Competition

EU Plans To Fight Foreign Competition
EU Plans To Fight Foreign Competition
June 18, 2020  |  Europe

The European Union (EU) plans to fight the effects of hostile rivals trying to take over businesses vulnerable after the coronavirus pandemic, the Associated Press...

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Item-Tracking App Tile Claims Apple iOS Changes Make It ‘More Difficult’ For Users
Item-Tracking App Tile Claims Apple iOS Changes Make It ‘More Difficult’ For Users
May 31, 2020  |  Apple

Cloud-based finding platform Tile is accusing Apple of tweaking its latest operating systems by changing the default settings, according to a report in The Financial...

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India’s Antitrust Agency Reportedly Eyeing Google Pay App
India’s Antitrust Agency Reportedly Eyeing Google Pay App
May 27, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Regulators in India are looking at Google over antitrust issues amid charges that the tech giant is using its market dominance to unfairly pitch its...

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US Judge: Uber Can Be Sued For Allegedly Forcing Out Rival
US Judge: Uber Can Be Sued For Allegedly Forcing Out Rival
May 03, 2020  |  Legal

A lawsuit against Uber alleges that the company engaged in deceitful practices to drive its competitor Sidecar Technologies out of business in 2015, according to...

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Indian Court Pressed To Restart Antitrust Probe Of Amazon, Flipkart
Indian Court Pressed To Restart Antitrust Probe Of Amazon, Flipkart
April 07, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

A group of Indian retailers is appealing a court order that put an antitrust probe of Amazon and Walmart-owned online retailer Flipkart on hold, according...

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Mastercard’s Nets Takeover Hits Antitrust Snag
Mastercard’s Nets Takeover Hits Antitrust Snag
April 06, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Based on information from six nations, with the inclusion of the U.K., regulators in Europe said on Monday (April 6) that Mastercard’s plans to purchase a...

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Facebook’s Marketplace Facing EU Antitrust Scrutiny 
Facebook’s Marketplace Facing EU Antitrust Scrutiny 
April 06, 2020  |  Facebook

The European Union (EU) is targeting Facebook’s Marketplace as the next leg in its antitrust investigation, according to a Monday (April 6) report in the...

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CMA Chair Says Regulation On Big Digital Mergers Has Been Lax
CMA Chair Says Regulation On Big Digital Mergers Has Been Lax
March 03, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a competition regulator in the U.K., said his fellow regulators have been too soft on...

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Intuit Bid For Credit Karma Triggers Antitrust Worries
Intuit Bid For Credit Karma Triggers Antitrust Worries
March 02, 2020  |  Acquiring

Intuit’s TurboTax announced on Monday (March 2) that it is buying personal finance website Credit Karma for about $7.1 billion in cash and stock, according...

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