Two major technology companies, Meta and Microsoft, continue to defend their acquisitions against challenges from antitrust regulators. The FTC dropped one of the two claims underlying its challenge of Meta’s acquisition of...more
11/10/2022
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Antitrust Investigations ,
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Competition ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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Microsoft ,
Mobile Apps ,
Popular ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
The third quarter in the life sciences space showed that business is generally proceeding as usual, with large pharma players successfully acquiring or licensing in clinical stage assets without running into antitrust delays....more
11/10/2022
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Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Health Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Metadata ,
Mobile Apps ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Virtual Reality
In July 2022, the FTC brought an enforcement action to enjoin Meta’s acquisition of virtual reality app maker Within. The FTC’s approach in that complaint could have implications for Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of...more
8/16/2022
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Amazon ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
App Developers ,
Big Tech ,
Broadcom ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Microsoft ,
Mobile Apps ,
Popular ,
Vertical Mergers ,
Video Games ,
Virtual Reality