Antitrust

In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of federal and state government laws that regulate the conduct and organization of business corporations and are generally intended to promote competition and prevent monopolies.

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Qualcomm Wins Appeal of EU $1B Antitrust Fine for Apple Payments
Qualcomm Wins Appeal of EU $1B Antitrust Fine for Apple Payments
June 15, 2022  |  Regulation

Qualcomm has won its appeal of a €997 million (about $1.04 billion) fine from European Union regulators over payments made to Apple to use Qualcomm...

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Apple App Tracking Rules Draw German Antitrust Scrutiny
Apple App Tracking Rules Draw German Antitrust Scrutiny
June 14, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office is investigating whether Apple’s third-party app tracking rules give the tech behemoth preferential treatment or undermine competition, according to a Financial...

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Today in TechREG: Facebook, Twitter, Google May Need to Disclose How They Tackle Disinformation; US Lawmakers Push Bill to Block Investments in China
Today in TechREG: Facebook, Twitter, Google May Need to Disclose How They Tackle Disinformation; US...
June 14, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in TechREG, it was revealed that Big Tech firms signing up for a European Union disinformation code will have to share data with regulators...

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Google Offers Rivals YouTube Ad Space Amid EU Probe
Google Offers Rivals YouTube Ad Space Amid EU Probe
June 13, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Google has offered to allow rival ad intermediaries place advertisements on YouTube as a way of potentially ending a European antitrust investigation, according to a...

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Spotify, Yelp, Others Urge Senate to Rein in Big Tech
Spotify, Yelp, Others Urge Senate to Rein in Big Tech
June 13, 2022  |  Big Tech

Several companies and business groups, including Spotify and Yelp, have written to U.S. senators imploring them to pass a bill that would curb the power...

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Amazon Pushes for End to European Commission Probe with Data Sharing, Rival Boosting
Amazon Pushes for End to European Commission Probe with Data Sharing, Rival Boosting
June 13, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon will share marketplace data with its sellers and boost rivals’ product visibility on its platform if the European Commission will close its 2020 investigation...

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AMZN vs WMT Weekly: Fulfillment, Fairness and Food
AMZN vs WMT Weekly: Fulfillment, Fairness and Food
June 03, 2022  |  Retail

As much as Amazon feels it is being singled out by proposed legislation in Congress, that it claims would hurt small businesses that rely on its order...

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Amazon: US Antitrust Bill ‘Targeted at’ Us
Amazon: US Antitrust Bill ‘Targeted at’ Us
June 01, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Amazon said in a Wednesday (June 1) blog post that an antitrust bill making its way through Congress that bans tech giants from giving their...

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Australia’s Antitrust Watchdog Sues Mastercard Over ‘Anti-Competitive Conduct’
Australia’s Antitrust Watchdog Sues Mastercard Over ‘Anti-Competitive Conduct’
May 30, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has brought proceedings against Mastercard for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive practices, according to a Monday (May 30) press...

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