Antitrust

• Meta’s pay-or-consent model could lead to daily fines, EU warns

  The move shows the European Commission's continuing crackdown against Big Tech and its push to create a level playing field for smaller rivals despite U.S. criticism.

  Tech

  Jun 27
  
• Google faces setback on EU fine as court adviser sides with regulators

  The European Court of Justice's advocate general recommended in a non-binding opinion that Google's appeal against the fine should be dismissed.

  Tech

  Jun 19
  
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• Google loses 2nd U.S. antitrust case, this time over its online ad platform

  A U.S. judge ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers.

  Tech

  Apr 17
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• Nvidia faces Chinese antitrust probe, move seen as retaliation against U.S.

  Beijing's statement did not elaborate on how the U.S. company, known for its artificial intelligence and gaming chips, might have violated China's anti-monopoly laws.

  World

  Dec 9, 2024
• Google gets delay in antitrust case order to open up app store

  The delay comes less than two weeks after U.S. District Judge James Donato issued a decision that would have forced Google to make sweeping changes to its Play Store for Androids.

  U.S. News

  Oct 18, 2024
• U.S. sues Visa over alleged debit card monopoly

  The complaint filed Tuesday says Visa penalizes merchants and banks who don't use Visa's own payment processing technology to process debit transactions.

  U.S. News

  Sep 24, 2024
• Google faces new antitrust trial, this time over its advertising technology

  The trial comes a month after a U.S. judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly in a separate antitrust case that could have serious ramifications.

  Tech

  Sep 9, 2024
• Google holds illegal monopoly over internet search, U.S. judge rules

  The seismic decision in a major U.S. antitrust case could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world's best-known companies.

  Tech

  Aug 5, 2024
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• Apple asks judge to dismiss U.S. antitrust lawsuit

  Apple argued that putting reasonable limitations on third-party developers' access to its technology did not amount to anti-competitive behavior.

  Tech

  Aug 1, 2024
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• Google asks for no jury in upcoming antitrust case over advertising tech

  The antitrust case set to go before a jury in Alexandria, Virginia, in September is one of two major lawsuits the Justice Department has brought against Google.

  Consumer

  May 17, 2024