Department of Justice
Groundbreaking Resolution to Address Discriminatory Delivery of Housing Advertisements
The Justice Department reached a key milestone in its settlement agreement with Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, requiring Meta to change its advertisement delivery system to prevent discriminatory advertising in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
AT&T Illinois To Pay $23 Million To Resolve Federal Investigation Into Efforts To Unlawfully Influence Former Illinois Speaker of the House
Illinois Bell Telephone Company, which does business as AT&T Illinois, agreed to pay $23 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into alleged misconduct involving the company’s efforts to unlawfully influence former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael J. Madigan.
Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and European Commission Hold U.S.-EU Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue (Department of Justice)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Thu, 10/13/2022 - 10:54Justice Department Celebrates the One-Year Anniversary of the Executive Order on Competition (Department of Justice)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 06:24Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Seek to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Mergers
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a joint public inquiry aimed at strengthening enforcement against illegal mergers. Recent evidence indicates that many industries across the economy are becoming more concentrated and less competitive, and that these problems are likely to persist or worsen due to an ongoing merger surge that has more than doubled merger filings from 2020 to 2021.