December 02, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice told a California federal court Monday that Bazaarvoice Inc. would appoint an antitrust compliance officer, following an incident in July in which the product review company was suspected of continuing to use technology from its recently divested PowerReviews Inc. unit.
July 02, 2014
A California federal judge on Wednesday appointed a Labaton Sucharow LLP attorney as the trustee to oversee Bazaarvoice Inc.'s divestiture of its recently acquired PowerReviews Inc. unit as required by a proposed judgment in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust action against the company.
June 30, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a California federal judge on Monday to appoint a Labaton Sucharow LLP attorney as the trustee to oversee Bazaarvoice Inc.'s compliance with a proposed judgment in the DOJ's antitrust action against the company in the DOJ's latest merger victory after trial.
April 24, 2014
Bazaarvoice Inc. reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday requiring the online product review platform provider to sell off its recently acquired PowerReviews Inc. unit to Viewpoints LLC to resolve the government's antitrust challenge to the $168 million acquisition.
April 01, 2014
A California federal judge has postponed until April 25 a hearing to resolve the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Bazaarvoice Inc. over its $168 million acquisition of PowerReviews Inc., Bazaarvoice said on Tuesday.
March 13, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday defended its proposal to force Bazaarvoice Inc. to license its technology in certain circumstances to whoever buys PowerReviews Inc., accusing Bazaarvoice of ignoring the ruling that the merger was anti-competitive.
March 05, 2014
Ordered to divest a rival's assets that it acquired through a deal antitrust regulators have branded illegal, online ratings platform maker Bazaarvoice Inc. on Tuesday blasted the government's proposal for making the soon-to-be-divested company a viable competitor, saying it was punitive and went too far.
February 12, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a California federal judge Wednesday to order social media marketing company Bazaarvoice Inc. to sell all the assets it acquired when it merged with former rival PowerReviews Inc. as a remedy for Bazaarvoice's alleged antitrust violations.
January 21, 2014
Bazaarvoice Inc. has agreed to provide the U.S. Department of Justice with more information about its customers, employees and product development to help craft remedies for its consummated merger with former rival PowerReviews Inc., according to court documents filed Friday.
January 10, 2014
A California federal judge on Thursday sided with the U.S. Department of Justice in its challenge to Bazaarvoice Inc.'s completed acquisition of rival PowerReviews Inc., ruling that the combination of the two online review platform providers threatened competition.