Topic: State enforcement

Tim Wu stepped down as President Biden’s primary antitrust advisor earlier this month after two years in the role. The Columbia Law School professor spoke to GCR USA about the “plague” of non-competes, why technology-focused antitrust legislation failed to reach the finish line during his tenure and how the White House took on a bigger role in competition policy while maintaining the independence of the US antitrust agencies.

24 January 2023

Criminal antitrust prosecutions are near an all-time high at the Department of Justice, but the Antitrust Division secured just $1.4 million in fines last year.

23 January 2023

The Department of Justice is working with other federal agencies on ongoing merger reviews as a result of President Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order ordering a whole-of-government approach to competition policy, a senior counsel at the Antitrust Division has said.

19 January 2023

California has accused Eli Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk of individually conspiring with major pharmacy benefit managers and abusing their market power to drive up the price of insulin.

17 January 2023

Google’s success in online search is driven by its superior product, not exclusionary agreements with web browsers and phone manufacturers, the company has asked a federal court to rule.

13 January 2023

Kathleen Foote recently stepped down after two decades as California’s top antitrust enforcer. In a conversation with GCR USA, she discussed highlights of her 35-plus years of service for the Golden State – in which she helped cement the independence of state attorneys general and develop the Cartwright Act – and busted some misconceptions about state enforcement.

12 January 2023

Kathleen Foote has stepped down as California’s antitrust chief after 35 years of helping cement the Golden State as a major enforcer, both alongside and independent of the federal government.

04 January 2023

The US antitrust agencies received 40% fewer merger fillings last year in comparison to record-breaking figures from 2021, according to an analysis by White & Case.

04 January 2023

The US Senate has advanced a spending bill that would increase merger filing fees, prevent the transferring of lawsuits brought by state attorneys general and increase funding for the US antitrust agencies.

21 December 2022

Aviv Nevo’s appointment as head of the Federal Trade Commission’s economics department could help the agency adjust its precarious record in litigating mergers, although a lack of new legislation could hamper his effectiveness, antitrust experts have said.

19 December 2022