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Report: European Retailers Seek Antitrust Case Against Mastercard and Visa

May 14, 2025
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Anthropic Says DOJ Proposal to Monitor Google’s AI Investments Would Harm Competition
artificial intelligence // May 09, 2025

AI startup Anthropic and tech industry groups Engine Advocacy and TechNet reportedly said in a Friday (May 9) court filing that competition in the AI field would be harmed by a Department of Justice (DOJ) proposal that would require Google to give the DOJ advance...

Apple Appeals After Judge Finds Company Disobeyed Ruling
Apple // May 05, 2025

Apple appealed after a judge found the tech giant violated a court order. The appeal came days after U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Apple disobeyed a ruling in a case involving Fortnite maker Epic Games and the Apple App Store, Seeking Alpha...

Antitrust Trial Sees FTC and Meta Debate Whether Company Has Competitors
ANTITRUST // April 29, 2025

The antitrust trial brought against Meta by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reportedly focused on what the company’s platforms do and who they compete with. These determinations are important because the antitrust case depends on proving that Meta’s products have a monopoly in what...

Google’s Chrome Worth $50 Billion, DuckDuckGo CEO Tells Court
ANTITRUST // April 23, 2025

If Google were ordered to spin off Chrome, the browser could be sold for as much as $50 billion, DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg told a court Wednesday (April 23). Weinberg, whose company is a search engine and browser rival of Google, said this while testifying...

Interviews & Exclusives
Tech Industry Braces for Fallout From Google Antitrust Verdict

August 05, 2024
By now, you know that Google lost its landmark antitrust case, pending what is sure to be a dogfight of an appeal. In the balance, there are more antitrust cases in the tech sector involving Meta and Amazon, among others. With that in mind it’s important to focus on the details in the judge’s decision, […]

Regulatory Risks to Play Larger Role in New M&A Calculus

April 22, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are working on new horizontal merger guidelines, which may be ready by the end of the year, that could...

Experts Predict Change Is Only Certainty in the New U.S. Antitrust Environment

April 19, 2022
Antitrust laws in the U.S. were enacted more than 100 years ago, but for Jon Roellke, partner at Morgan Lewis, this is the most significant antitrust moment in the last...

For DOJ, Tougher Enforcement Also Brings Lack of Predictability

April 18, 2022
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced changes to its leniency program on April 4 that may translate into a tougher stance on enforcement. However, Heather Nyong’o, partner at Cleary Gottlieb...

Quick Reads
Report: European Retailers Seek Antitrust Case Against Mastercard and Visa

May 14, 2025
A group of trade associations representing European retailers reportedly asked the European Commission to take action against Mastercard and Visa under European Union antitrust rules, alleging that the companies charge high fees and don’t provide transparency on those fees. In a letter dated Tuesday (May 13) and addressed to the commission’s antitrust chief, financial services […]

Anthropic Says DOJ Proposal to Monitor Google’s AI Investments Would Harm Competition

May 09, 2025
AI startup Anthropic and tech industry groups Engine Advocacy and TechNet reportedly said in a Friday (May 9) court filing that competition in the AI field would be harmed by...

Apple Appeals After Judge Finds Company Disobeyed Ruling

May 05, 2025
Apple appealed after a judge found the tech giant violated a court order. The appeal came days after U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found that Apple disobeyed a ruling...

Antitrust Trial Sees FTC and Meta Debate Whether Company Has Competitors

April 29, 2025
The antitrust trial brought against Meta by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reportedly focused on what the company’s platforms do and who they compete with. These determinations are important...