A judge denied Google’s motion to end U.S. antitrust regulators’ case focusing on its digital advertising. In a Friday (June 14) hearing, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google must face a trial, Reuters reported Friday. The Justice Department’s case claims that Google illegally dominates the online...
Four more states have joined the Department of Justice’s civil antitrust lawsuit alleging that Apple monopolizes smartphone markets. The attorneys general of Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington joined 15 other states, the District of Columbia and the DOJ as co-plaintiffs in the suit, the Justice...
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are reportedly gearing up to unleash their antitrust hounds on Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia, according to a Wednesday (June 5) report from The New York Times. These tech behemoths have been driving artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, but...
Google parent Alphabet’s trial on antitrust charges around its advertising technology will be decided by a judge rather than a jury. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Friday (June 7) after Alphabet paid the federal government an amount covering the damages eight federal government agencies alleged that...
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 include significant changes to the way regulators approach merger analysis. The new rules governing mergers and the enforcement actions that FTC and DOJ are implementing, […]
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...
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...
January 07, 2022
Google and Apple have attracted as much interest from investors as from regulators. They are as frequently praised for their innovations as they are criticized over claims that they have...
June 16, 2024
Discover’s Pulse Network has settled a 10-year-old antitrust suit against Visa. Pulse had accused Visa of preventing competition in the debit card network services market, thus raising fees for merchants. The two companies revealed their agreement in a court filing Friday (June 14), flagged in a report by Reuters. Pulse said the case was dismissed […]
June 14, 2024
A judge denied Google’s motion to end U.S. antitrust regulators’ case focusing on its digital advertising. In a Friday (June 14) hearing, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google must...
June 11, 2024
Four more states have joined the Department of Justice’s civil antitrust lawsuit alleging that Apple monopolizes smartphone markets. The attorneys general of Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada and Washington joined 15 other...
June 07, 2024
Google parent Alphabet’s trial on antitrust charges around its advertising technology will be decided by a judge rather than a jury. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Friday (June 7) after Alphabet...
