antitrust

Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal

Thomas Catan and Ian Sherr, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 8 at 3:48 pm PT

The U.S. Justice Department is poised to clear Google Inc.’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, giving Google a powerful armory of technology patents to deploy in the smartphone wars.

EU Could Rule on Google Antitrust in March

John Paczkowski in News on January 18 at 1:29 pm PT

An update on the European Competition Commission’s investigation of Google.

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FTC Said to Be Looking at Google+

Liz Gannes in Social on January 13 at 4:04 pm PT

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expanding its antitrust investigation into Google to include Google+, Bloomberg reports. It’s a timely issue because Google+ was just deeply integrated into Google search this week, causing Twitter, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and others to call foul. The FTC declined to comment.

South Korea Says Google Impeded Antitrust Probe

John Paczkowski in News on January 9 at 11:14 am PT

Google’s relationship with the South Korean government was never all that great to begin with, but now it seems to have slipped into a real downward spiral.

LCD Makers Cough Up $538 Million to Settle Price-Fixing Charges

John Paczkowski in News on December 27, 2011 at 3:24 pm PT

Seven major liquid-crystal display makers settle charges that they illegally conspired to fix prices of LCDs.

Intel Antitrust Case Heads to State Court

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 26, 2011 at 4:05 pm PT

Intel Corp.’s last major antitrust fight, against New York state officials, appears headed to state court after rulings by a federal judge in Delaware.

Google Working to Address Europe’s Concerns About Motorola Mobility Deal

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 12, 2011 at 10:05 am PT

You’d think European Union officials might have other things to worry about, but …

DOJ to AT&T: We Can Play the Stalling Game, Too

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 9, 2011 at 9:03 am PT

And when it comes to the T-Mobile deal, time would seem to be on the government’s side, as both AT&T and T-Mobile would appear to want a deal sooner rather than later.

Justice Department Confirms E-Book Probe

Thomas Catan, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 7, 2011 at 11:01 am PT

The U.S. Justice Department confirmed Wednesday that it is conducting an antitrust investigation into the pricing of electronic books, the latest antitrust watchdog to probe whether there was improper collusion by publishers and Apple Inc. to prevent discounting.

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