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Google Books Settlement: Key Players Comment

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Open Books Alliance, Google Books Settlement, Copyright Law, Copyright, Google Books, Google Settlement, Orphan Books, Foreign-Language Books, Books, Antitrust, Amazon, Google, Authors Guild, Books News

It's been three years since the lawsuit was filed that launched the Google Books Settlement, a long series of back-and-forth negotiations about the co...

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New Google Book Settlement Aims Only to Placate Governments

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Settlements, Media News, Libraries, Google Books, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

What stands out after an initial review of the Google Book Search agreement is that changes were made to placate the governments of France, Germany, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Too Big to Block? Why Obama Must Stop the Comcast-NBC Merger

Josh Silver | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Anti-Trust, Comcast-NBC Merger, NBC Universal, Msnbc, Comcast Merger, Obama Antitrust, NBC Merger, Antitrust, Mergers, Media News
Josh Silver

If President Obama really wants to change the system that green-lighted the bailout of "too big to fail" banks, he will have to overhaul federal antitrust laws so that they actually protect the greater good.

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A Simpleton Tries to Understand the Health Care Debate

William Fisher | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Antitrust, Medicare for All, Health Care Public Option, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
William Fisher

Now, the first thing I want you to know is that I'm no health care policy expert. Far from it. But, like the rest of us, I have a body and a mind tha...

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Dems Go After Antitrust Exemption For Insurers

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Antitrust, Reform, Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Democrats launched a drive at both ends of the Capitol on Wednesday to strip the insurance industry of its decades-old exemption fr...

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Google Books Is Not a Library

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Google, Media, Copyright, Privacy, Books, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

Unlike the Alexandria library or modern public libraries, the Google Book Search (GBS) initiative is a commercial venture that aims to monetize millions of out-of-print books.

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Comcast and NBC Universal: Antitrust Apocalypse?

Sam Gustin | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Competition, NBC Universal, Time, Doj, Fcc, Ftc, Antitrust, Comcast, Media News
Sam Gustin

Federal regulators are virtually certain to scrutinize any substantial pairing of cable leader Comcast (CMSCA) and content behemoth NBC Universal, the...

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Google Book Settlement 1.0 Is History

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Google, Licensing, Books, Google Book Search, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

The parties are now going back to the drawing board to negotiate an amended settlement agreement. However, the GBS deal can't be fixed by tweaking a few details.

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DOJ Says No to Google Book Settlement

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Authors, Antitrust, Google, Book Publishing, Media, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

Although DOJ recognizes that the public would benefit from greater access to books if the Google settlement is approved, it has concluded that the agreement in its current form does not satisfy legal requirements.

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Busting the Health Care Trusts, One Way or Another

Stephen Herrington | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Congress, Trust-Busting, Monopoly, Health Insurance, Democrats, Obama Health Care, Legislation, Barack Obama, Senate, Health, Health Care Reform, Antitrust, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Republicans, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

Politically, economically and socially, it is not worth passing a bill that does not reduce health care costs, except to temporarily mitigate the ER as primary care status quo for 50 million people.

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Jim Cramer Thinks Food, Inc. Could Inflame The Justice Dept To Take On Monsanto (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Monsanto Farmers, Farming, Food Inc Monstanto, Video, Food Inc., Farmers, Food Politics, Antitrust, Monsanto Antitrust, Food-Inc-Film, Monsanto Jim Cramer, Monsanto, Jim Cramer, Green News

Last week, Jim Cramer did a fascinating segment on the seed giant and Roundup herbicide producer, Monsanto. He posits that Monsanto could be a prime t...

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Why is the Antitrust Division Investigating the Google Book Search Settlement?

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Orphan Works, Copyright, Google Book Search, Media, Monopoly, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

Antitrust analysis generally starts with a definition of the affected market. The market for digital books is currently rather small, but it is growing.

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Antitrust Chief Facing Resistance From Obama Admin Officials Over Industry Crackdowns

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Airline Industry, Antitrust, Railroad Industry, Obama Admin Officials, Obama Administration, Christine Varney, Politics News

President Obama's top antitrust official and some senior Democratic lawmakers are preparing to rein in a host of major industries, including airline a...

