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...
Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order November 13, 2024 By Leah Nylen Meta Platforms Inc. rebuffed the Federal Trade Commission’s plans to modify a 2020 privacy settlement with the company, arguing that...
FTC Antitrust Merger Rules Issued After Rare, Bipartisan Compromise October 30, 2024 By Leah Nylen A new US antitrust rule requiring companies to give the government more information on their mergers and acquisitions came with...
Google Judge Questions Company Testimony as Ad Defense Begins September 23, 2024 By Leah Nylen A senior Google executive sought to refute the US Justice Department’s antitrust case over its display advertising technology business, testifying...
Google’s Ad Empire Under Fire With US Antitrust Trial to Begin September 9, 2024 By Leah Nylen and Davey Alba Alphabet Inc.’s Google heads back to court Monday to face US Justice Department allegations that it manipulates the $677 billion...
Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules August 6, 2024 By Leah Nylen Google illegally monopolized the search market through exclusive deals, a judge ruled Monday, handing the government a win in its...
TikTok Sued by US for Allegedly Breaking Kids’ Privacy Law August 5, 2024 By Leah Nylen TikTok was sued by the US for allegedly collecting data on children in violation of an online privacy act, three...
DOJ Drops Claims That TikTok Misled US Consumers in Lawsuit June 24, 2024 By Leah Nylen and Chris Strohm The US Justice Department is dropping one of two proposed claims against ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, planning to focus a consumer...
Chamber of Commerce Sues to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Ban April 24, 2024 By Leah Nylen Business groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking to block a rule...
FTC Asks Congress for Authority Over Its Own Consumer Cases April 11, 2024 By Leah Nylen The US Federal Trade Commission is asking Congress to change the law so it can handle its own privacy settlements...