Antitrust News

Elon Musk is moving to acquire Mesh Optical Technologies, and the FTC has sped up its antitrust review of the deal.

Larry Ellison quietly gave millions to a pro-Trump group, and Oracle later won major roles in Trump-backed AI and tech deals.

Adam Candeub is the leading candidate to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division, a role that would put him in charge of merger reviews and anti-monopoly enforcement.

California’s attorney general says Amazon used its market power to push other retailers to raise prices online, and he is asking a court to stop the practice now.

A federal judge has paused Nexstar Media Group’s planned merger with Tegna while an antitrust lawsuit against the deal is resolved.

David Ellison said Paramount Skydance’s planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will not cut film output and promised at least 30 movies a year.

A New York jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster held a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, which could lead to major penalties.

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery is drawing strong pushback from Hollywood, with critics saying it could hurt competition, jobs, and creative freedom.

The Justice Department is investigating the NFL over whether its game licensing and streaming deals make it too costly and hard for fans to watch games.

A federal judge ordered Live Nation to start settlement talks with state attorneys general over claims that it illegally dominated the live entertainment market.

The Justice Department reached a tentative settlement with Live Nation over its antitrust case, but many states say they will keep fighting the company in court.

Live Nation is fighting a Justice Department antitrust case by arguing it competes fairly in the live events market, not as a monopoly.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats want answers about what Trump administration officials told Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos before Netflix dropped its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery assets.

Paramount Skydance raised its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery to $31 per share, heightening the fight with Netflix over control of the studio.

The Justice Department and Ohio Attorney General filed an antitrust complaint against OhioHealth, saying its contract rules help keep healthcare prices high.

Jeff Bezos started Amazon in a rented Bellevue garage and, through a scrappy focus on growth and customers, built it into a trillion-dollar company that now leads the Fortune 500.

Gail Slater is leaving as head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division at a key moment for major merger and competition cases.

Trump said he will stay out of the fight over Warner Bros. Discovery, leaving Netflix and Paramount Skydance to battle it out while regulators review the deal.

Meta won a major FTC antitrust case after a judge ruled the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking, so it will not have to spin off Instagram or WhatsApp.

Trump said he is targeting major meatpackers over beef prices, and the Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation.