WSJ: DOJ leadership has halted its antitrust review of the Compass-Anywhere deal

According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Bloombergantitrust enforcers at the Ministry of Justice (DOJ) wanted to investigate Compass’ recently completed acquisition of Anywhere, but they were blocked by senior officials who wanted to greenlight the deal. Sources familiar with the situation told both WSJ and Bloomberg that Gail Slater, the head of the […]

The Compass-Anywhere deal could exceed DOJ market share limits in some cities

According to the release’s analysis of RealTrends Verified data, Compass’ proposed acquisition of Anywhere could lead to market share concentrations “well above likely illegal thresholds” in at least a dozen states. The analysis is based on the 2024 total sales volume of individual agents and broker teams who submitted their data for the 2025 RealTrends […]

FTC chairman warns Google’s ‘Partisan’ Spam filters | Techcrunch

Andrew Ferguson, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission appointed by Trump, recently expressed his concern that “Alphabet’s administration of Gmail was designed to have partisan effects.” In A letter addressed to Alphabet CEO Sundar PichaiFerguson pointed it out A recent story in the New York Post describing complaints through targeted victory (a advice and […]

Judge says that FTC investigation into media matters ‘all Americans should alert’ | Techcrunch

A federal judge has given a provisional order that blocks the investigation of the Federal Trade Commission into left-handed lawyers group Media Affairs. In 2023, Media Matters Research published that advertisements from large companies had appeared in addition to anti-Semitic and other attacking content at Elon Musk ownership X. When large advertisers then withdrew from […]