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  1. January 04, 2021

    Facebook Asks Court To Wait On Consolidating Antitrust Suits

    Facebook Inc. on Monday urged a District of Columbia federal court to hold off on deciding whether to consolidate a pair of antitrust suits brought by the Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general, arguing that the social media giant should be permitted time to answer each suit first.

  2. January 03, 2021

    Fintech Litigation To Watch In 2021

    Economic tumult in 2020 resulting from the coronavirus pandemic drove the adoption of fintech and prompted additional scrutiny of the burgeoning sector. These rapid-fire fintech developments, combined with the coming changing of the guard in Washington and a potentially new enforcement framework, will inform both enforcement cases and private litigation in 2021, attorneys told Law360.

  3. January 03, 2021

    Antitrust Conduct Cases To Watch In 2021

    U.S. technology companies are facing a mountain of antitrust litigation heading into 2021, as enforcers push blockbuster monopolization cases against Google and Facebook. Meanwhile, long-running criminal probes in the generic drug and poultry industries are heating up. Here’s a look at the biggest antitrust conduct cases to watch.

  4. December 21, 2020

    AGs Say Their Facebook Antitrust Case Belongs With FTC's

    The 48 attorneys general accusing Facebook of monopolization want to consolidate their case with one simultaneously filed by the Federal Trade Commission, telling a D.C. federal judge that both are pursuing similar legal theories and remedies.

  5. December 11, 2020

    Dual Facebook Antitrust Cases Land Before Different Judges

    Although two challenges from the Federal Trade Commission and dozens of state attorneys general to Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp are likely to be consolidated, they currently are moving forward on parallel tracks and have been assigned to different Washington, D.C., federal judges.

  6. December 11, 2020

    Privacy, Not Price, Takes Focus In Facebook Antitrust Suits

    The Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general on Wednesday set up what could be a watershed in antitrust enforcement by challenging Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, while adopting a strategy that shifts focus away from the typical yardstick of price.

  7. December 10, 2020

    Tale Of The Tape: Two Facebook Complaints

    Federal and state-level enforcers filed parallel actions in D.C. district court Wednesday each accusing Facebook of buying up potential competitors and using other tactics to preserve its monopoly over social networking in the U.S. While the suits largely attack the same conduct, there are some important distinctions between the cases. Here, Law360 looks at the complaints side-by-side.

  8. December 09, 2020

    FTC, State AGs Launch Suits Over Past Facebook Deals

    The Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general opened a multifront battle against Facebook on Wednesday in the growing antitrust pushback against the power of online platforms, filing complaints challenging ongoing conduct alongside years-old mergers whose initial clearance has long been criticized.