The Antitrust Week in Review

Posted 08/27/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Apple to gain unconditional EU approval for Shazam buy: sources. Apple is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its planned acquisition of British music discovery app Shazam, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The deal, announced in December last year, would help the...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

The Antitrust Week in Review

Posted 08/20/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Apple accused of pressuring game rivals in Japan: Nikkei. Japanese regulators are investigating Apple Inc over allegations it unfairly pressured Yahoo Japan Corp to slow the expansion of its online games platform, which competes with Apple’s App Store, Japanese media reported on Thursday. The Fair...

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The Antitrust Week in Review

Posted 08/13/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Beer drinkers lose U.S. appeal over Anheuser-SABMiller merger. A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected an antitrust challenge by 23 beer drinkers to Anheuser-Busch InBev SA’s (ABI.BR) $107 billion purchase in 2016 of SABMiller Plc, which they claimed would thwart competition and raise prices...

Tagged in: Antitrust General, Antitrust Litigation,

The Antitrust Week in Review

Posted 08/6/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. U.S. court allows release of bench transcripts in AT&T merger fight. An appeals court that is hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s fight with AT&T over its merger with Time Warner agreed on Friday to allow the release of transcripts of bench conferences that the public was unable to listen in on...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 07/30/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Several banks dismissed from U.S. metals price-fixing lawsuits. A U.S. judge has dismissed five large banks from two antitrust lawsuits by investors alleging multi-year conspiracies to rig prices for hundreds of billions of dollars of transactions in the global silver and gold markets. U.S. District Judge...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 07/23/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. E.U. Fines Google $5.1 Billion in Android Antitrust Case. European authorities fined Google a record $5.1 billion on Wednesday for abusing its power in the mobile phone market and ordered the company to alter its practices, in one of the most aggressive regulatory actions against American technology...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, International Competition Issues,

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 07/16/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. EU Google decision delayed to next week, source says, as Trump visits. EU antitrust regulators have postponed to next week a finding against Google’s Android mobile operating system, a person familiar with the matter said, avoiding any clash with a visit to Brussels by U.S. President Donald Trump. The...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 07/9/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Tech Giants Win a Battle Over Copyright Rules in Europe. It’s a fight nearly as old as the internet. On one side are news organizations, broadcasters and music companies that want to control how their content spreads across the web, and to be paid more for it. On the other are tech companies such as...

Tagged in: Antitrust Litigation, Antitrust Policy,

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 07/2/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. Supreme Court Sides With American Express on Merchant Fees. American Express did not violate the antitrust laws by insisting in its contracts with merchants that they do nothing to encourage patrons to use other cards, the Supreme Court ruled last week. The decision has implications not only for what one...

Tagged in: Antitrust Enforcement, Antitrust Litigation, International Competition Issues,

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted 06/25/18

Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. New FTC chair wants to look at market power of big internet companies. Joseph Simons, the new chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said on Wednesday that the agency would keep a close eye on big tech companies that dominate the internet. Simons said the power of the big tech platforms -...

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