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

  1. October 07, 2022

    FTC Drops Some Claims In Meta VR Fitness App Antitrust Row

    The Federal Trade Commission trimmed back its challenge of Meta Platforms Inc.'s acquisition of the popular virtual reality fitness app Within Unlimited Inc., asking for a California federal court to dismiss several of the claims it had previously levied.

  2. September 26, 2022

    Meta Pushes FTC Bias Defense In VR Merger Case

    Meta Platforms Inc. has shot back against a bid by the Federal Trade Commission to cut some of its defenses against the agency's challenge of a virtual reality fitness app acquisition, contending they are necessary to show that bias displayed by the commission's chair taints the entire proceedings.

  3. September 02, 2022

    Meta Has No Plans To Settle FTC's VR Merger Challenge

    A Meta Platforms Inc. attorney told a Federal Trade Commission in-house judge Friday that the Facebook successor is unlikely to settle the agency's challenge to its planned purchase of virtual reality fitness app developer Within Unlimited Inc.

  4. August 29, 2022

    Meta Blasts FTC Deal Challenge And Chair's 'Agenda'

    Meta Platforms Inc. told a California federal court that its planned purchase of virtual reality fitness app developer Within Unlimited Inc. will be good for competition and consumers, arguing that the Federal Trade Commission's challenge is based on the chair's preconceived notions.

  5. August 23, 2022

    FTC Drops Mark Zuckerberg From Meta VR Merger Suit

    The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday agreed to drop its claims against Mark Zuckerberg in the agency's legal challenge to Meta Platforms Inc.'s acquisition of virtual reality device app developer Within Unlimited Inc., according to a filing in California federal court.

  6. August 15, 2022

    FTC's Suit Challenging Meta's VR Merger Gets December Trial

    A California federal judge on Monday set a five-day antitrust bench trial to begin Dec. 8 over the Federal Trade Commission's effort to block the Facebook parent company's purchase of virtual reality device app developer Within Unlimited Inc.

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