Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
U.S. lawmakers discuss antitrust exemption for media. Lawmakers heard testimony on Friday over whether a bill aimed at helping news outlets negotiate with tech platforms was an appropriate way to help the struggling industry, including discussion of whether it should be restricted to smaller news...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Exclusive: Facebook and Google could lose bargaining power under upcoming U.S. bill to help news outlets. Bipartisan members of Congress plan to introduce a bill in coming weeks to make it easier for smaller news organizations to negotiate with Big Tech platforms, said Rep. Ken Buck, the top Republican on...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Exclusive: EU's Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally amid privacy dispute. Europe’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple Inc to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform amid the iPhone maker’s privacy changes that have drawn charges of anti-competitive practices from...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Facebook Said to Consider Suing Apple Over App Store Practices. Facebook has considered filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, two people familiar with the deliberations said, a move that could escalate tensions between two of the world’s most powerful technology companies. Facebook executives...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Biden should expand antitrust cases, break up tech companies, high-profile group says. The Biden administration should expand antitrust cases against Alphabet’s Google and Facebook and encourage breaking up companies, according to a group whose founder is working with the president-elect’s transition...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
N.C.A.A. President Seeks Delay on Vote to Let Students Profit From Fame. The N.C.A.A., confronted with new scrutiny from the Justice Department, on Saturday all but abandoned plans for votes in the coming days that could have allowed student-athletes to profit off their fame, assuredly inflaming a debate...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Ticketmaster pays $10 million criminal fine for invading rival's computers. Ticketmaster LLC will pay a $10 million criminal fine to avoid prosecution on U.S. charges it repeatedly accessed the computer systems of a rival whose assets its parent Live Nation Entertainment Inc later purchased. The fine is...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Supreme Court to Rule on N.C.A.A. Limits on Paying College Athletes. The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to decide whether the N.C.A.A. had violated federal antitrust laws by restricting what college athletes could be paid. In May, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San...
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.
Facebook antitrust cases assigned to U.S. judges named by Obama. Lawsuits filed against Facebook Inc. by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state on Wednesday were assigned to two U.S. judges in Washington appointed by former President Barack Obama, federal court records released...