Department of Justice investigated claims that Google's had "no poach" deals with Apple, Intuit, and Intel. While there's no evidence that our policy hindered hiring or affected wages, we abandoned our "no cold calling" policy in late 2009 once the...
This attracted the attention of the Department of Justice, and Google pulled out of the deal later that year over broader antitrust concerns and fear of being labeled a “monopolist”. Yahoo will layoff thousands of employees this week as part of a...
Department of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission (EC) each announced that the deal had been cleared by their respective antitrust authorities and could proceed. U.S.and EU antitrust authorities have approved Google's proposed acquisition of...
Department of Justice (DOJ), sources told the Wall Street Journal. Antitrust authorities in the U.S.and Europe have been hesitant to sign off on the proposed merger. Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility could soon be approved by the U.S.
Department of Justice sanctioned the deal allowing Google to close the acquisition within the next few days. After a five-month investigation, the $400 million acquisition of Admeld was cleared once antitrust concerns arising from the purchase were...
Department of Justice will simply block the deal. While this vote would, under normal circumstances, mean that the deal is ready to move forward, this major acquisition is likely to be the subject of antitrust scrutiny.
As the Federal Trade Commission continues their investigation and the Department of Justice reviews the Motorola and Admeld deals, Google’s PAC has also hired former Democratic House leader and now lobbyist Richard Gephardt.
The JusticeDepartment, along with seven states, moved to stop the acquisition on the grounds that combining ATs antitrust senate hearing, is now featured in an online video promoting Google’s Get Your Business Online program.
CEO Rich Skrenta noted that the products Apple has brought to market have done far more damage to Microsoft than the Department of Justice lawsuit they faced in the 1990s. People should be watching the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition...
Today's antitrust enforcement action by the JusticeDepartment is a clear win for consumers and competition in the marketplace. The search industry has been watching and waiting to see what Google will do in the flight search vertical since Google...
Google has confirmed that the Department of Justice has made a “second request” for more information from Google, as regulators continue to review the $400 million acquisition of display ad firm AdMeld.
Google is currently addressing EU inquiries, as well as their purchase of advertising company Admeld, and the profits they made from ads for "rogue online pharmacies" are being investigated by the Department of Justice.
Google has received plenty of attention from the Department of Justice over the last few years, with multiple cases in the U.S.and even more in Europe. According to multiple sources, an antitrust review has now commenced.
Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the JusticeDepartment completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel software developer ITA Software and determines whether to challenge or impose restrictions on the deal.
The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division today filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in U.S. Today's antitrust enforcement action by the JusticeDepartment is a clear win for consumers and competition in the marketplace.
Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the JusticeDepartment completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel software developer ITA Software and determines whether to challenge or impose restrictions on the deal, Bloomberg...
The JusticeDepartment, which is investigating Google's acquisition of ITA (and has previously investigated Google over hiring practices and Google books), was not among the departments listed. Google earlier this month added Stewart Jeffries...
JusticeDepartment's top antitrust official, recused herself from the proceedings. Case Closed: Italy Drops Google Antitrust Investigation by Danny Goodwin An antitrust investigation initiated by Italian newspaper publishers who cried foul over...
JusticeDepartment's top antitrust official, recused herself from the proceedings. When Varney was appointed by President Barack Obama as Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ's Antitrust Division, expectations were high for her to take a hard...
JusticeDepartment may be preparing an antitrust lawsuit to stop Google's purchase of ITA Software, which is heavily opposed by FairSearch.org, made up of sites including Expedia, Travelocity, Kayak, TripAdvisor, and Microsoft, because it...