Epic Games, the company behind the wildly popular video game Fortnite, says it will appeal last week’s ruling in the company’s federal antitrust case against Apple, Reuters reported on Sunday (Sept.12). While last Friday’s ruling ordered Apple to relax some of its rules governing developers,...
Facebook made an argument against selling Giphy in response to Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), after the British regulator flagged access and competition concerns that would arise from the social media platforms joining forces. “The inability of the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) to...
Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pay a $637,950 fine for allegedly violating antitrust laws and the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, according to a press release. The HSR Act makes it so companies and individuals have to...
In-app payment issues are at the forefront of an antitrust complaint against Apple by an Indian nonprofit group, which went to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to make a case against the Silicon Valley technology giant, Reuters reported Thursday (Sept. 2), citing sources and...
Antitrust officials in the U.S. are getting ready for another lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google, this time relating to the company’s digital advertising and the allegations that Google has been abusing its dominance, Bloomberg reported. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been expediting its investigation of...
Amazon launched a website on Friday (Aug. 20) designed to get sellers on its side in its battle against proposed antitrust legislation. As CNBC reported, the site lets sellers sign up to get information from the retail giant’s public policy team about the legislation, which...
Silicon Valley chip maker NVIDIA’s planned acquisition of the British chip designer Arm has been flagged by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over concerns that the acquisition would stifle competition. “The chip technology industry is worth billions, and is vital to products that...
The U.K.’s Competition Market Authority (CMA) has raised some concerns about Facebook’s merger with the GIF provider Giphy that could derail the deal. The CMA said on Thursday (Aug. 12) that its provisional findings suggest the merger will harm competition between social media platforms and...
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have introduced legislation Wednesday (Aug. 11) that would set rules governing app stores and allow developers to use third-party payments services and stores. The bill, if signed into law, would establish the Open...