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Anti-trust: Curiouser and Curiouser
Here’s the chronology for the Blackboard anti-trust investigation as far as we know so far:
May 14th: The U.S. Department of Justice contacts Desire2Learn and informs them that they are investigating the merger.
May 22nd: According to their subsequent legal filing, Blackboard “received a voluntary request for information” from DoJ.
May 26th: Desire2Learn goes public with what they [...]
Also posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) Tagged bbplusangel, Blackboard-Inc., Desire2Learn, Jeff Young, U.S. Department of Justice 1 Comment
Has the Department of Justice Called You?
Jeff Young from The Chronicle of Higher Education has a well-researched piece up on the Department of Justice’s early steps toward investigating ANGEL’s acquisition by Blackboard. If anybody out there has talked to the DoJ and would like to share some details, please let me know. You can contact me privately at michael [at] mfeldstein [...]
Also posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) Tagged ANGEL-Learning, bbplusangel, Blackboard-Inc., Department of Justice, Jeff Young 1 Comment
US Department of Justice Investingating Blackboard ANGEL Acquisition
This just in from Desire2Learn’s patent blog:
Blackboard issued two press releases regarding its acquisition of ANGEL Learning (ANGEL) - one on May 6, announcing the intention to acquire, and one on May 11, stating that the acquisition was complete. Indeed, Matthew Small, Blackboard’s chief business officer (and general counsel) stated “I don’t think that there’s any anti-trust [...]
Three Tests for the ‘New’ Blackboard
Today Blackboard announced that ANGEL’s Ray Henderson will be the new President of the Blackboard Learn division. This is great news. Ray is one of the best executives in educational technology today, known for his competence, his integrity, and his leadership in supporting open standards and openness in general. Does this mean a new beginning [...]
Also posted in Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) Tagged ANGEL-Learning, bbplusangel, Blackboard-Inc., Chris Vento, edunomics, edupatents, Matt Small, Michael-Chasen, Ray Henderson 12 Comments
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