The chair of the U.S. House Antitrust Subcommittee David Cicilline (RI-D) said he anticipates having a final report in early 2020 about big technology companies and any breaches of antitrust law, Reuters reported on Friday (Oct. 19). The committee is anticipating additional data in the first...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the mass amounts of data collected by big technology companies, like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, give them an edge over companies that don’t, and harms the growth of other companies. FTC official Rohit Chopra said even though basic...
The Apple payment platform, Apple Pay, is again being investigated by the European Commission again, MLex reported on Wednesday (Oct. 16). A report says that European Union antitrust regulators are gathering information from other payments companies about Apple’s marketplace decorum. The investigation is looking at...
The Facebook probe announced by attorneys general in September now has 40 states signed on to investigate allegations of the social media giant’s anti-competitive practices, The Washington Post reported on Monday (Oct. 7). Sources told Reuters that several state attorneys general met with U.S. Attorney...
As part of its continuing probe into potential antitrust practices that hamper competition, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has asked Spotify for information about dealing with Apple and its App Store. Reuters reported this is the first known instance of the congressional inquiry...
The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) has launched a probe against ride-hailing firm Grab and will soon arrive at a decision about the matter, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Oct. 2). A resolution will be made on Thursday (Oct. 3) about whether the MyCC finds Grab to...
Big tech companies Facebook, Google and Amazon are going to be the subject of a new congressional hearing, in addition to the series of investigations ongoing from regulators and lawmakers already in motion, according to a report by Bloomberg. House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia...
Three consultants — one being an ex-Microsoft lawyer — were hired in a multi-state antitrust investigation of Google being led by the Texas attorney general’s office, Reuters reported on Thursday (Sept. 26). The consultants are Roger Alford, Eugene Burrus and Cristina Caffarra. Burrus was assistant...
Bill Gates isn’t in support of breaking up the biggest U.S. tech companies. That idea was introduced by U.S. Sen. and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren in March. To create an even playing field, Warren said she wants to make certain firms into “platform utilities,”...