Department of Justice
Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Seek to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Mergers
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a joint public inquiry aimed at strengthening enforcement against illegal mergers. Recent evidence indicates that many industries across the economy are becoming more concentrated and less competitive, and that these problems are likely to persist or worsen due to an ongoing merger surge that has more than doubled merger filings from 2020 to 2021.
Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Meet with Fellow G7 Enforcement Partners on Competition in Digital Markets (Department of Justice)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/29/2021 - 16:45Remarks of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta at Georgetown Law’s 15th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium (Department of Justice)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 18:40Florida Man (no, not that one) and Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference Stemming from Voter Disinformation (Department of Justice)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/27/2021 - 14:31Michigan, Wisconsin, and California Ask Court To Join Justice Department Antitrust Suit Against Google (Department of Justice)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/17/2020 - 16:46Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Facebook for Discriminating Against U.S. Workers (Department of Justice)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 15:38DOJ Requires Divestiture In Order For Liberty Latin America To Acquire AT&T's Telecoms Operations In Puerto Rico and USVI (Department of Justice)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 10/23/2020 - 15:40
Justice Department Sues Monopolist Google For Violating Antitrust Laws
The Department of Justice — along with eleven state Attorneys General — filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to stop Google from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising markets and to remedy the competitive harms.
The Justice Department Unveils Proposed Section 230 Legislation on Behalf of the Administration
On behalf of the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice sent draft legislation to Congress to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The draft legislative text implements reforms that the Department of Justice deemed necessary in its June Recommendations and follows a yearlong review of the statute. The legislation also executes President Trump’s directive from the Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship.