Industry Keyword: Antitrust
Communication & Collaboration
US and Meta spar over the date of antitrust trial
US regulators and Meta Platforms Inc are at odds over when to start a high-profile antitrust trial, with the Federal Trade Commission proposing December 2023 and the Facebook parent company asking for more time.
According...
Internet of Things (IoT)
Users should be allowed to sue US tech giants under EU rules, civil groups say
Individual users should be allowed to take US tech giants to court for breaching landmark EU rules aimed at curbing their power, Privacy International, pan-European consumer group BEUC and a number of academics said...
App Stores
Two US Big Tech antitrust bills backed by publisher trade group
A group representing publishers such as News Corp and National Public Radio wrote to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee to back two bills targeting Big Tech, including one that would open up smartphone...
Application Platforms
Meta closes Kustomer deal after regulatory approval
Meta Platforms Inc has said it had closed its acquisition of Kustomer, a US customer service start-up, after winning conditional European Union antitrust approval for the deal last month.
The purchase was first announced in...
Mobile & Infrastructure
Top Apple executives likely to be deposed in US fight with Google
The Justice Department wants to depose some of Apple's top executives as it prepares for a trial to determine if Alphabet's Google broke antitrust law in how it runs its search business, a lawyer...
Gaming Platforms
Microsoft unveils new app store guidelines as it woos regulators on deal
Microsoft has announced a new set of principles for its app store, including open access to developers who meet privacy and security standards, as it began a push to win approval for its blockbuster...
App Stores
White House to hold second Competition Council meet today
The White House is set to hold the second meeting of its Competition Council on Monday, federal agencies said over the weekend.
Officials from two federal agencies told journalists at our partner news agency Reuters...
App Stores
Google asks judge to dismiss most of Texas antitrust lawsuit
Google has asked a federal judge to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market.
Google...
Search Engines
Google launches fresh appeal to overturn $2.8 billion fine at top EU court
Google is filing an appeal at the European Union's top court against an earlier decision to uphold a $2.8 billion antitrust fine, a spokesperson for the Alphabet unit said late on Thursday, the company's...
Communication & Collaboration
POTUS encouraged by rejection of Meta request to dismiss antitrust lawsuit
The White House has said it was encouraged by a US judge's decision not to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against Facebook.
"Certainly we are encouraged by the district court's decision", White House...
Online Marketplaces
How Amazon’s battle with Reliance for India retail supremacy became a legal jungle
For more than a year, Amazon.com and India's Future Group have been locked in a complex legal stand-off that has stalled Future's $3.4 billion sale of assets to the US firm's rival Reliance Industries...
App Stores
Antitrust: India orders Apple probe over alleged abuse of app market
India's competition watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Apple Inc's business practices in the country, saying it was of the initial view that the iPhone maker had violated certain antitrust laws.
The order from...