Antitrust news and trends

Brink’s Offers to Sell ATM Unit to Clear UK Antitrust Hurdle for NCR Atleos Deal

September 30, 2026
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Musk Firms Drop Apple Antitrust Suit but Continue Case Against OpenAI
ANTITRUST // September 14, 2026

Elon Musk’s xAI and X have reportedly dropped their antitrust case against Apple. Those companies had accused Apple of favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over other chatbot makers, but have now asked a federal judge for permission to voluntarily dismiss the case, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Sept. 14), citing a court filing. Still, the claims the...

Google Says EU-Mandated Changes Will Worsen Search Results
News // September 08, 2026

Google is reportedly warning that new regulatory changes in Europe will worsen the search experience for users. As Reuters reported, the tech giant on Tuesday (Sept. 8) introduced changes to its online search results to satisfy European Union (EU) antitrust regulators. An official for the company...

Google Escapes Forced Breakup of AdX Marketplace
News // September 02, 2026

Google avoided a forced breakup of its advertising technology business, Reuters reported Wednesday (Sept. 2). U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, rejected the Department of Justice’s bid to require Google to sell AdX, the company’s advertising exchange where publishers pay Google a 20%...

ChatGPT Faces Greater Regulatory Oversight by EU
Legal & Regulation // August 31, 2026

  The European Union said ChatGPT qualifies for greater oversight by its antitrust regulator. OpenAI’s chatbot has been designated a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE) under Europe’s Digital Services Act, the European Commission said in a Monday (Aug. 31) press release. The commission also...

Interviews & Exclusives
Brazil Treats Minority AI Stakes as Major Competition Signals

August 25, 2026
Watch more: TechReg Talks With Marcela Mattiuzzo of VMCA Advogados The defining antitrust question of the artificial intelligence era may be less about how aggressively regulators intervene than how long they can afford to wait. And Marcela Mattiuzzo, partner at VMCA Advogados, told Competition Policy International (CPI), a PYMNTS company, that Brazil is emerging as a test case. […]

States Put Big Tech’s AI Advantage Under New Scrutiny

August 13, 2026
Watch more: TechReg With Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti For much of modern antitrust history, the largest competition cases have been defined by Washington. State attorneys general joined investigations, supported...

Regulators Target the Fine Print Behind AI Power Plays

June 09, 2026
Watch more: TechReg With Rishi Satia and Minna Naranjo of Morgan Lewis A new generation of artificial intelligence partnerships is forcing regulators to ask bigger questions. Chief among them: when...

Gig Economy Pay Practices Draw Fresh Antitrust Scrutiny

May 05, 2026
Watch more: TechReg With Richard Powers of Kressin Powers Gig work and digital employment have grown faster than the laws governing them. That gap is now drawing sustained attention from...

Quick Reads
Brink’s Offers to Sell ATM Unit to Clear UK Antitrust Hurdle for NCR Atleos Deal

September 30, 2026
The Brink’s Company agreed to propose divesting its ATM-related product and service businesses, NoteMachine/TestLink UK, in connection with a United Kingdom regulator’s review of its previously announced agreement to acquire NCR Atleos, Brink’s said in a statement released Wednesday (Sept. 30). Brink’s also said in the statement that its acquisition of NCR Atleos remains on […]

Musk Firms Drop Apple Antitrust Suit but Continue Case Against OpenAI

September 14, 2026
Elon Musk’s xAI and X have reportedly dropped their antitrust case against Apple. Those companies had accused Apple of favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over other chatbot makers, but have now asked a federal judge for permission to voluntarily...

Google Says EU-Mandated Changes Will Worsen Search Results

September 08, 2026
Google is reportedly warning that new regulatory changes in Europe will worsen the search experience for users. As Reuters reported, the tech giant on Tuesday (Sept. 8) introduced changes to its...

Google Escapes Forced Breakup of AdX Marketplace

September 02, 2026
Google avoided a forced breakup of its advertising technology business, Reuters reported Wednesday (Sept. 2). U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, rejected the Department of Justice’s bid to...