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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Today In Payments: German Leaders To Vote On eScooter Ban; Softbank Takes Hit In Quarterly Earnings
Today In Payments: German Leaders To Vote On eScooter Ban; Softbank Takes Hit In Quarterly...
February 12, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Germany’s leaders will vote on the Road Traffic Act on Friday, which will determine the regulation of eScooters in the country,...

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Google Fights $2.6B Antitrust Fine In EU Court
Google Fights $2.6B Antitrust Fine In EU Court
February 12, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Alphabet’s Google told Europe’s second-highest court on Wednesday (Feb. 12) that antitrust regulators had no legal grounds to levy a €2.4-billion ($2.6 billion) fine against...

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FTC Big Tech Probe To Examine Acquisitions
FTC Big Tech Probe To Examine Acquisitions
February 11, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into the biggest five tech companies in the U.S. has expanded with a new inquiry about acquisitions, according to...

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Antitrust, Privacy Concerns Surround Google’s Fitbit Takeover Bid
Antitrust, Privacy Concerns Surround Google’s Fitbit Takeover Bid
February 11, 2020  |  Google

Google‘s plan to buy Fitbit isn’t going as well as it had hoped, reports said. The search engine giant has been running into a wall...

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Google Under Fire For Allegedly Promoting Own Travel Service Over Others
Google Under Fire For Allegedly Promoting Own Travel Service Over Others
February 10, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

More than 30 competitors in the travel holiday rental industry are accusing Google of promoting its own services over theirs, and one of them has...

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Amazon Pushes Back In Court Against India Antitrust Investigation
Amazon Pushes Back In Court Against India Antitrust Investigation
February 10, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Amazon has fired back in court over antitrust allegations in India, according to a report by Reuters. Amazon said a probe by the country’s competition...

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Japan’s FTC Raids Rakuten Over Merchants’ Shipping Complaints
Japan’s FTC Raids Rakuten Over Merchants’ Shipping Complaints
February 10, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), the country’s antitrust watchdog, searched the Tokyo headquarters of eCommerce giant Rakuten on Monday (Feb. 10) over complaints about...

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EU Seeks Internal Facebook Records Amid Antitrust Probe
EU Seeks Internal Facebook Records Amid Antitrust Probe
February 06, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Antitrust investigators from the European Union (EU) have requested internal records from Facebook as its investigation into the tech giant intensifies, The Wall Street Journal...

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DOJ Takes Aim At Google Ad Tools Amid Antitrust Investigation
DOJ Takes Aim At Google Ad Tools Amid Antitrust Investigation
February 05, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Google ad tools have taken center stage in the Justice Department’s antitrust investigation of the search giant. As part of the probe, the DOJ talked...

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