Anticompetitive

UK’s CMA Says Google’s Ad Tech Practices May Violate Competition Law
UK’s CMA Says Google’s Ad Tech Practices May Violate Competition Law
September 06, 2024  |  Google

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Friday (Sept. 6) that it has found that Google may have harmed competition by using its dominance...

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As British Regulators Scrutinize Microsoft and Amazon AI Deals, Industry Braces for Impact
As British Regulators Scrutinize Microsoft and Amazon AI Deals, Industry Braces for Impact
April 24, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

British antitrust authorities are soliciting opinions on the implications of partnerships between tech giants Microsoft and Amazon and smaller generative artificial intelligence (AI) model developers amid growing...

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Report: Justice Department Considering Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple
Report: Justice Department Considering Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple
January 17, 2024  |  Apple

Apple is reportedly facing an impending antitrust lawsuit in the United States, with the Justice Department preparing to take on the tech giant.  The lawsuit, which could be...

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Snap CEO Addresses Pressure On Big Tech
Snap CEO Addresses Pressure On Big Tech
November 18, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

As politicians and regulators up their pressure on so-called Big Tech in the U.S., it can be difficult to see where all that effort will...

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Competing Search Engines Won’t Support Google’s Auction
Competing Search Engines Won’t Support Google’s Auction
August 12, 2019  |  Google

Google is holding an auction for search engines to bid to be one of the default choices on Androids in Europe, but some search engines...

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Supreme Court: Amex Anti-Steering Does Not Run Afoul Of Antitrust Law
Supreme Court: Amex Anti-Steering Does Not Run Afoul Of Antitrust Law
June 25, 2018  |  Legal

And so, the two-sided market lives on. In a ruling Monday morning (June 25), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that American Express,...

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Facebook Gets Hit With Anticompetitive Lawsuit By App Developer
Facebook Gets Hit With Anticompetitive Lawsuit By App Developer
May 25, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook got hit with a lawsuit in California that accuses the company of engaging in anticompetitive behavior with tens of thousands of developers. The Financial...

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DOJ Greenlights TCH/Bank Real-Time Payment Network
DOJ Greenlights TCH/Bank Real-Time Payment Network
October 04, 2017  |  Faster Payments

The Department of Justice (DOJ), coming off a nearly year-long antitrust review, has signed off on a real-time payment network that is being created by...

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Yelp Says Google Is Still Scraping
Yelp Says Google Is Still Scraping
September 13, 2017  |  Legal

Yelp, the online reviews company, is reportedly claiming that Google is going back on a promise made as part of a settlement over tech regulation...

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