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Internet sales tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed

2013-04-25 16:25:00

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle and is on track for approval after lawmakers return...

House passes CISPA, sets up showdown with White House and Senate

2013-04-18 12:57:00

The House of Representatives passed a controversial cybersecurity bill as expected on Thursday, moving toward a possible confrontation with the Senate and White House. The�Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013, or CISPA, passed by a vote...

Judge allows J.C. Penney to sell unbranded Martha Stewart goods

2013-04-12 11:22:00

Score one for J.C. Penney, the beleaguered retailer that just kicked out its chief executive in search of a better reputation. The department store chain Friday won the right to sell Martha Stewart products – as long as they’re unbranded....

Google's Android is target of new antitrust complaint in Europe

2013-04-09 09:21:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is under fire from a coalition of companies including Microsoft Corp. which have called on European antitrust authorities to launch an investigation into the Internet giant's dominance on smartphones. The FairSearch group...

Apple CEO Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-books antitrust case

2013-03-13 12:47:00

A federal judge has ruled that Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook must testify in the U.S. government's e-books antitrust case against the company. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan granted the Department of Justice's request to order Cook to...

Moving, slowly, toward a la carte cable

2013-02-28 15:16:00

The cable company Cablevision says it's just looking out for consumers in its lawsuit against Viacom, owner of MTV and Nickelodeon, over bundled programming packages that drive monthly bills higher. And the company is correct — to a point. ------...

Cablevision sues Viacom over bundling of programming

2013-02-26 10:16:00

Cablevision Systems Corp., one of the nation's biggest pay-TV distributors, has filed a lawsuit against Viacom, parent of popular cable channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. At issue is how Viacom sells its cable networks to pay-TV...

A cable TV operator goes to bat against costly channel bundles

2013-02-26 15:03:00

Consumers don't ordinarily think of cable TV companies as friends of the little guy. But Cablevision, which won an extremely pro-consumer court ruling on digital video recording in 2008, is waging another legal battle that could be a boon to pay-TV...

Panel hears pros and cons of American-US Airways merger

2013-02-26 13:30:00

Critics and supporters of a merger of American Airlines and US Airways to form the nation's largest carrier testified for the first time Tuesday in a hearing before a congressional panel. The merger, announced Feb. 14, would cost $1.2 billion in one-...

Robert H. Bork dies at 85; pivotal figure in Supreme Court history

2012-12-19 18:01:00

Robert H. Bork, the conservative legal champion whose bitter defeat for a Supreme Court seat in 1987 politicized the confirmation process and changed the court's direction for decades, died Wednesday. He was 85. The former Yale law professor and judge on...

Microsoft criticizes Google's proposed settlement with FTC

2013-01-02 19:28:00

For two years,�Microsoft�Corp. has urged antitrust regulators to crack down on arch rival Google�Inc. Now that the Federal Trade Commission is poised to allow Google to emerge from the antitrust probe without having to make major changes, Microsoft is...

The FTC's Google ruling: a qualified free pass

2013-01-05 08:01:00

The end of the Federal Trade Commission's 19-month investigation into Google was a win for the search giant, but only a partial victory for those who want clear limits on the commission's role in policing competition. The only binding action that...

Elizabeth Eccher to principal at Analysis Group, which provides economic, financial and business expertise to law firms, corporations, and government agencies.

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis , left, and his attorney Joseph Alioto react to jury's verdict on May 7, 1982, in favor of the Raiders in their antitrust trial against the National Football League , opening the door for the team to move to Los Angeles.

2011-09-21 12:40:00

W. David Braun has joined the Chicago office of Quarles & Brady LLP as a partner in the Corporate Services Group. Braun focuses on U.S. and foreign corporate, licensing and antitrust law. He comes to the firm from Drinker Biddle, based in Chicago, where he was a partner.

2011-04-05 00:00:00