The Justice Department is suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would reshape the industry, saying consolidation would hurt authors and readers.

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Federal regulators filed a revised version of their antitrust complaint alleging that Facebook has abused its market power to suppress competition.

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A federal judge dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of state attorneys general.

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Welcome to Monday, the 67th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Epic Games Inc. brings antitrust suit against Apple Inc. and its ...

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A federal appeals court has revived Baltimore’s lawsuit to recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars the city claims to have overpaid for blood-pressure pills because the drug’s manufacturer illegally cornered the market. Baltimore claims Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd.’s failure to ...

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers. The lawsuit marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. business regulators are suing to break up the multibillion-dollar deal between tobacco giant Altria and e-cigarette startup Juul Labs, saying their partnership amounted to an agreement not to compete in the U.S. vaping market. The action announced ...

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More than a dozen lawsuits accusing Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Medica Co. of antitrust violations have been transferred and consolidated into federal multidstrict litigation in Illinois.

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Opening arguments are set for Thursday in the federal government's efforts to block AT&T's efforts to gobble up Time Warner in a case that could shape how you get — and how much you pay for — streaming TV and movies.

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About 12 chemical companies conspired to fix the amount Baltimore paid for aluminum sulfate, a water purifier, the city says in a federal antitrust lawsuit.

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