Antitrust

In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of federal and state government laws that regulate the conduct and organization of business corporations and are generally intended to promote competition and prevent monopolies.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Today in TechREG: Amazon Faces a New UK Antitrust Investigation; Department of Commerce Urged to Slow Roll CBDCs and Clarify Crypto Rules 
Today in TechREG: Amazon Faces a New UK Antitrust Investigation; Department of Commerce Urged to...
July 06, 2022  |  Regulation

Today, the U.K. Competition Markets Authority launched an investigation against Amazon for allegedly giving its own sellers an unfair advantage in its marketplace over third...

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EU Antitrust Regulators Raid Delivery Hero, Glovo
EU Antitrust Regulators Raid Delivery Hero, Glovo
July 06, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Germany’s Delivery Hero and its Spanish business Glovo were raided by European Union antitrust regulators, the online food ordering companies said Wednesday (July 6). Get...

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Amazon Faces UK Antitrust Probe Over Sales Practices
Amazon Faces UK Antitrust Probe Over Sales Practices
July 06, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking into whether Amazon “has a dominant position in the U.K. and whether it is abusing...

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Google Opens up Google Play Store Ahead of Potential Legislation
Google Opens up Google Play Store Ahead of Potential Legislation
July 05, 2022  |  Google

On June 30, Google announced in its blog an agreement with a group of U.S. developers to avoid costly and lengthy litigation about terms and...

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Today in TechREG: Australian Regulator Targets Retail Giants for Facial Recognition Tech; French Lawmaker Urges Review of Binance’s License Approval
Today in TechREG: Australian Regulator Targets Retail Giants for Facial Recognition Tech; French Lawmaker Urges...
June 27, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in TechREG, regulators in Australia have received a formal complaint against the biggest retailers in the country for using a facial recognition technology that...

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Big Tech Weekly: Google Faces EU Regulator Crackdown on 2 Fronts
Big Tech Weekly: Google Faces EU Regulator Crackdown on 2 Fronts
June 24, 2022  |  Big Tech

In the latest chapter of Alphabet’s mounting European Union antitrust concerns, the Google Maps platform comes under scrutiny from the German competition watchdog and the...

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Apple Fights Big Tech Regulation Over App Payments
Apple Fights Big Tech Regulation Over App Payments
June 23, 2022  |  Apple

Apple leaders are worried that an antitrust bill focused on opening the app store market will make iPhones less secure, despite assurances from Congress, according...

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EU Privacy Watchdog: Give Us the Major Big Tech Cases
EU Privacy Watchdog: Give Us the Major Big Tech Cases
June 17, 2022  |  Big Tech

The head of the European Union’s data protection watchdog said that a landmark privacy law adopted four years ago isn’t being enforced properly and that...

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This Week in US TechREG: SEC, Crypto Community Exchange Warnings; CFPB Wants Credit Reporting Standards in BNPL Sector
This Week in US TechREG: SEC, Crypto Community Exchange Warnings; CFPB Wants Credit Reporting Standards...
June 17, 2022  |  Technology

This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the crypto community have been sending warnings to each other: the SEC chair said there was...

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