Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Microsoft Says App Stores Should Be More Competitive. Microsoft said on Thursday that it would give developers more control in its app store, providing a sharp contrast to Apple, which is facing growing pressure for its firm grip on its App Store. Microsoft said it was adopting 10 “principles” for...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Big Companies Are Starting to Swallow the World. The next six months could witness one of the biggest consolidations of corporate power in the United States in almost a century, yet a variety of legal and economic factors may leave the federal government unable to stop it. The essence of the problem is...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
U.S. FTC moves for rehearing of Qualcomm antitrust defeat. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed a motion to rehear an antitrust lawsuit it lost on appeal against chip firm Qualcomm Inc. The regulator asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for an “en banc” hearing before an 11-judge...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
FIFA Is Warned That Banning Top Games in U.S. May Breach Antitrust Laws. For more than five years, the United States Department of Justice has pursued a corruption case against the highest levels of international soccer, charging dozens of the sport’s senior officials with crimes like money laundering...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
In Bid for TikTok, Microsoft Flexes Its Power in Washington. Microsoft’s quiet pursuit to buy TikTok suddenly appeared dead a month ago, when President Trump said he wanted to ban the popular social media app for national security reasons. So Brad Smith, the tech giant’s president, went to work. He...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Under Oath in F.T.C. Antitrust Inquiry. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, answered questions under oath on multiple days this week as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry into whether the company broke antitrust laws, the company said on Thursday....
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
U.S. appeals court reverses antitrust ruling against Qualcomm. A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling against chip supplier Qualcomm Inc. in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals also vacated an injunction that would...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
U.S. judge ends decades-old movie theater rules governing Hollywood. A federal judge on Friday granted the U.S. government’s request to immediately end the Paramount Decrees, a set of antitrust rules from the late 1940s and early 1950s that ended Hollywood’s monopoly on producing, distributing and...