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New Jersey AG alleges RealPage, landlords ‘vicitimized’ renters by fixing prices April 23, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

New York Attorney General Matthew Platkin has accused RealPage and 10 of the largest landlords in the state of victimizing renters through an unlawful price-fixing conspiracy to raise residential rents through... (more story)

Brazil's CADE Tribunal fines company for false information in ongoing probe April 23, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Lead councilor Camila Cabral Pires Alves reduced the initial penalty of 50,000 reais proposed by the CADE’s Superintendence for Super Metais, lowering it to approximately 14,000 reais ($2,400), as she said tha... (more story)

Brazil's CADE to review 10-year engineering cartel investigation April 23, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

Councilor Victor Oliveira Fernandes requested a review of the probe into Rio Grande do Norte after CADE President, Alexandre Cordeiro Macedo voted to close the case in today’s session. Cordeiro took over the c... (more story)

EU lawmakers grill Commissioner Séjourné on withdrawal of SEP regulation April 23, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

Lawmakers in the European Parliament grilled the European Commission's Stéphane Séjourné over the withdrawal of the regulation on standard essential patents. The legal affairs committee members asked how the c... (more story)

US settlement talks begin in UnitedHealth-Amedisys merger case April 23, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

UnitedHealth and Amedisys have entered into talks with US federal and state plaintiffs to resolve a lawsuit filed to stop the companies' merger, MLex has learned.

EU’s Ribera says Apple, Meta fines show ‘learning curve’ for DMA compliance April 23, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Fines totaling 700 million euros on Apple and Meta Platforms are "proportionate" and acknowledge there is a "learning curve" for compliance with the EU’s flagship tech law, competition commissioner Teresa Ribe... (more story)

Apple fined EUR500 million for breaching EU’s DMA April 23, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Apple’s fight with EU tech regulators over the fees it charges app developers on its devices and the limitations it places on them has escalated, with the European Commission announcing a fine of 500 million e... (more story)

Meta fined EUR200 million over ‘consent and pay’ EU breach April 23, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Meta Platforms must pay 200 million euros for breaking EU’s rules that curb the power of tech companies. The European Commission said the social-network company had not respected rules about data-driven advert... (more story)

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Apple faces tougher DMA compliance talks with EU than Meta does April 23, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Apple faces a huge challenge to redraw its App Store architecture in the next 60 days to ensure it complies with the EU’s rules on tech gatekeepers. With a 500 million-euro fine for curbing app developers’ fre... (more story)

Meta, Apple fines see EU on tightrope between trade tact and legal credibility April 23, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

The combined bill of 700 million euros for Apple and Meta Platforms today is designed to tread a narrow path: uphold the sanctity of a hugely significant piece of EU law, but not attract the ire of the White H... (more story)

Legislation aimed at algorithmic rent-setting proliferating across US April 22, 2025 | Emma Whitford

Multiple US states are beginning to advance bills to stop landlords from setting rents based on algorithmic recommendations, a practice critics say is exacerbating the country’s housing crisis. The legislation... (more story)

States may argue for issue preclusion in US adtech case against Google in Texas April 18, 2025 | Alex Wilts and Mike Swift

The US Department of Justice’s triumph against Google in a case challenging the tech giant’s practices in digital advertising markets opens up a question over whether states suing the company in Texas will nee... (more story)

FTC’s Meta monopolization suit aims to succeed where DOJ failed: privacy harms April 18, 2025 | Chris May and Mike Swift

Mark Zuckerberg, the highest-profile witness in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking to break up Meta Platforms, offered testimony this week that will help the agency’s attempt to push forward a priva... (more story)

Risk of daily fines, business changes for Apple, Meta are EU’s next tricky call April 18, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Calibrating fines against Apple and Meta Platforms so that EU enforcers can defend their rules without provoking Donald Trump has been nearly impossible in recent months. But getting those sanctions right is o... (more story)

Patent implementers spy advantage in review of EU tech transfer antitrust rules April 18, 2025 | Jean Comte

IP-dependent industries, such as car makers, are counting on the ongoing review of the EU's Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation to secure a safe harbor for Licensing Negotiation Groups — which they ... (more story)

Japan's order against Google prioritized timely action over monopolization charge April 18, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japanese antitrust experts have commended the Japan Fair Trade Commission's issuance of a cease-and-desist order against Google, addressing the company's default setting arrangements for search apps. It marks ... (more story)