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William Baer, a Washington antitrust lawyer and former Federal Trade Commission official, was confirmed to head the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division.
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William Baer, a Washington antitrust lawyer and former Federal Trade Commission official, was confirmed to head the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder named Renata Hesse as acting head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, replacing outgoing chief Joseph Wayland.
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The government’s fight to keep H&R Block Inc. from buying the maker of TaxAct products gave the Justice Department unit seeking to block AT&T Inc.’s purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc. its first merger trial in seven years.
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AT&T Inc.’s plan to buy T-Mobile USA Inc. was placed in further jeopardy after a federal judge agreed to consider a request by the U.S. to postpone or dismiss its lawsuit seeking to block the deal.
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Star Atlantic Waste Holdings LP’s $1.9 billion acquisition of a U.S. unit of Veolia Environnement SA was approved by the U.S. Justice Department on the condition that it sell waste collection and disposal assets in two states.
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U.S. antitrust enforcers are hiring litigators from major law firms, signaling a growing readiness for court battles to block mergers they view as anticompetitive.
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Verizon Wireless won clearance from the U.S. Justice Department to buy unused airwaves from Comcast Corp. and other cable providers with conditions that limit the companies’ agreements to sell each other’s services.
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3M Co. dropped its $550 million takeover of Avery Dennison Corp.’s office-products unit after the U.S. Justice Department said it would sue if the companies didn’t abandon the transaction.
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AT&T Inc.’s plan to buy T-Mobile USA Inc. was placed in further jeopardy after a federal judge agreed to consider a request by the U.S. to postpone or dismiss its lawsuit seeking to block the deal.
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