Items tagged "Anticompetitive mergers"
Public Knowledge Applauds Senator Klobuchar’s Antitrust Reform Bill Strengthening Enforcement
February 4, 2021 Anticompetitive mergers , Antitrust , Platform CompetitionToday, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary’s Antitrust Subcommittee, introduced the “Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act” to make it easier for the government to stop anticompetitive mergers and conduct.
Read MoreAT&T is Reminding Us Why the Video Marketplace Was Traditionally Highly Regulated
June 3, 2020 Anticompetitive mergers , AT&T , AT&T Time Warner , ATTTime Warner , Data Caps , Media Consolidation , Net Neutrality , Time WarnerWhen Public Knowledge came out against the proposed AT&T/Time Warner merger in 2017, we were worried that the merger would create both the incentive for the combined company to withhold, or charge more for its own content to rival distributors, and to discriminate against competing content on its own distribution services. The merger went through […]
Read MoreIt’s Not Delivery, It’s Diminished Competition: Can Uber Really Buy Grubhub?
May 22, 2020 Anticompetitive mergers , Communications & Pandemic Series , DOJ , FTC , Platform CompetitionThis blog post is part of a series on communications policies Public Knowledge recommends in response to the pandemic. You can read more of our proposals here and view the full series here. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken so much from so many, so we’ve got to find bits of joy where we can. For me, quarantined with […]
Read MoreU.S. v. Sabre Decision Is Wrong About Platform Markets
April 9, 2020 Anticompetitive mergers , Competition , Department of Justice , LitigationI’m very concerned about yesterday’s decision in U.S. v. Sabre, the antitrust case examining the merger of Sabre and Farelogix, two airline ticket software companies. Aside from the consolidation of the airline ticket software industry, the decision includes a really troubling interpretation of the already problematic American Express decision from 2018, potentially making it more […]
Read MoreAcquisitions in the Time of COVID: Big Tech Gets Bigger
April 7, 2020 Anticompetitive mergers , Communications & Pandemic Series , FTC , Platform Competition , Platform RegulationThis blog post is part of a series on communications policies Public Knowledge recommends in response to the pandemic. You can read more of our proposals here and view the full series here. In the pilot of HBO’s recently-ended show, Silicon Valley, fictional mega-platform Hooli offers protagonist Richard Hendricks the deal of a lifetime: $10 million for his […]
Read MoreFCC Formally Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger. Deal Likely to Harm Consumers, Competition
November 5, 2019 Anticompetitive mergers , Competition , consumer choice , Mergers , Sprint/T-Mobile , Wireless Competition , wireless networkToday, the Federal Communications Commission released its Order formally approving the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Argues That Proposed Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Conditions Do Not Protect Consumers
October 11, 2019 Anticompetitive mergers , Antitrust , Competition , DISH , DISH Network , DOJ , FCC , Mergers , Sprint , Sprint/T-Mobile , SprintT-Mobile , StopTmobileSprint , T-MobileThis week, Public Knowledge filed comments with the Department of Justice regarding its proposed conditions on the Sprint / T-Mobile merger.
Read MoreFCC Move to Approve T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Premature, Additional Public Input Necessary
August 15, 2019 Anticompetitive mergers , Competition , FCC , Sprint , T-MobileYesterday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a draft order to approve the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. The move follows the Department of Justice’s approval of the deal, pending the divestiture of prepaid brands and customers, as well as several side agreements designed to accelerate Dish Network’s entry into the wireless market.
Read MoreDOJ’s Proposed T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Remedy Puts Consumers, Competition at Risk, State AGs Should Continue Litigation
July 26, 2019 Anticompetitive mergers , Competition , DOJ , Mergers , SprintT-MobileAfter more than a year of review, the Department of Justice announced today that it has approved the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger, the divestiture of prepaid brands and customers, as well as several side agreements designed to accelerate Dish Network’s entry into the wireless market.
Read MorePublic Knowledge Applauds State Attorneys General Moving to Block Illegal T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
June 11, 2019 Anticompetitive mergers , Competition , FCC , Sprint , T-MobileToday, 10 state attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, announced that they have filed a multi-state lawsuit to stop the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger. Plaintiffs include New York, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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