FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. META PLATFORMS, INC.
Case Number:
1:20-cv-03590
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Firms
- Arnold & Porter
- Axinn Veltrop
- Clifford Chance
- Cravath Swaine
- Davis Polk
- Freshfields
- Kellogg Hansen
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Perkins Coie
- Ropes & Gray
- Skadden Arps
- Vinson & Elkins
- WilmerHale
- Wilson Sonsini
Companies
- Alphabet Inc.
- LinkedIn Corp.
- Match Group LLC
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- Oracle Corp.
- Pinterest Inc.
- Sequoia Capital Operations LLC
- Snap Inc.
- TikTok Inc.
- Twitter Inc.
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December 10, 2020
Tale Of The Tape: Two Facebook Complaints
Federal and state-level enforcers filed parallel actions in D.C. district court Wednesday each accusing Facebook of buying up potential competitors and using other tactics to preserve its monopoly over social networking in the U.S. While the suits largely attack the same conduct, there are some important distinctions between the cases. Here, Law360 looks at the complaints side-by-side.
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December 09, 2020
FTC, State AGs Launch Suits Over Past Facebook Deals
The Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general opened a multifront battle against Facebook on Wednesday in the growing antitrust pushback against the power of online platforms, filing complaints challenging ongoing conduct alongside years-old mergers whose initial clearance has long been criticized.