Apple will be facing new antitrust charges in Brussels next week over how it reportedly restricts rivals from accessing its mobile payment system, the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (April 28). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Meta Platforms Inc. is fighting allegations by the United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog that the tech giant is violating anticompetitive rules, Bloomberg reported Monday (April 25). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are working on new horizontal merger guidelines, which may be ready by the end of the year, that could include significant changes to the way regulators approach merger analysis. Get the Full Story Complete...
Antitrust laws in the U.S. were enacted more than 100 years ago, but for Jon Roellke, partner at Morgan Lewis, this is the most significant antitrust moment in the last 35 years of his career. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Digital platforms are under scrutiny in many jurisdictions. In the U.S. and the EU, there are significant bill projects that will regulate how platforms interact with their competitors. In the EU, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is moving toward final approval, while in the U.S....
Italian cloud provider Aruba SpA and several Denmark-based cloud providers have filed a complaint against Microsoft Corp with the European Union’s antitrust watchdog, charging Microsoft with undermining its competition and limiting consumers’ cloud computing services choice, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (April 13). Get the Full Story...
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook used a speech to privacy professionals in Washington, D.C., to warn that proposed antitrust legislation will make iPhones less safe and put users at risk to companies seeking to elude its privacy features, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (April 12). Get...
Judge Amit Mehta, the U.S. federal judge hearing the government’s antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google, said he isn’t convinced he can sanction the company for overzealous attorney-client privilege use, Reuters reported Friday (April 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Last year, South Korea became the first country to approve legislation changing Google and Apple Inc.’s policies on how apps on their platforms sell subscriptions, in-game items, and other online content. The law forbids Google and Apple from forcing apps to use their own in-app...
