Michael Acton

Senior Correspondent

Michael is a senior correspondent for MLex in San Francisco, where he moved in 2020 after working in our Brussels bureau. Before joining MLex, he reported on EU politics as the Financial Times’ Nico Colchester Fellow in Brussels. Michael has a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Cambridge, and a degree in History and French from University College London and Paris IV Sorbonne.

Selected Insights by Michael

US FTC Republicans Wilson, Phillips will be replaced, but timeline depends on lawmakers

15 February 2023 23:37 Michael Acton

The noisy resignation of the FTC’s sole remaining Republican commissioner, Christine Wilson
Meta-Within deal challenge from US FTC failed on evidence, not theory

06 February 2023 23:21 Michael Acton

Meta and Within won their federal court case against the US Federal Trade Commission.
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- North America
Google now fighting California AG on three fronts following latest antitrust suit

30 January 2023 22:48 Michael Acton, Mike Swift

Google, beset with antitrust lawsuits, stands alone among the biggest tech companies in its adversarial relationship with California’s attorney general.
- Antitrust
- North America
US DOJ’s Google lawsuit offers second shot at the tech giant’s advertising empire as Texas fights separate battle

24 January 2023 23:34 Michael Acton, Mike Swift

Google battle in two different courts against two different coalitions of enforcers.
US DOJ’s move to oust overlapping board members comes after years of limited enforcement

02 November 2022 19:55 Michael Acton

The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division is shaking up the world of corporate governance.
- Antitrust
- North America