Antitrust

"...Claire Forlani, Ned Bellamy, Douglas Mcferran and Zahf Haji. Antitrust has it all -- duplicitous schemers, killer sesame seeds,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Genial General

ABA President Barbara Thomas Steps Down

"...be the largest settlement in the history of U.S. antitrust discrimination law...."

May 29, 1998 Books Feature by Lisa Tozzi

The Hightower Report

Arming the World; and Another Bush Mess to Clean Up

"...has issued a 215-page "policy guidance" paper for future antitrust regulators. The very idea that this bunch would offer..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Media Watch

Not-so-hidden agendas orbit around satellite merger approval

"...nipple – and trying to predict their actions on antitrust issues is akin to betting on rigged cockfights...."

March 2, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Bubble

Steven Soderbergh’s Bubble is likely to be remembered as the adequate but unspectacular first volley in Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner’s modern experiment in vertical film integration.

"...against vertical integration in the U.S. movie industry. That antitrust ruling made it illegal for one company to exercise..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beyond Himself

Roger Gathman talks to Jonathan Safran Foer about the author's unconscious grasp of the Jewish literary tradition.

"...works for himself in the slightly quixotic cause of antitrust -- "he started something called the Antitrust Institute." When..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Easy Money

City plots downtown's retail future

"...to the RNSEC (and perhaps to RAGA) may have antitrust or legal issues that must be handled by the..."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Book of Life

"...saved come Judgment Day. And you thought the government's antitrust case was all you had to worry about. This..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Your 15 Minutes Are Up, Mr. Gates

Top Nine Cyber Stories

"...7. U.S. vs. Microsoft. The Justice Department's antitrust suit against Microsoft has revealed much about Microsoft's aggressive..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Never-Ending Story

Independent? Chain? The Bookstore Dilemma

"...on June 19, 1936 the Robinson-Patnam Anti-Discrimination Act, an antitrust statute which declares that "it shall be unlawful for..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Near Misses at Austin Airport Stem From Nationwide Issues

Controller scheduling and staffing shortages have led to trouble at AUS

"...– United Airlines once faced a Department of Justice antitrust investigation for monopolizing slot control at the Newark Airport...."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...can hold companies accountable for what they disseminate online. Antitrust actions could check the flow of wealth to the..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Paxton Emerges From Seclusion, Faces Senate Skeptics

Embattled Texas Attorney General appeared Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee

"...spend millions of extra dollars to help wage an antitrust suit against Google? (And, from Whitmire: Why are we..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Elizabeth Warren Leads “Conversations on America's Future”

First day of SXSW/Texas Trib collab rolls out 2020-themed one-on-ones

"...without actually being funny, and stumbled through a tech-and-pharma antitrust agenda that sounded righteously aggressive but couldn’t help but..."

March 10, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Mobility and the Devil

Only Uber and Lyft can bring back Uber and Lyft

"...back to 120 years ago, in the days before antitrust laws and labor rights. But the remarkable thing about..."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Think Globally, Vote Locally

Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1

"...Meanwhile, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick faces antitrust charges in a New York District Court, where plaintiffs..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?

Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?

"...as what Teddy Roosevelt did when he brought us antitrust legislation, labor reforms, meat inspection, the Pure Food and..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Hightower Report

Can craft beer drinkers defeat the beer monopolists?

"...But even if our wimpy antitrust regulators let this deal go down, I don't think..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Full-Court Press

Meet the slam-dunk speakers of SXSports

"...next few years – former UCLA Bruin Ed O'Bannon's antitrust class-action lawsuit challenging the NCAA to provide a graduated..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Hightower Report

Save the Billionaires; and Monsanto Takes a Tumble

"...it. Meanwhile, the Justice Department is investigating the corporation's antitrust activities, and global opponents of genetically tampered crops have..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Off the Record

Firsthand accounts of the Warped Tour and Delaney & Bonnie from the Riverboat Gamblers' Mike Wiebe and Bobby Whitlock, respectively

"...enterprise C3 Presents finds itself the target of an antitrust investigation by Illinois' Office of the Attorney General in..."

July 2, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Hightower Report

Wall Street's Mitch; and That Can't-Do Spirit

"...whining that to "improve competitiveness," they must be given antitrust exemptions, allowing them to merge into even fewer and..."

April 23, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

A Monopoly on Voting; and Ideas for Banking Reform

"...Antitrust officials must stop this monopolization of America's most basic..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Noriega on Energy ... Looks Familiar

Rick Noriega announces his energy plan

"...investigate artificial price hikes, and subjecting OPEC to American antitrust laws...."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Fare Fight

The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories

"...recently countered, filing a lawsuit alleging the transfer violates antitrust laws aimed at preventing monopolies...."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Panelism

SXSW Film 2006

"...similar alignment was destroyed in 1949 by a theatrical antitrust case," he said...."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...prevention program. Texas got a $585,000 settlement in the antitrust lawsuit against Salton Inc., the company that distributes the..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Attorney General Greg Abbott on Feb. 26 filed an antitrust suit in federal court in an effort to block..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM

In the next presidential election, only the Democrats can be counted on to preserve the Bill of Rights

"...a first term (1913-1917): He achieved major tariff and antitrust reform, passed the Federal Reserve Act, and created the..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Will Women Have a Voice at the New Women's Hospital?

Issues of choice and midwifery still perplex women using Brack's hospital-within-a-hospital.

"...light of a state attorney general's investigation into possible antitrust violations -- prompted by a consumer complaint filed in..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

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