antitrust

DOJ Rejects Sinclair's Purchase of WTVR

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:57:57 -0700

As Expected, EU Widens Antitrust Probe of Intel

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:32:01 -0700

Yahoo CEO Allegedly Admitted Deal with Google Would Reduce Competition

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:36:29 -0700

Google Ad Deal Is Under Scrutiny

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:23:06 -0700

The Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into a deal struck last month that would allow Internet titan Google to provide some search advertising for Yahoo, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.

Yahoo/Google Deal Under Investigation

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:14:32 -0700

US anti-trust regulators have opened an investigation into Yahoo's search advertising partnership with Google to examine if the $800m (£403m) a year deal restricts competition in the market.

Will Antitrust Law Save Net Neutrality?

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:07:53 -0700

The ongoing struggle to protect "net neutrality," the right of consumers to access content on the Internet equally, took a new turn as members of Congress introduced legislation that would treat interference or content-blocking as violations of antitrust law.

Dueling Approaches to Net Neutrality Clash in the House

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:57:46 -0700

Should the FCC be the final authority deciding just what constitutes "net neutrality," and how ISPs should be punished if they fail to provide it? Or would you rather the matter be resolved in the federal court system?

Alarm at Google Yahoo Partnering

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:41:29 -0700

The call by a coalition of 16 American civil rights and rural advocacy bodies comes despite the fact no firm deal has actually been announced.

House Democrats Dig Up Decades-Old Antitrust Law in New Net Neutrality Fight

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:38:18 -0700

The long-running debate over net neutrality took another turn Thursday when two lawmakers introduced a bill that would make it a violation of antitrust law for broadband providers to discriminate against different types of content in routing traffic on their networks.

Another Net Neutrality Bill, in a Comcast-Charged Atmosphere

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:31:50 -0700

The latest net neutrality bill, offered by Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), is a second try to treat neutrality as an antitrust issue, Ars Technica says. It’s essentially the same bill that failed in 2006.

Conyers Bill Would Codify Network Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:52:19 -0700

House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced a bill that would codify network neutrality in antitrust law.

Specifically, Conyers' bill, the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, would amend the Clayton Act, which deals with anticompetitive discrimination in terms of pricing and services, to include Internet-service discrimination.

Lawmakers Renew Efforts to Enact Net Neutrality Bill

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:37:18 -0700

With scant time left in the 110th Congress and no apparent interest in network neutrality in the U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., reintroduced May 7 the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act.

Public Knowledge Pleased with Introduction of Antitrust Net Neutrality Legislation

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:20:59 -0700

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today introduced H.R. 5994, the “Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.”

Lawmakers Introduce New Net Neutrality Bill

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:18:59 -0700

Two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would subject broadband providers to antitrust violations if they block or slow Internet traffic.

New Net Neutrality Bill Prohibits Blocking, Degrading

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:56:01 -0700

Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced a net neutrality bill Wednesday that would prohibit Internet service providers from blocking or degrading access to any "lawful content."

Conyers and Lofgren Introduce Net Neutrality Legislation to Protect the Internet from Anticompetitive Practices

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:37:10 -0700

Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced H.R. 5994, the "Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008," to establish an antitrust remedy for anticompetitive and discriminatory practices by broadband service providers.

Free Press Applauds the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:35:44 -0700

Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) introduced the "Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008" (H.R. 5994) -- a bill that would help protect the free and open Internet.

Now There Are Two Net Neutrality House Bills

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:44:11 -0700

Congressional Net Neutrality proponents appear to be taking a multi-pronged approach to passing legislation to cement what many call the First Amendment of the Internet, a moniker that may oversimplify it a bit.

New Bill Ties Net Neutrality to Antitrust Law

Stevie Converse — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:01:45 -0700

Earlier this week, we covered the debate in Congress over a bill that would define net neutrality as part of the nation's official broadband policy and direct the FCC to ensure that it happens.

Antitrust Issues Raised by the Emerging Global Internet Economy

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:52:29 -0700

Web-based businesses are increasingly the subject of antitrust concerns. Plaintiffs in the United States have sued eBay for tying its online payments service to its transaction service.