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Google Approved to Buy Airline Fare Tracker [VIDEO]

Tables Turned: Microsoft Asks EU to Investigate Google [VIDEO]

Judge Puts Google Library on Hold [VIDEO]

Deal to Combine AT&T, T-Mobile USA Raises Antitrust Questions

WASHINGTON -- AT&T's surprise announcement that it plans to acquire T-Mobile USA will force federal regulators to confront a difficult antitrust question: Can American consumers get good wireless service at a fair price if they must choose between just two national companies? That debate will be at the center of the...

Experts: Antitrust Probe May Be Big Trouble for Google

(Nov. 30) -- This isn't likely to go away quietly. Google may have done nothing wrong, but experts say the European Union's antitrust investigation into whether the company has abused its dominant position in online search is serious. They also say it could present the most formidable legal challenge to the Internet...

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Senate Panel Schedules Google Antitrust Hearing

The Senate's antitrust panel has scheduled its hearing on Google Inc's use of its considerable market clout for mid-September, the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a brief statement on Thursday.

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States Said To Be Weighing Google Antitrust Probe

Ohio and Wisconsin may be contemplating launching an antitrust investigation of Google, according to a Bloomberg report citing "a state official and a person familiar with the matters."

Antitrust News From the Web

05/04/12 Wright on Evidence-Based Antitrust Source: Legal Theory The Case for Evidence-Based Antitrust (Antitrust Law Journal, Forthcoming) on SSRN.
10/06/11 Putting Consumer Welfare First in Antitrust Analysis... Source: ACS Blog This is the final post in an ACSblog debate on antitrust scrutiny of Google between Harvard Business School Professor Benjamin G. Edelman and George Mason University School of Law Professor Joshua D. Wright.
03/28/11 Nationally Prominent Health Care Antitrust Attorney... Source: Insurance News Net WASHINGTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Christi J. Braun has joined Mintz, Levin , Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C . as a Member in the Washington, D.C. office, practicing in the firm's Antitrust and Federal Regulation Section .
08/04/10 Glance: Intel, FTC antitrust settlement at a glance Source: Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Intel, FTC in settlement talksTHE TALKS: Intel Corp. and the Federal Trade Commission are in talks to settle an antitrust case against the chip maker.

Background on Antitrust

Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, is law that promotes or maintains market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies.

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