'Premature' to Combine FTC and States' Antitrust Suits, Says Facebook
Facebook said it’s too soon to merge states’ and the FTC’s antitrust lawsuits. “Facebook does not oppose reassignment to a common judge,” but “actual consolidation of these separate government cases ... is premature and unnecessary at this initial stage of…
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the proceedings,” Facebook said (in Pacer) Monday at U.S. District Court in Washington. The FTC and 48 bipartisan attorneys general sought remedies last month, including possible divestitures of Instagram and WhatsApp (see 2012100003).