Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
U.S. House approves merger antitrust bill giving states more muscle. The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would sharply raise fees for antitrust reviews of the biggest mergers and strengthen state attorneys general in antitrust fights. The bipartisan bill, which has yet to pass the U.S. Senate, combines a merger fee bill introduced by Representative…