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CFO March 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan	Capitol Blending Democratic control of Congress probably won't roil the M&A waters -- much.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2010 April Taylor	Will Antitrust Scrutiny Stop Google's Growth? Antitrust authorities in the U.S. and Europe are taking a closer look at Google, and this is not a good thing -- at least not for Google and its shareholders.
InternetNews May 14, 2010	House Presses for Greater Broadband Funding Subcommittee chairman is anxious to get some funding rerouted to broadband support and to deal with net neutrality issues.
InternetNews June 18, 2007 Roy Mark	Court Takes IPO Underwriters Off the Antitrust Hook Wall Street investment firms that helped bankroll the high-tech IPO boom of the 1990s are immune from antitrust suits, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
InternetNews April 7, 2006 Roy Mark	'Net Neutrality' What? Who Knows? Proponents of net neutrality face an uphill battle on Capitol Hill: explaining the concept.
PC World July 27, 2001 Cara Garretson	Should a Web Site's Privacy Policy be Set by Law? Tech leaders say they want the flexibility to write their own, but Congress leans otherwise...
InternetNews March 12, 2008	Lawmaker May Use Antitrust For Net Neutrality Rep. Conyers is telling people he may use antitrust laws to put net neutrality rules on the books.
InternetNews January 25, 2011	Lawmakers Call for ISP Data-Retention Rules Under pressure from law enforcement agencies that service providers delete subscriber records too quickly, House panel airs bipartisan support for retention mandate.
InternetNews November 1, 2007	FTC Reviewing Google Ad Deal 'Expeditiously' U.S. antitrust authorities are reviewing Google's purchase of advertising company DoubleClick as quickly as possible, Federal Trade Commissioner Jon Leibowitz said.
InternetNews May 3, 2010	Antitrust Authorities Probing Apple's Dev Policy An unconfirmed report describes the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice in talks over which should handle an antitrust inquiry into Apple's rules for third-party developers.
InternetNews June 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Republicans Seek Delay in Patent Reform Bill Two days before a scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, four Republican members of the panel are seeking a delay in the vote. The lawmakers said the controversial measure deserves further hearings.
InternetNews May 28, 2010	Google Touts Mobile Ads as AdMob Deal Closes Not even a week after antitrust authorities blessed its $750 million purchase of AdMob, a mobile advertising network, Google said it has closed the transaction and is starting on integration.
PC Magazine August 27, 2003 Alexandra Robbins	Ordered to Pay Up Had Robin Hood's booty of choice been copies of Microsoft Office, he might have been involved in the largest recovery ever achieved under California's antitrust laws -- one that partially benefits lower-income students.
InternetNews January 10, 2008	New York Starts Antitrust Probe Into Intel The office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said it launched a formal investigation into Intel Corp to determine whether the world's biggest chipmaker violated state and U.S. antitrust laws to squeeze out its rival, Applied Micro Devices.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 Spencer E. Ante	The Antitrust Cop and the Tech Industry Christine Varney aims to reinvigorate antitrust policy without stifling U.S. business, but Google and Intel could be among her targets
InternetNews September 27, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Microsoft Prepared to Strip Media Player As a crucial European antitrust appeals hearing draws near, Microsoft indicates it has a WMP-free Windows ready to go -- if needed.
InternetNews December 17, 2009	TSA Web Snafu Prompts House Inquiry In the wake of the discovery that a sensitive TSA document has been publicly available online since early this year, lawmakers are calling for answers.
InternetNews March 29, 2006 Ed Sutherland	EU to Microsoft: Unbundle or Else European regulators are warning Microsoft to remove several features from the upcoming Windows Vista operating system or face being barred from the European market.
Insurance & Technology February 4, 2010	Pelosi Plans Vote to Revoke Health Insurers' Antitrust Exemption U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she plans to schedule a vote on a bill to revoke the health insurance industry's exemption from antitrust laws.
Registered Rep. June 19, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	Investment Banks Win Major Antitrust Victory Investors claimed the banks manipulated the IPO market in the dot-com boom years between 1997 and 2000.
InternetNews May 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House Judiciary Approves Net Neutrality Net Neutrality finally won a vote today when the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-13 to turn the issue into an antitrust matter after months of it being dismissed as a matter for further Federal Communications Commission study.
