A federal magistrate judge ruled Saturday (July 13) that plaintiffs law firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman would not be sanctioned at this time for submitting fake claims in an antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard. In his ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Marutollo said...
India’s antitrust watchdog says Apple abused its dominant place in the app store market. That’s according to a report Friday (July 12) by Reuters, citing a confidential report by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which accuses Apple of engaging “in abusive conduct and practices”...
Apple has agreed to open its mobile wallet tech to rivals, thus avoiding fines in Europe. The agreement, announced by the European Union (EU) Thursday (July 11), is binding for a decade, letting other companies use the technology free of charge. In doing so, Apple...
Apple and Microsoft are reportedly relinquishing their non-voting seats on OpenAI’s board. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 10) from the Financial Times (FT), which notes that the companies’ decisions come amid increased regulatory oversight into tech giants’ investments in artificial intelligence (AI) startups....
April 22, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are working on new horizontal merger guidelines, which may be ready by the end of the year, that could include significant changes to the way regulators approach merger analysis. The new rules governing mergers and the enforcement actions that FTC and DOJ are implementing, […]
April 19, 2022
Antitrust laws in the U.S. were enacted more than 100 years ago, but for Jon Roellke, partner at Morgan Lewis, this is the most significant antitrust moment in the last...
April 18, 2022
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced changes to its leniency program on April 4 that may translate into a tougher stance on enforcement. However, Heather Nyong’o, partner at Cleary Gottlieb...
January 07, 2022
Google and Apple have attracted as much interest from investors as from regulators. They are as frequently praised for their innovations as they are criticized over claims that they have...
July 15, 2024
A federal magistrate judge ruled Saturday (July 13) that plaintiffs law firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman would not be sanctioned at this time for submitting fake claims in an antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard. In his ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Marutollo said punishing the firm was “unnecessary at this time” and that […]
July 14, 2024
India’s antitrust watchdog says Apple abused its dominant place in the app store market. That’s according to a report Friday (July 12) by Reuters, citing a confidential report by the...
July 11, 2024
Apple has agreed to open its mobile wallet tech to rivals, thus avoiding fines in Europe. The agreement, announced by the European Union (EU) Thursday (July 11), is binding for...
July 10, 2024
Apple and Microsoft are reportedly relinquishing their non-voting seats on OpenAI’s board. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 10) from the Financial Times (FT), which notes that the companies’...
