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Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms Inc., et al

  1. November 15, 2022

    Meta Calls FTC Bid To Block VR Merger 'Central Planning'

    Meta Platforms Inc. has urged a California federal court not to block its planned purchase of virtual reality app developer Within Unlimited Inc., contending that the Federal Trade Commission is trying to engage in "regulatory central planning" with its merger challenge.

  2. November 08, 2022

    25 AGs Ask Calif. Court To Back FTC Against Meta VR Merger

    A bipartisan group of 25 attorneys general asked a California federal court on Monday to block Meta's proposed purchase of virtual reality company Within while the deal faces anti-competitive claims from the Federal Trade Commission.

  3. November 03, 2022

    FTC Bias 'Not Pertinent' To Challenge Of Meta-Within Merger

    When Meta goes to court against a Federal Trade Commission challenge of its planned purchase of virtual reality app company Within Unlimited, the Facebook successor will have to wait on assertions the FTC is biased against it until any appeal, according to a California federal judge's ruling Wednesday.

  4. November 01, 2022

    Meta Continues Bid To Duck FTC's VR Merger Challenge

    Meta Platforms Inc. urged a California federal judge on Tuesday to toss the Federal Trade Commission's amended challenge to its acquisition of virtual reality app developer Within Unlimited, arguing that the agency again has failed to show how the merger could harm competition in the market for VR fitness apps.

  5. October 28, 2022

    FTC Rips Meta's 'Belated' Dismissal Bid In Suit Over VR Deal

    The Federal Trade Commission fired back in California federal court Thursday at Meta Platforms Inc.'s bid to end the FTC's suit challenging its purchase of virtual reality app developer Within Unlimited, arguing its antitrust allegations are sufficient and the judge should reject Meta's "belated" attack on the pleadings.

  6. October 27, 2022

    Meta Vies For 'Critical' Apple VR Plans, FTC Witness

    Meta battled with Apple and the Federal Trade Commission in separate discovery fights Wednesday over a challenge to its purchase of virtual reality app developer Within Unlimited, telling a California federal court that Apple's material is crucial to showing it faces heavy competition in the VR fitness app market.

  7. October 21, 2022

    Meta Pushes For Docs Showing FTC Chair 'Bias'

    Meta pressed Thursday for Federal Trade Commission documents it hopes will demonstrate bias animating FTC Chair Lina Khan as the agency challenges its purchase of virtual reality app developer Within Unlimited Inc. in California federal court.

  8. October 20, 2022

    FTC Says Meta 'Buries' VR Fitness Data In Merger Suit

    Meta buried data useful to a federal challenge of the company's purchase of app developer Within Unlimited in a much larger set of information, the Federal Trade Commission said in a California federal court filing where the agency and the Facebook successor traded barbs over discovery.

  9. October 18, 2022

    FTC Mulling Khan DQ From Meta-Within Merger Case

    Chair Lina Khan's ability to continue presiding over the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to Meta's acquisition of app developer Within Unlimited is now up to her fellow commissioners after the agency chief apparently refused to recuse herself, according to a court filing Monday.

  10. October 13, 2022

    Meta Wants FTC's Last VR Fitness App Antitrust Claim Nixed

    The Federal Trade Commission's allegation that Meta Platforms Inc.'s acquisition of the popular virtual reality fitness app Within Unlimited Inc. might foreclose potential competition — the final claim in the agency's challenge — is "pure speculation," the social media behemoth said Thursday as it asked a California federal court to toss the suit.

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