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Paramount Global has sold Simon & Schuster to the private equity firm KKR. The deal comes nearly a year after the Department of Justice blocked Penguin Random House from acquiring Simon & Schuster.

Google's monopoly is going on trial starting September 12. This is the big one. Or rather, it's the start of a series of big ones.

In a revamp of the guidance that informs the application of U.S. antitrust laws to mergers and acquisitions, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division of the Department...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly issued new draft Merger Guidelines on July 19. The draft Merger Guidelines were created with the goal...

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday the appointment of a new director within the California Energy Commission tasked with monitoring the oil industry to "identify irregular or illegal behavior" and refer

On July 19, 2023, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") jointly released for public comment the 2023 Draft Merger...

On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) (collectively, the "Agencies") issued a draft update of the Merger Guidelines...

Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan has suffered a few high-profile defeats in court in recent months but is undaunted in her aim to bring a much more aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement to bear on big business and Big Tech.

The U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (and together, the “Agencies”) have released long-anticipated draft merger guidelines...

With minimal fanfare on a quiet summer Friday afternoon, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) did what many have been expecting it to do for several months: it officially withdrew from...