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Wayne-Sanderson data-sharing with Agri Stats violates US DOJ consent decree, agency says January 21, 2025 | Chris May

Wayne-Sanderson Farms’ continued sharing of competitively sensitive information with data broker Agri Stats constitutes ongoing violation of a wage-fixing settlement with the US Department of Justice, the agen... (more story)

UK competition watchdog's chairman Bokkerink forced out in pro-growth push January 21, 2025 | Jon Menon

The chairman of the UK competition regulator, Marcus Bokkerink, has been replaced in an apparent nod to a drive for regulators to do more to support economic growth. The Department for Business and Trade is un... (more story)

Google fined record $12.4 million in Indonesia over app store billing system January 21, 2025 | Jet Damazo-Santos

Google was today fined the equivalent of $12.4 million by Indonesia’s antitrust regulator for mandating that app developers use its in-app billing system if they want to remain in the Google Play Store. In add... (more story)

Apple’s EU payment commitments don’t address all concerns, Revolut says January 21, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Revolut, a UK fintech, has told the European Commission that Apple’s 2024 commitments to open up its digital payment technology don’t address all competition concerns. The EU executive today published the minu... (more story)

EU ready to engage with Trump on ‘common interests,’ Von der Leyen says January 21, 2025 | Joanna Sopinska

Europe is ready to engage early on with the new US administration to discuss “common interests” and negotiate practical solutions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the World Economic For... (more story)

Indian state-owned miner IREL cleared of excessive pricing by watchdog January 21, 2025 | Freny Patel

State-owned miner IREL India has been cleared of excessive pricing allegations. The Competition Commission of India rejected findings by its own investigation arm that IREL's pricing was unfair. The investigat... (more story)

Japan's ruling party seeks to amend two subcontract laws to assist SMEs January 21, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party will amend two subcontract laws to support small and medium-sized enterprises. At a meeting today, the lawmakers agreed to pursue amendments not only to the competi... (more story)

Google faces wider antitrust probe of its ad-tech practices in India January 21, 2025 | Freny Patel

A consolidated investigation into Google's ad-tech practices has been ordered by the Indian antitrust watchdog, combining the latest complaint with existing probes into the tech giant's alleged anticompetitive... (more story)

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Mastercard gears up for Australia's 2025 blockbuster antitrust trial January 21, 2025 | Saloni Sinha and James Panichi

The high-stakes antitrust court action pitting Mastercard against Australia’s competition enforcer is set to dominate the first half of 2025. And there’s more at stake than the credit-card behemoth’s ability t... (more story)

Welsh Carson settlement ‘blueprint’ caps Biden FTC's crackdown on roll-ups January 17, 2025 | Chris May and Ilana Kowarski

A settlement between private equity firm Welsh Carson and the US Federal Trade Commission over allegedly illegal serial acquisitions in the Texas anesthesiology market offers “a valuable blueprint for future C... (more story)

For Big Tech companies, Southeast Asia can no longer be an afterthought January 17, 2025 | Jet Damazo-Santos

Big Tech’s increasingly contentious relationship with Southeast Asian governments is unlikely to improve in the coming year, with regulators growing bolder in cracking the whip against companies once thought t... (more story)

Google gets ominous disbarment warning as Epic antitrust claims ramp up January 16, 2025 | Mike Swift

With another round of antitrust litigation between Epic Games and Google ramping up – and a new participant, Samsung, at its heart – a federal judge advised Google today that its conduct on evidence discovery ... (more story)

Apple, Brazil CADE clash over global precedents for App Store probe January 15, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Apple and the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense are battling over the validity of global precedents that led the authority to grant a preventive measure against Apple sought by Mercado Livr... (more story)

UK lawsuit targeting Microsoft over cloud licensing multiplies market-probe risks January 10, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Microsoft is in the news after being served with a UK mass claim seeking billions of pounds in damages over its cloud-licensing practices. It's territory on which the US tech giant is already exposed, with the... (more story)

Beyond Washington, 2025 looms as huge year in US data privacy January 09, 2025 | Mike Swift, Xu Yuan and Madeline Hughes

When the first important privacy ruling of 2025 by a US federal judge landed this week — Google’s summary judgment loss in litigation alleging it illegally tracked users’ mobile web activities and app usage — ... (more story)

Mexico’s Cofece struggling to ensure probes continue until new authority takes over January 09, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

The Mexican competition authority is struggling to guarantee the continuation of its investigations, as its budget was slashed as part of antitrust reforms, before a new authority takes over. A significant dec... (more story)