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CHICAGO, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intellectual Property Exchange International, Inc. (IPXI), the world's first financial exchange for licensing and trading intellectual property (IP) rights, today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division has concluded an eight-month business review of the Exchange and issued its Business Review Letter (BRL), highlighting many innovative and efficient aspects of the IPXI licensing model. The Exchange initiated the...
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a Senate hearing on the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways to be held today, Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, will raise concerns about the deal's potential impact on consumers. William J. McGee, travel and aviation consultant for Consumers Union, has noted, "With each mega-merger in the airline industry, we've been told competition will be enhanced and consumers will be better served, and...
The independent drugstore lobby is again seeking special antitrust exemptions (HR 1188) that would empower independent drugstores to charge consumers, employers, unions, and government agencies higher prescription drug prices, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) said today. Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 15, 2013 The independent drugstore lobby is again seeking special antitrust exemptions (HR 1188) that would empower independent drugstores to charge consumers, employers,...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Tech giant Microsoft has been handed, and apparently accepted, a giant-sized fine by the European Union (EU) for failing to offer users a choice of browsers on its Windows operating system (OS), breaking a legally binding commitment that had been in place since 2009. As a result the European Commission has fined Microsoft $732 million US. The announcement was made Wednesday by Joaquin Almunia, the European Commission’s top antitrust...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bates White is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics and an Affiliated Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, has joined the firm as a Partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice. Dr. Farrell recently completed a three-year tenure as Director of the Bureau of Economics at the Federal Trade Commission, where he led approximately 80 economists in analyzing the...
TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - The Competition Bureau should actively engage in competition matters in regulated sectors of the economy, where anti-competitive conduct may be protected by government legislation or authority. This is the consensus view of the C.D. Howe Institute's Competition Policy Council, which held its fourth meeting on November 8, 2012. Members of the Council held that the Bureau should more clearly delineate the scope of anti-competitive practices that it...
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA has launched the Antitrust & Trade Regulation Resource Center(TM), a comprehensive web platform designed as an all-in-one resource for those following antitrust and trade regulation developments. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120110/DC33627LOGO) The Resource Center brings together antitrust and trade regulation law, news, and analysis with current cases, practice tools, and state, federal, and...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog today called on federal antitrust regulators to block Google's purchase of Frommer's travel guides. "There is a fundamental conflict between being a search provider and a content provider," said John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project Director. "As Google has increased its content and services, it has unfairly favored them in its search results and damaged competitors." A Consumer Watchdog...
Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Google can add India to the list of countries where it's under investigation for antitrust issues. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) received information about violations of an Indian competition rule, Reuters Reports. The case against Google was filed by R.P.N. Singh, minister of state for corporate affairs in India. Details of the allegations were not disclosed. Google spokesperson Paroma Roy Chowdhury sent a statement to...
Derek Walter for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Google and the European Union may be closer to an agreement that would avoid a long and costly litigation fight over antitrust allegations. At issue is whether or not Google used its search dominance to give its own products an unfair advantage over competitors, according to the New York Times. The European competition commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, had asked Google in May to make concessions within its products or face official...
