British regulators blocked Sainsbury’s $9.4 billion purchase of Walmart’s Asda unit on Thursday amid concerns the deal would have increased prices and reduced the quality and range of products available. For Walmart, it’s another setback as it tries to refocus its international operations on higher-growth markets.
Read moreApple and Qualcomm settled their global patent war Tuesday, following opening arguments in what was pegged as a lightning-rod five-week trial with billions of dollars at stake.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss claims by Sentry Data Systems that the merger of CVS Pharmacy and Wellpartner violates antitrust law, including unlawful tying, tortious interference and common law unfair competition.
Read moreCalling it plausible that the Alabama Board of Dental Examiners was motivated by economic protectionism, a federal judge advanced antitrust claims from a woman who was ordered to cease and desist practicing teledentistry.
Read moreNCAA President Mark Emmert said a judge’s recent ruling in a federal antitrust lawsuit reinforced that college athletes should be treated as students, not employees, though the NCAA said it would appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
Read moreEuropean Union regulators have fined Google $1.7 billion for abusing its dominant role in online advertising, the third big antitrust penalty they’ve given the internet giant since 2017.
Read moreAn attorney for a Georgia-based electric provider asked an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to uphold a ruling refusing to dismiss the company’s claim that one Peach State city’s utility policies violate antitrust laws, while the city argued for immunity from the lawsuit.
Read moreSwedish music site Spotify has complained to European Union regulators about Apple for allegedly abusing its dominant position in music streaming and stifling competition.
Read moreCoachella’s requirement that bands appearing at its southern California music festival skip other festivals and forego promotion of any west coast show for nearly five months surrounding the April festival is not anticompetitive, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Read moreA federal judge ruled against the NCAA Friday evening in an antitrust lawsuit, allowing student-athletes to receive more education-related compensation from universities but not going as far as allowing athletes to receive salaries.
Read moreA group of recent home sellers filed a class action antitrust lawsuit against multiple realty agencies in federal court in Chicago Wednesday, alleging the agencies conspired to develop a commission scheme that significantly inflated the cost of selling their homes.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit on Tuesday upheld AT&T’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, bringing to a close the government’s effort to stop the blockbuster merger.
Read moreAn Illinois youth hockey club claims in a federal lawsuit that a state affiliate of USA Hockey is intentionally limiting the number of clubs allowed to join its ranks in an attempt to maintain control of the top-tier amateur hockey market.
Read moreCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Assemblyman Jim Wood introduced legislation Wednesday to thwart pay-for-delay agreements between drug companies, a move they say will rein in monopolistic drug prices in California.
Read moreActing on complaints that Amazon favors its own products on its marketplace platform, Austria’s Federal Competition Authority announced Thursday that it is probing the online retailer for unfair trade practices.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit reinstated a $44 million antitrust award Friday against the world’s largest cigar maker Swisher International, brought by rival company Trendsettah USA.
Read moreEuropean Union authorities on Wednesday blocked a deal to create a rail giant that could compete with China, angering France and Germany, which vowed to change the way the EU works.
Read moreThe European Commission has fined Mastercard $648 million for stopping retailers from looking for better card payment terms at banks around Europe.
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