak and Erik Larson The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia-backed challenger LIV Golf avoided calling their proposed partnership a merger. But their shock announcement...
Google Antitrust Suit Over Ad Tech Sent Back to State Court June 6, 2023 By Leah Nylen A judicial panel on Monday transferred antitrust litigation against Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed by state attorneys general back to a...
Amazon to Pay $30.8 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Claims Over Ring Doorbell June 1, 2023 By Leah Nylen and Andrea Vittorio Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $30.8 million to resolve two cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission related to privacy...
Antitrust Enforcers Are Chilling Big Mergers May 10, 2023 By Leah Nylen and Michelle F. Davis The US government’s aggressive stance on antitrust is chilling merger activity among the country’s biggest companies, with some deals never...
Meta Faces Stiff Privacy Review as FTC Claims New Violations May 4, 2023 By Leah Nylen Meta Platforms Inc. was accused by the Federal Trade Commission of repeatedly violating privacy promises it made to US regulators...
Biden’s Antitrust Push Across Agencies Is Working to Block Deals March 17, 2023 By Leah Nylen The Biden administration’s strategy of leaning on industry regulators to block deals that might be tricky for the Justice Department...
JetBlue’s $3.8 Billion Spirit Deal Challenged in DOJ Antitrust Suit March 7, 2023 By Leah Nylen and Mary Schlangenstein The US Justice Department challenged JetBlue Airways Corp.’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines Inc. Tuesday, filing an antitrust lawsuit...
FTC Is Preparing Potential Antitrust Case Against Amazon February 6, 2023 By Leah Nylen and Spencer Soper The US Federal Trade Commission is preparing a possible lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. that could be filed as soon as...
FTC Aims to Clamp Down on Companies Engaged in Unfair Competition November 10, 2022 By Leah Nylen The US Federal Trade Commission plans to make wider use of its 1914 founding statute to police anticompetitive behavior by...