Biden Admin Launches Probe Into Health Care Giant Amid Antitrust Crackdown: REPORT
Biden Admin Launches Probe Into Health Care Giant Amid Antitrust Crackdown: REPORT Will Kessler on February 27, 2024 The Biden administration in recent weeks has launched an antitrust investigation into the health…
Judge allows key US antitrust Google search claims to go to trial
By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge hearing the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the internet search market let stand key claims…
Microsoft in EU antitrust crosshairs over Teams, Office tying
By Foo Yun Chee and Sudip Kar-Gupta BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Microsoft on Thursday found itself the target of an EU antitrust investigation over the tying of its chat and video app Teams with…
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Opportunity For Censorship’: Missouri AG Hints At Possible Antitrust Crackdown On Zuckerberg’s Threads App
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Opportunity For Censorship’: Missouri AG Hints At Possible Antitrust Crackdown On Zuckerberg’s Threads App Katelynn Richardson on July 20, 2023 Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent a letter to Meta…
U.S. economist withdraws from top EU antitrust post after French backlash
By Foo Yun Chee and Benoit Van Overstraeten BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A U.S. economist chosen for a senior European Union antitrust job pulled out on Wednesday after her appointment triggered criticism from…
Shares in K-Pop agencies fall after report of antitrust probe
SEOUL (Reuters) – Shares in K-Pop management agencies fell on Wednesday, after South Korea’s antitrust watchdog began investigations into any potential infractions of subcontracting rules when outsourcing production of albums and merchandise,…
US antitrust enforcer says generative AI ‘raises competition concerns’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Generative AI, which is best known for ChatGPT, raises competition concerns and is a focus of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Technology along with its Office of Technology,…
Brazil’s antitrust watchdog approves L’Oreal deal to buy Aesop
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade on Wednesday recommended the approval of the sale of Natura & Co’s Aesop brand to French cosmetics company L’Oreal, according to the country’s daily…
EU antitrust regulators extend decision on Broadcom, VMware deal to June 26
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators extended on Friday their deadline for a decision on U.S. chipmaker Broadcom’s proposed $61 billion bid for cloud computing firm VMware by three days to June…
Italy wrestles with antitrust loophole that could save Amazon a packet
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s competition watchdog AGCM is trying to close a legal loophole that has allowed several companies to evade antitrust fines and may help Amazon in an…
Winn-Dixie sanctioned in Keurig US antitrust case
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A U.S. magistrate judge said food retailer Winn-Dixie Stores Inc should be punished for failing to follow court orders in its U.S. lawsuit accusing coffee maker Keurig…
EU antitrust ruling on UBS’ Credit Suisse takeover due by June 7
PARIS (Reuters) – European Union antitrust authorities will decide on UBS’ planned takeover of fellow Swiss bank Credit Suisse by June 7, the European Commission said in a statement. The Commission’s competition…
Amazon defeats consumer antitrust lawsuit over fulfillment centers
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Thursday defeated a private lawsuit in Seattle federal court that accused the national retailer of a scheme to curb competition for shipping and fulfillment…
France considering antitrust action against Apple – Axios
(Reuters) – France’s antitrust regulator is expected to go ahead soon with an investigation into Apple Inc over complaints tied to changes that the iPhone maker made in 2021 to its app…
U.S. files antitrust lawsuit against Activision Blizzard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust complaint against Activision Blizzard on Monday, according to a court filing. The complaint was not immediately available on the docket. The Federal…
Meta defeats photo app’s antitrust case in US court
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc that alleged its Facebook social media business drove a now-defunct photo software application startup out…
EU court adviser says Italy antitrust fine may breach Volkswagen’s rights
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An Italian antitrust fine levied on Volkswagen over its defeat devices may have infringed the German carmaker’s right not to be penalised twice for the…
Microsoft offers to change cloud practices to ward off EU antitrust probe -source
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp has offered to change its cloud computing practices to settle antitrust complaints filed by smaller rivals, a person with direct knowledge of the matter…
Qualcomm looks to Europe court again to overturn antitrust fine
By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm returned to Europe’s second-top court on Monday seeking to overturn a 242-million-euro ($258.4 million) EU antitrust fine, a year after it convinced…
Casino, Intermarche win fight against EU antitrust regulators
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Casino and Intermarche on Thursday won the backing of Europe’s top court in their fight against EU antitrust regulators and their attempt to investigate the…
JetBlue Hit With DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Spirit Airlines Merger
JetBlue Hit With DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Spirit Airlines Merger Katelynn Richardson on March 7, 2023 The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against JetBlue on Tuesday to prevent a…
U.S. Justice Dept opposes Google bid to move advertising antitrust case to New York
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is fighting to keep its digital advertising lawsuit against Google in Virginia federal district court, warning of potential prolonged litigation if the Alphabet…
CoStar defeats real estate rival’s antitrust claims in U.S. court
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A California federal judge on Thursday dismissed antitrust claims against commercial real estate information services company CoStar Group Inc, in a feud with an industry rival platform…
U.S. preparing antitrust suit to block Adobe plan to buy Figma -Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is preparing an antitrust lawsuit to block software maker Adobe Inc’s $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people…
Novartis to pay $30 million to health plans, consumers over Exforge antitrust claims
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG has agreed to pay $30 million to settle claims by health plans and consumers that it schemed to delay the U.S. launch of…
Law firms in Meta antitrust lawsuit clash over lead role
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Two major U.S. law firms are feuding over which one will lead a consumer antitrust class action against Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook, after a judge scrapped a…
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