FTC Moves Forward with Stand-Alone Section 5 Claim
With its December 2009 issuance of a complaint against Intel (In the Matter of Intel Corp., Dkt. No. 9341), the Federal Trade Commission has re-opened a multi-decade debate about its use of Section 5...
View ArticlePROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE HORIZONTAL MERGER GUIDELINES RELEASED
Recently, the FTC released for comment the proposed revisions to the 1992 Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the “Proposed Revisions“). Coming just a day before the beginning of the ABA Antitrust Law...
View ArticleFTC CHALLENGES ANOTHER CONSUMMATED MERGER
Last month, a representative of the Federal Trade Commission spoke at the ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting regarding the FTC’s continuing interest in scrutinizing consummated mergers for potential...
View ArticleFOR THE FTC, THE “U” IN U-HAUL STANDS FOR UNILATERAL ATTEMPT TO COLLUDE: FTC...
On June 9, 2010, the FTC announced that the Commission had voted out a complaint (5-0) against U-Haul International, Inc. and its parent company, AMERCO. Complaint. In that complaint, the FTC alleged...
View ArticleFTC SETTLES WITH INTEL: “A BIRD IN THE HAND . . .”
Nearly eight months after issuing a complaint against Intel Corp. for unfair competition under Section 5 of the FTC Act (See FTC Moves Forward with Stand Alone Section 5 Claim), the FTC announced last...
View ArticleREVISED MERGER GUIDELINES RELEASED
As discussed in my prior report, the FTC, in April of this year, released for comment proposed revisions to the Horizontal Merger Guidelines. See Proposed Revisions To The Horizontal Merger...
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