General Motors Settles With FTC Over Sharing Driver Data January 17, 2025 By Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen The US Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with General Motors Co. over claims the automaker deceived drivers by...
FTC Prepares Lawsuit Over Deere Equipment Repair Practices January 15, 2025 By Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen The US Federal Trade Commission has prepared a lawsuit against tractor giant Deere & Co. alleging the company’s agricultural equipment...
FTC Says CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth Abuse Middleman Role January 14, 2025 By Leah Nylen, John Tozzi and Ike Swetlitz Units of CVS Health Corp., Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group Inc. charged significantly more than the national average acquisition cost...
Trump’s Antitrust Trio Heralds Big-Tech Crackdown to Continue December 13, 2024 By Leah Nylen and Emily Birnbaum President-elect Donald Trump’s antitrust picks are likely to take a hard-line on the tech giants, and a harder line on...
Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal Blocked by Judges December 12, 2024 By Leah Nylen and Jaewon Kang A federal judge blocked Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos., finding the takeover would lessen competition for US...
Trump Taps Andrew Ferguson to Replace Lina Khan as FTC Chair December 11, 2024 By Jody Godoy U.S. President-elect Donald Trump tapped Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead the consumer protection and antitrust agency, Trump said...
FTC Hits Pair of Data Brokers for Unlawfully Tracking and Selling Consumer Data December 4, 2024 By Chad Hemenway The Federal Trade Commission said it has issued an order prohibiting data brokers Mobilewalla and Gravy Analytics from selling consumer...
Microsoft Faces Wide-Ranging Antitrust Probe December 2, 2024 By Jody Godoy The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft, including of its software licensing and cloud...
FTC, Meta Face April Trial Over Suit to Break Up Company November 26, 2024 Meta Platforms Inc. faces an April 14 trial in the Federal Trade Commission’s long-running antitrust lawsuit to break up the...
How Will the Antitrust Showdown Launched Under Biden Change Under Trump? November 20, 2024 By Michael Liedtke The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred corporate deal making throughout President Joe Biden’s administration may...