The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to hold talks with state attorneys general about Facebook and Google’s position in the technology space. According to a report in Bloomberg citing Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, the meeting had been slated for this week but will...
And, now, a bit of disharmony in the music streaming business. As reported Wednesday (March 13), Spotify, the music streaming juggernaut, has filed an antitrust complaint in Europe against another tech giant with a foothold in music streaming – that would be Apple, of course....
William Barr, the nominee for attorney general, said that government regulators might need to take a deeper look at tech “behemoths” like Facebook, Microsoft and Apple, according to a report by CNBC. In his confirmation hearing on Tuesday (Jan. 15), Barr, who was a board...
Amazon, the country’s largest eCommerce player, has seen retailers in Austria file a complaint with their country’s competition authority over the company’s roles as both a retailer and a marketplace. Amazon’s business model is structured so that it sells products directly to consumers and enables third-party...
Mastercard incurred a $650 million fourth-quarter charge related to a large fine over a 2015 EU antitrust investigation, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Dec. 4). The company was accused of setting rules that blocked banks in one EU country from offering lower interchange fees to a retailer in another...
Walmart’s Flipkart, and Amazon, have not broken competitive rules in India through their respective efforts to promote certain brands or select certain merchants to sell across their platforms. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ruled earlier in the week that the two are not dominant...
In antitrust we trust – or at least a “look into” antitrust? News came Monday (Nov. 5) that, according to President Donald Trump, the current administration is – in his words – “looking into” possible antitrust violations that may have been committed by tech giants...
President Trump’s White House is considering an executive order that would force federal antitrust and law enforcement agencies to look into the practices of Big Tech social media companies like Google and Facebook, reported Bloomberg. According to a report in Bloomberg citing a draft of the...
In antitrust matters – and specifically in the tech realm – size may not matter all that much. And the biggest of the big tech players should not be singled out due to scale and reach. News came this week from Bloomberg reports that Makan Delrahim,...
