Google’s antitrust trial begins this week, with the company’s ties to Apple at the center. While the two tech titans are typically thought of as rivals, a report Monday (Sept. 11) by Bloomberg News notes that it’s a collaboration between Google and Apple that could be “potentially damning.” In 2005,...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly set to sue Amazon later this month. The antitrust suit, the result of a four-year probe into the mammoth retailer, is “likely” to arrive soon, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Sept. 5), citing sources familiar with the matter. Those sources say the lawsuit is expected...
Is Microsoft forcing customers to purchase its video conferencing app Teams? That’s what a European Commission (EC) antitrust investigation hopes to determine. The commission announced Thursday (July 27) it had begun a probe to determine if the tech giant had violated European Union (EU) competition rules by bundling Teams with its...
Visa is reportedly under continued scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice. A new civil investigative demand, similar to a subpoena, was filed May 2, bringing to light a deepening inquiry into the payment processor’s practices, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (July 26). Visa said in a regulatory filing made...
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Amazon has committed to ensure fair competition in its marketplace. To level the playing field, the online retail giant has agreed to refrain from using seller data to provide itself with an unfair advantage, the CMA said in a Wednesday (July 26)...
Microsoft’s Teams product has reportedly made it the target of an antitrust probe in Europe. The tech giant will be formally investigated by the European Commission (EC) over claims that it is unfairly packaging the video conferencing app with its Office software, the Financial Times...
The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation into Amazon’s proposed acquisition of iRobot. The commission has identified initial competition concerns and will now investigate them in greater depth, the EC said in a Thursday (July 6) press release. “Amazon is both an online marketplace and a retailer,” Margrethe Vestager, executive...
The United Kingdom’s antitrust regulator has found that Adobe’s planned acquisition of Figma could reduce innovation. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a Friday (June 30) press release that Adobe has five working days to submit proposals to address the concerns raised in...
A federal regulator is reportedly preparing a wide-ranging antitrust suit against Amazon. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans to file the suit — which deals with Amazon’s key online marketplace — in the coming weeks, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (June 29). The report, which cites...