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US FTC Republicans criticize late-term votes, disclosure of AI case referral January 16, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Emma Whitford

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan engaged in “wholly improper” conduct by forcing votes on multiple law enforcement matters in her final days on the commission and for taking the “unusual step” of an... (more story)

Meta's effort to seek stay on India's antitrust decision deferred by tribunal January 16, 2025 | Freny Patel

In a major setback for WhatsApp and its parent company Meta Platforms, an Indian tribunal deferred its decision on granting the messaging app interim relief to stay an order of the country's antitrust watchdog... (more story)

California antitrust chief says state law remains focus January 16, 2025 | Alex Wilts

California’s top antitrust official said developing and understanding the reach of the state’s competition laws remains a major priority, but her office will continue to collaborate on cases with federal autho... (more story)

Plea negotiations ongoing in transmigrante criminal antitrust case, US DOJ says January 16, 2025 | Chris May

The US Department of Justice has secured agreements in principle with two of the defendants in a criminal monopolization case involving the Texas transmigrante forwarding industry and is in plea negotiations w... (more story)

New Tevra, Bayer antitrust trial will likely be denied by US judge January 16, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

A California federal judge told counsel for Tevra Brands and Elanco Health today to expect her denial of a new US trial in Tevra’s companion case against Bayer HealthCare.

EU's Ribera says 'no freezing or reassessment' of tech-gatekeeper probes January 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Google, Apple and Meta Platforms aren’t having investigations into their businesses put on hold and reassessed, the EU’s competition commissioner has said. Teresa Ribera said the probes under the Digital Marke... (more story)

FIFA rules must be open to Belgian court review, EU court opinion says January 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Rulings by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland should be open to review by national judges within the EU to ensure the bloc’s laws — such as provisions on fair competition — are respected, accord... (more story)

Nokia, Ericsson ask EU to scrap ‘disastrous’ patent law and ease telecom mergers January 16, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Inbar Preiss

Companies producing technology in the EU need to see the end of a “really bad” legislative proposal on Standard Essential Patents if the bloc is to stop “shooting itself in the foot” over innovation and R&D, t... (more story)

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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)

UnitedHealth, Amedisys have second chance to pitch a better divestiture January 08, 2025 | Flavia Fortes and Ilana Kowarski

UnitedHealth and Amedisys have ditched VitalCaring as a buyer of assets they would sell to resolve concerns about their deal, but the companies can still convince a judge that a new buyer will be suitable now ... (more story)

Disney’s Fubo buyout offers path around sports venture’s US ‘antitrust problem’ January 07, 2025 | Chris May

When FuboTV’s leadership decided to bet the fate of its sports-centric streaming platform on an antitrust showdown with three US media giants in early 2024, CEO David Gandler was public about the fact that he ... (more story)

Mastercard settlement’s fate will instruct on role of UK mass claim funders January 07, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

UK competition judges' upcoming assessment of a settlement agreed between Mastercard and Walter Merricks over his card-fee collective claim is set to clarify the status of third-party funders behind such actio... (more story)