The five commissioners voted along party lines to approve a policy statement on a rule requiring consumers be notified of any unauthorized use of health data. The European Commission said on Thursday that it’s asking rivals for their feedback on a proposed deal in two antitrust probes looking into Amazon’s use of non-public data from sellers on its.
The companies seek to market a blood test to diagnose dozens of types of cancer. The FTC rarely seeks to stop vertical deals but recently asked a judge to block biotech company Illumina's deal to buy Grail. Amazon faces UK investigation over anti-competitive concerns.
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"The department’s review has already identified several aspects of the guidelines that deserve close scrutiny, and we will work closely with the FTC to update them as appropriate," Richard Powers, acting head of the antitrust division, said in a statement. India proposes antitrust scrutiny for big M&As unicorns eyeing IPOs meet mutual funds. The Justice Department said in a statement it was reviewing both vertical merger guidelines and guidelines on horizontal deals, or mergers of competitors. Amazon and other big tech firms are under scrutiny for alleged antitrust violations by the House Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.
Republicans Wilson and Noah Phillips opposed the decision. The FTC, which began holding open meetings after progressive Lina Khan became chair in June, also voted to withdraw Trump-era guidelines regarding vertical deals. It has asked a judge to undo Facebook's deals for photosharing app Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp although both were reviewed by the agency. The FTC sued Facebook last year, alleging the social media company broke antitrust law. But the collective impact of hundreds of smaller acquisitions, can lead to a monopolistic behavior," she said.Ĭommissioner Christine Wilson, a Republican, called for a similar study on health care mergers. Each individual merger viewed independently may not seem to have significant impact.
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"I think of serial acquisitions as a Pac-Man strategy. antitrust scrutiny into how it uses data from smaller sellers on its site, the Financial Times reported, citing three people with knowledge of the. Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, a Democrat, said looking at deals individually was inadequate.
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