Department of Justice
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.
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim Announces Re-Organization of the Antitrust Division's Civil Enforcement Program
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is creating the Office of Decree Enforcement and Compliance and a Civil Conduct Task Force. Additionally, it will redistribute matters among its six civil sections in order to build expertise based on current trends in the economy.
Justice Department Brings Enforcement Action Against Centurylink
The Department of Justice announced that CenturyLink has agreed to settle allegations that CenturyLink violated the court-ordered Final Judgment designed to prevent anticompetitive effects arising from its acquisition of Level 3 Communications. Despite provisions in the Final Judgment barring CenturyLink from soliciting customers that switched to the buyer of the divestiture assets, CenturyLink failed to comply, initiating contact on over 70 occasions over more than a year with former Level 3 customers who elected to switch to the divestiture buyer in the Boise City-Nampa, Idaho MSA (Boise
Federal Court Terminates Paramount Consent Decrees (Department of Justice)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 08/09/2020 - 15:51Antitrust Division Names Taylor Owings Acting Chief Of Staff (Department of Justice)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/28/2020 - 16:51DOJ Issues Business Review Letter To Avanci For Proposed Licensing Platform To Advance 5G Technology For Interconnected Cars (Department of Justice)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 07/28/2020 - 16:35Justice Department Congratulates T-Mobile and DISH for Closing the Boost Divestiture (Department of Justice)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 07/01/2020 - 16:05
Department of Justice And Federal Trade Commission Issue New Vertical Merger Guidelines
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission issued new Vertical Merger Guidelines that outline how the federal antitrust agencies evaluate the likely competitive impact of mergers and whether those mergers comply with US antitrust law.
Justice Department Issues Recommendations for Section 230 Reform
The Department of Justice released a set of reform proposals to update the outdated immunity for online platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Responding to bipartisan concerns about the scope of 230 immunity, the department identified a set of concrete reform proposals to provide stronger incentives for online platforms to address illicit material on their services while continuing to foster innovation and free speech.