A panel of the D.C. Circuit on Friday asked the Federal Communications Commission some tough questions about a rule change that would allow broadcasters to skirt a 39 percent cap on how many local TV stations they can own — a key question in the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s quest to buy Tribune Media for $3.9 billion.
Read moreVisa and Mastercard will pay $3.4 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit in which New Mexico accused the credit card giants of causing economic harm through mandatory interchange fees.
Read moreAT&T’s chief executive Randall Stephenson rigorously defended his company’s proposed $85 billion merger with Time Warner on Thursday, calling the government’s argument that it would harm competition “absurd.”
Read moreA class that purchased shares from an entertainment provider sued in Los Angeles federal court Wednesday over claims that stock prices plummeted when the provider failed to adhere to an antitrust agreement with the Department of Justice.
Read moreTime Warner’s chief executive forcefully defended his company’s proposed $85 billion merger with AT&T on the witness stand Wednesday, arguing that the company will fall behind innovative competitors without it.
Read moreGovernment attorneys turned up the heat Monday on an economist who testified in support of AT&T’s proposed $85 billion buyout of Time Warner.
Read moreThe first expert summoned to support AT&T’s $85 billion merger with Time Warner testified Thursday that the government has no evidence supporting its claim that the deal would raise prices for consumers and harm competition.
Read moreThe U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit to block the $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger reached its apex Wednesday as its key expert witness testified the merger would cost consumers hundreds of millions annually.
Read moreGermany may bar the extradition of its citizens but it did not break the law in delivering an Italian to the United States for prosecution, the European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday.
Read moreAn annual music festival in Portland brought a federal complaint Monday over the Coachella music festival’s requirement that bands sit out all other West Coast festivals for the six months surrounding Coachella.
Read moreA federal judge denied summary judgment Thursday to both sides in a patent dispute over electronic keypad locks.
Read moreA top executive at Charter Communications expressed concern on the witness stand Tuesday during the AT&T-Time Warner antitrust trial that the merger could spike prices and bolster the merged company’s leverage over content packages.
Read moreAccusing one of the state’s largest health care providers of price gouging and bullying insurers, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Friday announced an antitrust lawsuit against Sutter Health.
Read moreBuilding its antitrust case over AT&T’s proposed buyout of Time Warner, government attorneys elicited testimony from one of the cable company’s own executives about benefits of a merger.
Read moreThree pharmaceutical companies are poised to shell out a total of $270 million to settle antitrust claims related to their alleged collusion to prevent a generic form of an expensive pain medication from reaching market, according to documents released Wednesday.
Read moreRocker Ozzy Osbourne claims in a federal class action filed Tuesday that concert promoter AEG’s requirement that acts play both the Staples Center in LA and London’s O2 arena violates competition and antitrust laws.
Read moreThe European Commission on Wednesday slapped eight producers of electrolytic capacitors with a combined $311 million fine for their roles in a 14-year cartel.
Read moreEnvironmentalists balked Tuesday night that a settlement will likely block the Supreme Court’s review of an alleged utility monopoly.
Read moreOpening arguments in the federal government’s case to block AT&T’s efforts to gobble up Time Warner have been postponed until Thursday.
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