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Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Seek to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Mergers
Washington, DC - Tuesday, 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 – imperiling choice and economic gains for consumers, workers, entrepreneurs and small businesses. 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. To address mounting concerns, the agencies are soliciting public input on ways to modernize federal merger guidelines to better detect and prevent illegal, anticompetitive deals in today’s modern markets.
Justice Department Settles with Recycling Company to Prevent the Release of Ozone Depleting Refrigerants
Washington, DC - Friday, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Derichebourg Recycling USA Inc. (Derichebourg) of Houston to resolve Clean Air Act violations at 10 scrap metal recycling facilities in Texas and Oklahoma.
Man Arrested for Acting in United States as Agent of Egyptian Government
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- Published: 09 January 2022 09 January 2022
New York - A New York man was arrested Thursday on criminal charges related to his alleged acting and conspiring to act as a foreign agent in the United States.
Justice Department Ensures Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe Are Permanently Prohibited from Exhibiting Animals and Terminates Their Interests in Seized Animals
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - On December 23, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma entered a consent decree between the United States and Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe permanently prohibiting them from exhibiting animals, terminating their interests in 97 endangered or threatened animals seized from their facility, and affirming that they have legally abandoned their rights to an additional 41 animals covered by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
Governor Newsom Announces Appointments
Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments:
FTC Publishes Inflation-Adjusted Civil Penalty Amounts for 2022
Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission has adjusted the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for violations of 16 provisions of law the agency enforces, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.