Senior figures in the Biden administration have privately raised red flags about Netflix’s potential bid to acquire Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max, according to New York Post reporting shared with The Post. The concern: such a deal could give the already-dominant streaming giant unprecedented sway over the entertainment industry....

Vodafone has escalated its dispute with Germany’s competition regulator, accusing the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt/BKartA) of favoring rival operator 1&1 as part of an ongoing antitrust case. The company has requested interim legal protection while the matter proceeds in court, according to a statement seen by local media. The disagreement...

Apple is working to block an antitrust case in India by challenging a legal provision that allows penalties to be based on a company’s global revenue rather than only its business in the country, according to Reuters. The effort marks a deepening clash between the U.S. technology company and New Delhi’s competition...

A coalition of stock exchanges and clearing houses is urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to slow its roll toward granting regulatory exemptions to platforms offering tokenized U.S. stocks. In a letter addressed to the SEC’s Crypto Task Force last week, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) warned that the...

European law enforcement officials have taken down a major cryptocurrency service accused of obscuring illicit financial activity. According to Reuters, authorities in Switzerland and Germany coordinated to shut down Cryptomixer.io, a platform alleged to have helped criminals mask the origins of bitcoin transactions. Germany’s federal investigative police worked together with Frankfurt...

A high-stakes legal showdown over the future of NASCAR’s business model is slated to begin Monday in a federal courtroom in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to Jayski. Jury selection is expected to start the proceedings, followed by opening statements before Judge Kenneth D. Bell. The case — “23XI Racing and...

Taiwanese authorities are investigating a former top executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) following accusations that he improperly shared confidential information after moving to U.S. chipmaker Intel, according to Reuters. Prosecutors said they executed search warrants on Wednesday at two residences linked to Wei-Jen Lo, formerly a senior vice...

Northwestern University has become the latest institution to resolve a sweeping federal investigation into its research funding practices, joining Columbia, Brown and others in reaching agreements with the Trump administration, according to Bloomberg. The deal ends a protracted standoff that halted hundreds of millions of dollars in federal support and raised high-stakes...