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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. META PLATFORMS, INC.

  1. January 02, 2023

    Antitrust Conduct Issues And Cases To Watch In 2023

    The Federal Trade Commission prepares to test the limits of its authority to combat unfair methods of competition in the coming year, as the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers continue pushing aggressive antitrust agendas alongside new proposed class actions from private parties.

  2. November 28, 2022

    Meta Can't Avoid Privilege Re-Review Sought By FTC

    Meta Platforms must re-review 2,500 documents over which it's claimed privilege after a D.C. federal judge during a hearing Monday balked at the Facebook parent's arguments that the Federal Trade Commission is asking for too much company information in its monopolization case.

  3. October 27, 2022

    Meta Wants Snap Inc. Docs In FTC Monopoly Case

    Facebook parent Meta Platforms urged a D.C. federal court to force instant photo-messaging app Snapchat to hand over documents related to its pricing, data, competitors and "Project Voldemort," which allegedly details anti-competitive conduct by Meta, in the Federal Trade Commission's ongoing monopolization case.

  4. October 13, 2022

    Meta Pushes For Clubhouse Docs In FTC Monopoly Case

    Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has asked a D.C. federal court to enforce a subpoena issued to the owner of the social audio app Clubhouse in a monopolization case brought by the Federal Trade Commission.

  5. September 06, 2022

    Meta Can't Get FTC Analysis Of Instagram, WhatsApp Buys

    A D.C. federal court judge on Tuesday denied a request from Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. for Federal Trade Commission documents related to reviews of the social media giant's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the materials are protected by the deliberative-process privilege.

  6. August 18, 2022

    Update: Meta Withdraws Bid for Overseas Rivals' Docs In FTC Case

    Just a day after making its request, Meta on Thursday summarily withdrew its bid for more help seeking information from the overseas parent companies of purported social media and messaging rivals as the Facebook successor battles Federal Trade Commission allegations of market dominance in D.C. federal court.

  7. August 16, 2022

    TikTok Fights Facebook's Bid For Info In FTC Antitrust Probe

    TikTok urged a D.C. federal judge Tuesday to let it off the hook from Facebook's subpoena demanding that highly confidential information related to the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust investigation into Facebook be turned over to the company's in-house counsel.

  8. August 04, 2022

    Meta Seeks Snap Records For Antitrust Defense At FTC

    Meta Platforms Inc. asked a California federal court to force Snap Inc. to turn over records related to its view on competition that the Facebook parent says it needs to fend off antitrust claims levied by the Federal Trade Commission, according to filings unsealed Wednesday.

  9. August 01, 2022

    Meta, FTC Must Work Together To Clarify Market, Judge Says

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday ordered Meta Platforms Inc. to give the U.S. Federal Trade Commission certain information on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger features that should be considered "personal social networking," while also ordering the FTC to clarify whether those features are indeed within its market definition. 

  10. July 20, 2022

    FTC Says It Didn't 'Clear' Meta Deals And Has No Docs To Give

    The Federal Trade Commission has told a federal judge that Meta has no grounds for seeking nearly decade-old staff documents discussing the company's WhatsApp and Instagram purchases because they don't represent approval for those deals and contain no facts material to the commission's current effort to unwind those transactions.

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