April 22, 2024
UK Data Regulator Uncovers Flaws in Google’s Privacy Sandbox Proposal
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has identified significant gaps in Google’s proposed alternative to third-party cookies, known as the Privacy Sandbox, and raised concerns regarding the adequacy of user...
April 22, 2024
Japan’s Antitrust Body Orders Google to Amend Ad Search Practices
Japan’s antitrust regulator has issued a directive to Google, the tech giant known for its dominant search engine. The order demands that Google rectify practices around its ad search system...
April 19, 2024
EU Regulators Set to Accept Apple’s Proposals on Tap-and-Go Tech
European Union (EU) antitrust regulators are reportedly preparing to approve Apple’s tap-and-go mobile payments system proposals as early as May. The tech company had proposed to open the system to rivals after being...
April 19, 2024
DMA AI IKK
By: Rupprecht Podszun (D’Kart) The Digital Markets Act flexes its muscles: The European Commission has initiated its first investigations for non-compliance against Apple, Alphabet, and Meta. Rupprecht Podszun provides insights...
April 19, 2024
DOJ’s Case Against Apple: Beware of Forcing ‘Efficiencies’
By: Mario Zuñiga (Truth On The Market) The recent complaint from the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) alleging Apple’s monopolistic practices in smartphone markets is framed by Assistant U.S. Attorney General...
April 19, 2024
Apple Says China Ordered Removal of WhatsApp, Threads From App...
Apple has removed Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads, as well as Telegram and Signal, from its App Store in China. The company was ordered to do so by the Cyberspace Administration...
April 19, 2024
Antitrust Chronicle® – Economics of Criminal Antitrust
Dear Readers, Criminal antitrust enforcement has attracted heightened attention of late, due to several high-profile cases in the U.S. and worldwide. In particular, the last two decades have seen a...
April 19, 2024
A Law and Economics Analysis of the Antitrust Treatment of...
Physician groups charged with price-fixing are typically prosecuted under civil law rather than criminal law even assuming the per se illegality of such agreements. This paper employs a “law and...
April 19, 2024
Presenting Economic Evidence in a Criminal Antitrust Trial: Some Strategic...
Based on his three decades of experience at the DOJ and in private practice, Mark Rosman explores the thinking and strategy for both sides in using economic evidence in a...
