https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AP8pAjHCRc8/david-mclaughlin RSS for Node Sun, 10 May 2026 17:08:16 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-01/biden-s-new-antitrust-cop-threatens-to-slam-brakes-on-mergers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-01/biden-s-new-antitrust-cop-threatens-to-slam-brakes-on-mergers Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:00:00 GMT Jonathan Kanter, assistant attorney general with the antitrust division for the U.S. Department of Justice, stands for a photograph after an interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 17, 2022. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-17/amazon-s-ftc-nemesis-is-dealt-a-setback-on-mgm-deal-for-now https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-17/amazon-s-ftc-nemesis-is-dealt-a-setback-on-mgm-deal-for-now Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:48:28 GMT Lina Khan, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Khan's selection for the FTC indicate that Biden is prepared to pursue a more interventionist antitrust agenda in which officials are quicker to challenge mergers and the market power of dominant companies. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-17/amazon-says-mgm-deal-closed-after-regulators-didn-t-oppose-it https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-17/amazon-says-mgm-deal-closed-after-regulators-didn-t-oppose-it Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:15:01 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-04/u-s-opens-antitrust-probe-on-chicken-industry-labor-practices https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-04/u-s-opens-antitrust-probe-on-chicken-industry-labor-practices Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:08:30 GMT Chicken https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/unitedhealth-said-to-face-u-s-lawsuit-to-block-change-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/unitedhealth-said-to-face-u-s-lawsuit-to-block-change-deal Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:56:52 GMT The United HealthCare Group Inc. logo on a laptop computer arranged in Hastings on Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. UnitedHealth Group Inc. recorded a smaller profit for the last quarter of 2020 as the company saw rising medical costs tied to Covid-19, the Washington Post reports. Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-16/big-tech-gets-new-ally-as-u-s-chamber-fights-biden-on-antitrust https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-16/big-tech-gets-new-ally-as-u-s-chamber-fights-biden-on-antitrust Wed, 16 Feb 2022 07:00:00 GMT Lina Khan https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-15/defense-contractor-m-a-to-get-tougher-scrutiny-from-the-pentagon https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-15/defense-contractor-m-a-to-get-tougher-scrutiny-from-the-pentagon Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:00:00 GMT The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 9, 2021. President Biden proposed major boosts in funding to combat inequality, disease and climate change as part of a $1.52 trillion budget request for 2022, part of his wider push to redefine the role of government in American lives. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-14/ftc-s-khan-lands-2-0-winning-streak-with-lockheed-deal-collapse https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-14/ftc-s-khan-lands-2-0-winning-streak-with-lockheed-deal-collapse Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:55:12 GMT Lina Khan, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Khan's selection for the FTC indicate that Biden is prepared to pursue a more interventionist antitrust agenda in which officials are quicker to challenge mergers and the market power of dominant companies. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-11/raytheon-is-target-of-u-s-criminal-probe-into-hiring-practices https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-11/raytheon-is-target-of-u-s-criminal-probe-into-hiring-practices Fri, 11 Feb 2022 22:56:01 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-09/microsoft-touts-app-store-rules-with-eye-to-activision-approval https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-09/microsoft-touts-app-store-rules-with-eye-to-activision-approval Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:33:03 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-09/discovery-says-antitrust-regulators-won-t-block-warnermedia-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-09/discovery-says-antitrust-regulators-won-t-block-warnermedia-deal Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:02:53 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-04/meta-user-slowdown-bolsters-blame-it-on-tiktok-antitrust-defense https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-04/meta-user-slowdown-bolsters-blame-it-on-tiktok-antitrust-defense Fri, 04 Feb 2022 07:00:00 GMT Meta stock information at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Meta Platforms Inc.'s stock collapsed as much as 26% on Thursday morning, its biggest drop ever, after Facebooks user base faltered last quarter, the first stagnation in the company's history. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-01/microsoft-deal-for-activision-to-be-reviewed-by-ftc-in-u-s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-01/microsoft-deal-for-activision-to-be-reviewed-by-ftc-in-u-s Tue, 01 Feb 2022 03:53:50 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/u-s-files-antitrust-suit-to-block-lockheed-deal-for-aeroject https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/u-s-files-antitrust-suit-to-block-lockheed-deal-for-aeroject Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:47:28 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/aerojet-shares-plunge-as-lockheed-expects-ftc-to-block-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/aerojet-shares-plunge-as-lockheed-expects-ftc-to-block-deal Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:24:52 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/doj-antitrust-chief-prefers-merger-lawsuits-over-settlements https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/doj-antitrust-chief-prefers-merger-lawsuits-over-settlements Tue, 25 Jan 2022 02:55:38 GMT WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: Antitrust attorney Jonathan Kanter testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee October 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Kanter has been nominated to be an assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-21/google-asks-court-to-toss-federal-antitrust-claims-by-states https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-21/google-asks-court-to-toss-federal-antitrust-claims-by-states Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:38:43 GMT (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce this image.) The Google logo on the company's homepage, arranged on a desktop computer in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Google threatened to disable its search engine in Australia if it’s forced to pay local publishers for news, a dramatic escalation of a months-long standoff with the government. Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-19/ftc-s-khan-vows-to-act-with-fierce-urgency-on-antitrust-front https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-19/ftc-s-khan-vows-to-act-with-fierce-urgency-on-antitrust-front Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:23:27 GMT Lina Khan, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Khan's selection for the FTC indicate that Biden is prepared to pursue a more interventionist antitrust agenda in which officials are quicker to challenge mergers and the market power of dominant companies. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-18/u-s-antitrust-cops-eye-tougher-merger-rules-amid-m-a-surge https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-18/u-s-antitrust-cops-eye-tougher-merger-rules-amid-m-a-surge Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:00:00 GMT Jonathan Kanter https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-14/google-ceo-approved-illegal-ad-deal-with-facebook-states-claim https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-14/google-ceo-approved-illegal-ad-deal-with-facebook-states-claim Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:05:29 GMT Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., delivers a speech on artificial intelligence at the Bruegel European economic think tank in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Pichai urged the U.S. and European Union to coordinate regulatory approaches on artificial intelligence, calling their alignment “critical.”