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Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head (Part IV): A New Check on the Court to Defend the Rule of Law

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Checks and Balances, Chuck Schumer, Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, US Supreme Court, New Deal, Sonia Sotomayor, Antitrust, Samuel Alito, Fdr, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Constitution, Federalist Papers, Ted Kennedy, Judicial Activism, Third Party, Congress, Voting Rights Act, Antonin Scalia, Imperial Presidency, Voting Rights, Ethics, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

The false national consensus that national security should trump constitutional protections for liberty and privacy exemplifies such collusion today.

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DOJ Insurers Probe Sought By Health Care Reform Advocates

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Antitrust, Justice Department, Obama, President Obmam, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Activists backing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are asking the Justice Department to open a wide-ranging investigat...

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EU Intel Fine and New DoJ Antitrust Ambiguity Hurts America's Crown Jewel Tech Companies

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Us Department of Justice, Intel Fine, European Commission, Intel, Antitrust, European Union, Cea, Gary Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association, Eu, Business News
Gary Shapiro

I am sad to see one of America's greatest technology companies saddled with a record-setting $1.4 billion fine, a payment which will simply fund the E...

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In Choosing Souter's Replacement, Obama Should Follow the Lead of... George W. Bush?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Collective Bargaining, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Al Franken, George W. Bush, President Obama, Activist Judges, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Harriet Miers, Campaign Finance Reform, Sandra Day O'Connor, Conservatives, George H.W. Bush, Partial Birth Abortion, Antitrust, William Rehnquist, Judge Henry Friendly, William O. Douglas, Antonin Scalia, d.c. Handgun Ban, John Roberts, Hank Aaron, Barack Obama, Conservative Activist Judges, Exclusionary Rule, Jimmy Carter, Samuel Alito, Bipartisanship, Anthony Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.

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Time for a New Antitrust?

Zephyr Teachout | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Antitrust, Banks, Congress, Timothy Geithner, Robert-Bork, Too Big to Fail, Business News
Zephyr Teachout

We now have an economy that we don't understand and can't seem to control even when we want to.

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Lessons from AIG

Robert Weissman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Wall Street Bailout, Aig Bonuses, Financial Derivatives, Antitrust, Larry Summers, Aig, Rubin, Alan Greenspan, Executive Compensation, Wall Street Bonuses, Glass-Steagall, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Robert Weissman

What is vital now is that the public's righteous anger is not expressed only as "no." There are a lot of things to which We The People do need to say "no." But we need a lot of "yes's," too.

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Antitrust Suits Kill Enterprises

Michael G. Winston | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, MIchael Winston, Business, Corporate Greed, Cable TV News, Antitrust Suits, Trust, Ceos, Antitrust, Business News
Michael G. Winston

Something inside has died. This distortion proves what we have long known -- that employees are not valued at all. We are pawns in a larger game.

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The Return of Al Davis

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 11.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Roger Goodell, Antitrust, Al Davis, Football, Rozelle, Riaders, Kiffin, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

Al Davis made his return to the national sports spotlight last week when he fired head coach Lane Kiffin "for cause."

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Cowboy McCain Makes Bush Look Like A Genius

Rob Kall | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain Cowboy, Monopoly, Antitrust, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Idiots, Mcidiot, Business News
Rob Kall

What kind of message does it send to responsible companies when losers are rewarded? The answer is, allow failures to fail, reward strong companies. Why can't members of congress get it?

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Chip Wars: AMD's Persistence Starting To Dent Computing Giant Intel

Wired.com | John C. Abell | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Antitrust Investigation, Intel Monopoly, Intel, Antitrust, AMD Lawsuit, Amd, Federal Trade Commission, Ftc, Business News

The Federal Trade Commission has begun a formal anti-trust investigation of Intel, a move that AMD has long sought as part of its global, take-no-pris...

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Google Wraps Up $3.1B DoubleClick Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Antitrust Regulators, Yahoo, Microsoft, Google DoubleClick Deal, Antitrust, Doubleclick, Google, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.'s long-anticipated acquisition of online ad service DoubleClick Inc. is expected to turn the Internet search leader ...

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EU Skeptical on Microsoft Sharing Plan

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: European Union, Microsoft, Eu, Antitrust, EU Microsoft, Business News

BRUSSELS, Belgium — European Union regulators are expressing skepticism over Microsoft's latest offer to share more information about its produc...

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