Category: Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues

The NCAA Agreed to Pay Players. It Won’t Call Them Employees.

The argument is the organization’s attempt to maintain the last vestiges of its amateur model and to prevent college athletes from collectively bargaining.
The N.C.A.A. Agreed to Pay Players. It Won’t Call Them Employees.

The argument is the organization’s attempt to maintain the last vestiges of its amateur model and to prevent college athletes from collectively bargaining.
The Emails at the Heart of the Government’s Ticketmaster Case

Live Nation Entertainment, which owns Ticketmaster, is accused of violating antitrust laws. The Justice Department drew on the concert behemoth’s internal communications in its lawsuit.
U.S. Sues to Break Up Ticketmaster Owner, Live Nation

Accused of violating antitrust laws, Live Nation Entertainment faces a fight that could reshape the multibillion-dollar live music industry.
US Antitrust Cases Against Big Tech, Explained

As the Justice Department’s case against Google nears an end, the federal government has more suits in the pipeline trying to rein in Big Tech.
Why Google Employees Aren’t Reacting to US Antitrust Trial

They shrugged off concerns about the company’s fate ahead of closing arguments in the Justice Department’s lawsuit this week.
Why Google Employees Aren’t Reacting to US Antitrust Trial

They shrugged off concerns about the company’s fate ahead of closing arguments in the Justice Department’s lawsuit this week.
Google Antitrust Trial Concludes With Closing Arguments

The first tech monopoly trial of the modern internet era is concluding. The judge’s ruling is likely to weigh heavily on a pipeline of similar antitrust cases.
The Judge Deciding Google’s Landmark Antitrust Case

Amit P. Mehta, a judge in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, will issue a landmark antitrust ruling.
Klobuchar Asks Regulators to Investigate MultiPlan Over Health Care Pricing

A data analytics firm has helped big health insurers cut payments to doctors, raising concerns about possible price fixing.
UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack

Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.
F.T.C. Said to Consider Blocking Major Fashion Merger

Regulators are expected to meet next week to discuss the $8.5 billion deal between Coach’s owner, Tapestry, and Michael Kors’ parent company, Capri Holdings, which would create a U.S. luxury conglomerate.