Newsletter
| October 7, 2009
Antitrust News in Five Minutes
In This Issue:
- U.S. Antitrust chiefs urge common international standards for merger review (p. 2)
- DoJ emphasizes need for “procedural fairness” in antitrust reviews (p. 2)
- DoJ and FTC Support Plaintiff in Brief to U.S. Supreme Court (p. 3)
- New Merger Guidelines hearings announced (p. 3)
- DoJ tells court it opposes Google settlement in current form (p. 4)
- Italian Antitrust Commission targets Google (p. 5)
- Possible end to Microsoft’s woes in EU (p. 5)
- Members of Congress complain about EU treatment of US companies (p. 5)
- Again, Congressional calls for McCarran-Ferguson repeal (p. 6)
- China merger clearances announced (p. 6)
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