Antitrust Issues

Former Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs was a key player in a conspiracy with five major book publishers to drive up the price of digital books, federal and state officials said in antitrust lawsuits filed against the companies. Jobs helped...

The Justice Department and attorney generals from 16 states sued Apple Inc. and five major book publishers, alleging they colluded to raise the price of electronic books. The government said the conspiracy cost consumers more than $100 million over two...

Apple Inc.  is denying antitrust charges filed against it and five major book publishers this week that accuse the companies of a price-fixing scheme to inflate the prices paid for electronic books. In a statement to The Times, Apple spokesman Tom...

Microsoft said Wednesday that it filed a competition complaint with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility in regard to Motorola's handling of standards-essential patents. Microsoft said, in effect, that Motorola is attempting to block sales...

 (AP) — A top federal antitrust regulator for meat companies is stepping down. J. Dudley Butler will end his tenure next week as head of the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday....

 ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday will release a new but stripped-down antitrust rule regulating meat companies that’s far less sweeping than initial reforms that ran into strong opposition from businesses and...

The proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger is dead. AT&T issued a press release on Monday announcing that its discussions with Deustche Telekom, which owns T-Mobile, had ended, citing intense federal scrutiny. In the release, both companies continued to insist...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday will release a new but stripped-down antitrust rule regulating meat companies that's far less sweeping than initial reforms that ran into strong opposition from businesses and Congress. The...