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US to impose stricter licensing requirements on AI chips, Commerce industry chief says
The head of the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security today said the US will impose a stricter licensing regime for advanced semiconductor chips tha... (more story)
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Coupang defends search rankings, rejects KFTC claims of unfair inducement
Coupang defended its algorithm-based product rankings before a Seoul appeals court today, contending that its search results were guided by consumer preferences rat... (more story)
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Steeper individual fines seen as China pushes for greater antitrust compliance
China’s antitrust authorities have steadily tightened individual accountability under the 2022 revised Antimonopoly Law, reinforcing the message that personal respo... (more story)
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Google has lost its bid to halt a contract lawsuit against its new Play Store billing policy. An Indian court has clarified that civil courts can hear cases concerning specific contractual agreements, even whe... (more story)
Google’s scrutiny from the UK’s antitrust authority over plans to remove third-party cookies from its Chrome browser may formally conclude this year, the authority said today, due to a change of course by the ... (more story)
An obligation for incumbent EU rail operators to enter into commercial negotiations with third-party ticket vendors is getting closer to reality. A consultancy hired by the European Commission said at a closed... (more story)
China's top merger-control regulator has raised competition concerns on three merger transactions in the first five months of this year, an official at the agency said. At a regular press conference this morni... (more story)
Kakao Mobility is headed to South Korea’s top court after the country’s antitrust watchdog appealed an appellate ruling that had overturned a 27.1 billion won (about $20 million) sanction over the company’s us... (more story)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s pending $2.7 billion settlement to resolve issues with name, image and likeness compensation for student athletes requires Congress to quickly enact federal stand... (more story)
Cashpoint operator Bancomat has seen judges reject its bid this week to get Italy’s competition regulator to widen an investigation into Mastercard’s process for users to load cards into digital wallets, or se... (more story)
EU airlines are seeing a decrease in approximately 10 to 20 percent of traffic on their website since the implementation of Digital Markets Act, an industry representative told a conference today. Lobbyists fo... (more story)
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US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s plans to investigate potential anticompetitive coordination over “diversity, equity and inclusion” metrics has raised questions about what such an inquiry... (more story)
US state lawmakers are taking aim at the use of pricing algorithms, whether they’re used for “surveillance pricing” to charge people different prices for goods like groceries or airline tickets, or to orchestr... (more story)
Valve is the latest company turning to controversial tactics as corporate America looks for a new litigation escape hatch now that the days of arbitration appear to be numbered.
With four companies sanctioned yesterday, France’s competition authority is the latest European agency to intervene against worker “no-poach” clauses, adding heft to a new concern for regulators. But lawyers m... (more story)
Revelations about a US Federal Trade Commission probe into whether conservative publishers were targeted by illegal group boycotts from advertisers has upped the ante for an industry already facing state and c... (more story)
China’s antitrust authorities have steadily tightened individual accountability under the 2022 revised Antimonopoly Law, reinforcing the message that personal responsibility in antitrust violations carries sig... (more story)
Apple has introduced a new line of defense in its ongoing dispute with Brazil’s competition authority over its App Store practices: it’s accusing the authority of due-process violations. Apple is now leveragin... (more story)
Apple’s claim that the security and privacy of iPhone users is put at risk by EU tech regulation failed to stymie demands for more interoperability, after officials took a narrow stance on when risks to a devi... (more story)