Epic Games Files EU Antitrust Complaint Against Apple
Epic Games said Wednesday it filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with European Union regulators, opening a new front in its war with the tech giant over app store payments.
Read moreEpic Games said Wednesday it filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with European Union regulators, opening a new front in its war with the tech giant over app store payments.
Read moreParler won’t be back online any time soon, after a federal judge shot down its preliminary bid to force Amazon Web Services to restore its account.
Read moreA bail bonds surety company and its chief executive must face a class action claiming they conspired to fix the prices California defendants and their families must pay to get released from jail as they await trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Read moreNot 24 hours out from mounting its defense to one of three federal antitrust suits it faces, Google was thrust in the headlines Tuesday upon the leak of a draft version of the suit in Texas that accuses the search engine of secret dealings with Facebook.
Read moreAustralia’s competition regulator on Tuesday delayed for three months its decision on Google’s plan to buy fitness gadget maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion despite the European Union giving conditional approval to the deal.
Read moreThirty-five states, Puerto Rico, the territory of Guam and the District of Columbia brought a federal antitrust complaint Thursday against Google, a day after Texas led 10 states in a similar suit.
Read moreThe European Union on Thursday approved Google’s plan to buy fitness gadget maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion after it promised to restrict user data and ensure Android phones work with other wearable devices for at least 10 years.
Read moreA group of 10 states led by Texas filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Wednesday, claiming the tech giant struck an unlawful agreement with Facebook to manipulate advertising auctions.
Read moreSiding with two Dutch speed skaters, an EU court ruled Wednesday that the International Skating Union has been illegally forcing skaters to compete only in events it sanctions.
Read moreGerman regulators launched an investigation Thursday into Facebook over the company’s decision to link its Oculus virtual reality products to the social network, authorities said.
Read moreA coalition of 48 attorneys general hit Facebook with a massive antitrust suit Wednesday over the Silicon Valley giant’s acquisitions of online messaging competitors Instagram and WhatsApp.
Read moreFrench media company Canal+ prevailed over European Union competition regulators Wednesday in its challenge to a settlement agreement that prevents companies from blocking content based on location.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel revived an antitrust lawsuit accusing health care giant Kaiser Permanente of trying to monopolize the health insurance market in California’s Solano County.
Read moreAn attorney for Florida Blue, the state’s largest health insurer, asked an 11th Circuit panel Friday to uphold a ruling finding the company did not violate antitrust laws by preventing insurance brokers from selling policies for a competitor.
Read moreThe EU’s efforts to rein in the power of big tech companies such as Google and Facebook through antitrust investigations have taken too long, dulling their effectiveness, a report said Thursday.
Read moreEuropean Union regulators filed antitrust charges Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its access to data to gain an unfair advantage over merchants using its platform.
Read moreA federal court in California granted final approval of a multimillion-dollar settlement in an antitrust dispute between purchases of capacitors and technology companies Panasonic, AVX, and others.
Read moreThe Justice Department sued to block Visa’s $5.3 billion plan to buy financial tech startup Plaid, which the feds say would give Visa the power to raise prices, build barriers for competition to enter the market and reduce innovation.
Read moreThe Supreme Court refused Monday to wade into a contract dispute over television rights to out-of-market NFL games, but Justice Brett Kavanaugh cast doubt on the antitrust battle’s chances.
Read moreIn a long-anticipated move, the U.S. Department of Justice hit Google with a federal antitrust action on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of using its dominance over online searches to stifle competition and harm consumers.
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