InternetNews April 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel to Vote on Network Neutrality One committee prepares to vote on a telecom reform bill that Democrats contend lacks effective network neutrality protections, another panel opens hearings on the antitrust implications of just such a scenario.
InternetNews April 25, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Day 2 Goes to Microsoft A panel of European judges has turned a skeptical eye toward the European Commission's ruling that Microsoft isn't playing fair.
InternetNews April 6, 2005 Roy Mark	A Law Mandating Music File Compatibility? Congress is mulling mandatory music file compatibility. Industry groups think they can manage the issue without government intervention.
InternetNews November 24, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft, EU Officials in Procedure Meeting Microsoft and representatives of the European Union's Competition Commission talk about the appeal of the Commission's ruling that Microsoft should be punished for anticompetitive behavior in the EU.
InternetNews February 17, 2006 Roy Mark	Search Finds No Shame Google, Yahoo and Microsoft appear on Capitol Hill to be criticized for their cooperation with Beijing over censorship.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2011 Dan Radovsky	Senate Antitrust Chairman Condemns AT&T Merger Politicians are starting to grumble about the AT&T -- T-Mobile merger.
InternetNews November 3, 2005 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves Data Breach Bill Democrats protest that the Data Accountability and Trust Act will have little or no effect.
InternetNews May 19, 2004 Roy Mark	Broadband Policy Show Moves to House Lawmakers see the latest high-speed technology devices during a hearing on telecom regulation reform.
CIO August 15, 2005 Tsvi Gal	How to Cooperate with the Competition The author courted co-operation on IT systems with rivals in the music industry, so his company could cut costs and increase profits.
InternetNews October 6, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Yahoo, Google Delay Ad Deal Amid an ongoing antitrust investigation of a controversial advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo, the companies have agreed to postpone the deal to give regulators more time to complete their investigation.
InternetNews July 7, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Senators Ramp Up Calls for Wireless Probe Senators lean on DoJ and FCC to explore potential consumer harm in wireless industry.
InternetNews March 9, 2011	House Subpanel Moves to Block Net Neutrality After a pair of hearings highlighting the partisan gulf on the issue of Internet regulation, Republican subcommittee members send a resolution of disapproval on to full committee.
BusinessWeek March 3, 2011 Bliss & Forden	The Antitrust Regulators Are Circling Google In the U.S. and Europe, the FTC and others are questioning whether its search dominance squeezes out rivals
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Salon.com September 26, 2000 Andrew Leonard	Supremes put Microsoft case on slow track The high court's refusal to hear the Microsoft appeal puts the software giant's fate in friendly hands.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2011 Dan Radovsky	Why Is Sprint Smiling? The U.S. Government suit to block AT&T's merger is just fine with Sprint and Verizon.
Information Today July 11, 2013	Judge Rules Against Apple in Price-Fixing Trial The ebook price-fixing trial that began on June 3 and ended 17 days later has finally come to a close with the release of Judge Denise Cote's ruling on July 10. And the news isn't good for Apple.
InternetNews October 28, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft May Lose South Korean Market South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has reportedly been investigating charges that Microsoft has breached antitrust laws by bundling streaming video and instant messaging into Windows software.
InternetNews September 30, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Fighting for Hearts, Minds in Google-Yahoo Deal Things are finally getting serious in the industry-wide debate over the Yahoo-Google deal.
CIO June 15, 2001 Hillard Sterling	Mismatch? Is your B2B collaboration risking an antitrust suit?
Fast Company David Lumb	The European Union Is Preparing To Sue Google, And It Wants A Fight As the The Wall Street Journal reports, Margrethe Vestager wants a landmark case that will set precedent for how tech mega corporations operate in the EU.
InternetNews January 7, 2008	Intel to Fight EU Antitrust Charges Intel will respond to the European Commission's charges of illegal moves to hurt AMD.
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InternetNews February 24, 2004 Alexander Wolfe	EU Closer to Microsoft Decision The European Union's long-running antitrust case against Microsoft moved another step closer to its conclusion, with the EU's antitrust chief confirming that he has set a date for deciding the case.
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InternetNews March 27, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Files Formal Korea Fair Trade Appeal Microsoft filed a formal appeal of South Korea's Fair Trade Commission antitrust ruling that demands two versions of Windows for consumers.