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…
Intel faces yet another EU antitrust fine despite court win last year
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Intel could face yet another EU antitrust fine despite winning its court fight last year against a 1.06 billion euro ($1.2 billion) penalty imposed 14…
Google tees up venue clash over U.S. advertising antitrust lawsuit
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Lawyers for Alphabet Inc’s Google LLC on Wednesday said they will ask a federal judge in Virginia to move the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit to Manhattan…
Factbox-Biden administration continues Trump antitrust focus on tech giants
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department sued Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday, marking the third antitrust lawsuit filed against a tech giant since the Trump administration kicked off investigations of the platforms and…
Italy’s Eni, Esso offices raided in antitrust probe over fuel price breaches
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s antitrust authority said on Monday the offices of several oil companies, including Italy’s Eni and Exxon Mobil Corp’s ESSO Italiana unit, have been searched over alleged fuel price…
Google alleges India antitrust body copied parts of EU order on Android abuse
By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Google has told a tribunal in India that the country’s antitrust investigators copied parts of a European ruling against the U.S. firm…
Google asks court to toss out federal antitrust lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google asked a federal court late on Monday to toss out the U.S. Justice Department’s 2020 lawsuit against it, which alleged that the search giant violated antitrust…
Antitrust authority rejects Canal’s claim in Amazon French soccer rights row
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s antitrust authority said on Wednesday it has rejected a claim by pay TV channel Canal Plus and beIN Sports that the French football professional league (LFP) abused its…
Amazon settlement with EU antitrust regulators possible by year end -sources
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. online retail giant Amazon may be able to end two EU antitrust investigations by the end of the year after tweaking concessions to address concerns…
Exclusive-EU antitrust regulators ramp up Microsoft scrutiny, probe likely – sources
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft is likely to face an EU antitrust investigation as regulators intensify their scrutiny into its practices in a case triggered by Salesforce.com’s workspace messaging…
U.S. opens antitrust probe into Ticketmaster -New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into Ticketmaster’s owner, Live Nation Entertainment, the New York Times reported on Friday after the company’s sale of Taylor Swift…
White House still committed to tech antitrust bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House competition adviser Tim Wu said Thursday the Biden administration is still backing tech antitrust legislation that is before Congress as time runs short before lawmakers end work…
Senate antitrust panel to hold hearing on Kroger-Albertsons deal -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate antitrust panel is expected to announce as soon as Tuesday a hearing on the merger of grocery giants Kroger Co and Albertsons Cos Inc, according to…
House Passes Sweeping Antitrust Package Targeting Big Tech
House Passes Sweeping Antitrust Package Targeting Big Tech John Hugh DeMastri on September 29, 2022 The House of Representative passed sweeping antitrust legislation targeting Big Tech with bipartisan support following a…
U.S. House votes to approve antitrust bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a bill that would sharply raise fees for antitrust reviews of the biggest mergers and strengthen state attorneys general…
U.S. antitrust officials ask to join arguments in Apple appeal
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice have asked to take part in oral arguments next month in “Fortnite” creator Epic Games’ appeal of a court loss…
Google says disappointed court did not annul EU antitrust decision in full
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google on Wednesday voiced disappointment with an EU court judgment backing an EU antitrust decision against the company. “We are disappointed that the Court did not annul the decision…
EU court backs EU antitrust decision against Google, trims fine
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Europe’s second-top court on Wednesday upheld an EU antitrust decision against Alphabet unit Google for using its Android mobile operating system to quash rivals but trimmed the record fine…
U.S. begins antitrust review of Amazon’s takeover of vacuum maker iRobot – Politico
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun a review of Amazon.com’s $1.7 billion takeover of robot vacuum maker iRobot Corp to decide if the deal violates antitrust law, Politico reported…
EU antitrust regulators say Viasat’s Inmarsat bid needs their okay
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – U.S. satellite operator Viasat’s bid for British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat will need EU antitrust approval before it can be completed, the European Commission said on…
Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators likely to block Illumina, Grail deal – sources
BRUSSELS – EU antitrust regulators are expected to veto U.S. life sciences firm Illumina’s acquisition of biotechnology company Grail, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. There are doubts whether concessions…
Italy’s antitrust probes Samsung over alleged unfair commercial practices
MILAN – Italy’s antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation against Samsung in Italy and two other companies over alleged misleading and aggressive commercial practices. The regulator said it…
U.S. senator seeks passage of Big Tech antitrust bill as time runs short
WASHINGTON – A U.S. congressional leader on antitrust, Senator Amy Klobuchar, on Tuesday called for Congress to pass a bill to rein in Big Tech, as prospects of it becoming law seemed…
Illumina loses challenge against EU antitrust probe into Grail deal
By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG -U.S. life sciences company Illumina on Wednesday lost its challenge against European Union scrutiny of its $8 billion cash-and-stock takeover of Grail, as a top European court…
Google Offers To Break Up To Prevent Antitrust Lawsuit
Google Offers To Break Up To Prevent Antitrust Lawsuit Max Keating on July 8, 2022 Google has offered to break apart in a bid to avoid greater punishment for antitrust violations from federal…
Facebook asks U.S. court for old FTC merger documents in antitrust fight
WASHINGTON – Meta’s Facebook has asked a U.S. court for eight documents created by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as part of their review of the company’s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp,…
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