Department of Justice

DOJ Approves Verizon Merger with Alltel

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:28:45 -0700

Google Learns Lessons in the Ways of Washington

Stevie Converse — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:00:28 -0700

DOJ Issues Cyber Report on Heels of Hill Action

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:49:27 -0700

Advertisers Say Google-Yahoo Deal Would Stifle Competition, Possibly Raise Prices

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:03:09 -0700

Big Marketers Challenge Google-Yahoo Deal

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:46:08 -0700

DOJ Rejects Sinclair's Purchase of WTVR

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

The Case Against Google-Yahoo

Stevie Converse — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:06:43 -0700

Google and Yahoo say there are plenty of reasons why their recently announced plan to work together on Internet-search advertising should pass muster with regulators. For starters, it's not a merger and it covers only a small part of Yahoo's search business. Besides, it's not exclusive—so either side can strike comparable deals with third parties.

Fox Headed to Court to Overturn Indecency Fines

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:37:47 -0700

Fox Broadcasting said on Friday that it would go to court to try to overturn indecency fines imposed on 13 Fox television stations after regulators declined to reconsider the fines. The News Corp's Fox Broadcasting said it would go to court to appeal the fines after the Federal Communications Commission declined a petition for reconsideration and the Department of Justice filed suit to collect the fines.

Boucher Urges FCC To Approve XM-Sirius Merger

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:11:42 -0700

Rep. Rick Boucher(D-Va.) Tuesday praised the Justice Department's decision that the XM Satellite Radio-Sirius Satellite Radio merger was not anticompetitive and urged the Federal Communications Commission to approve the deal.

Giving XM and Sirius a Monopoly on Data

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:54:58 -0700

The Justice Department has approved the merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio. That leaves the Federal Communications Commission as the last line of defense for consumers.

American Antitrust Institute Rips DOJ Over XM-Sirius Ruling

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:43:50 -0700

The American Antitrust Institute, which opposed the XM-Sirius Satellite Radio deal as a "merger to monopoly," said the Department of Justice, in finding no fault with the deal, created a higher bar for such monopoly findings while lowering the bar for a finding that such a merger would benefit consumers.