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Dream Big Media’s tying claims against Google correctly dismissed, US court rules
Dream Big Media’s tying and exclusive dealing claims against Google over its Google Maps products were correctly dismissed by a federal district court, the US Court... (more story)
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AI partnerships proliferate amid lax US antitrust scrutiny
Business partnerships between Big Tech and AI players of all shapes and sizes offer an easy target for US federal antitrust enforcers who have revived a previously ... (more story)
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Brazil's CADE adds AI angle to Google News investigation
Brazil’s competition authority has confirmed it is adding an artificial-intelligence angle to its ongoing investigation into Google’s role in the news market, its i... (more story)
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Google’s proposed fixes for its monopolistic conduct in the search and search advertising markets included a “semantic head fake” that improperly sought greater flexibility for distributing its generative AI p... (more story)
California’s antitrust chief on Friday outlined steps the attorney general’s office has taken to revitalize state criminal antitrust enforcement, discussing new laws and staffing additions.
Datacomp Appraisal Systems, along with Equity LifeStyle Properties and others, won its bid for dismissal of US mobile home renters’ antitrust claims, which accused them of operating an information-sharing cons... (more story)
China has released a new national standard aimed at sector-wide issues in the food-delivery industry — including “ghost kitchens,” coercive discounting and inadequate protections for couriers — by setting out ... (more story)
ByteDance’s preview of an agentic-AI assistant built into ZTE’s upcoming Nubia M153 smartphone has triggered immediate pushback from Chinese app developers and raised regulatory concerns. Developers reported a... (more story)
An Australian judge has rebuked the applicants in an antitrust class action against Sony Interactive Entertainment, saying their revised pleading still doesn’t spell out how the PlayStation Store allegedly gai... (more story)
The California Law Revision Commission Thursday moved forward with a tentative legislative proposal targeting anticompetitive conduct by an individual company, even as certain business and industry groups such... (more story)
The US Department of Agriculture is assessing whether Tyson Foods’ recently planned closure of a beef processing facility in Lexington, Nebraska, could constitute a violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act,... (more story)
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Japan is recalibrating its industrial policy to safeguard critical technologies and secure domestic supplies of strategic materials, amid escalating geopolitical tensions and widening export controls by major ... (more story)
Consumers who want to unwind the Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines merger have returned to court with an amended lawsuit, telling the judge who rejected their prior effort to block the merger that they have ample proof... (more story)
The Global Disinformation Index, or GDI, has joined Media Matters in asking a US court to curb the Federal Trade Commission’s probe into an alleged advertiser boycott — a challenge that is expected to see simi... (more story)
Business partnerships between Big Tech and AI players of all shapes and sizes offer an easy target for US federal antitrust enforcers who have revived a previously neglected tool for cracking down on anticompe... (more story)
Brazil’s competition authority is moving forward with an investigation into Ericsson’s 5G patent licensing practices after receiving an unexpectedly high volume of market feedback, suggesting the sector may be... (more story)
Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)
South Korea’s decades-old rule separating financial and industrial capital is under renewed scrutiny as companies warn it blocks the scale of investment needed for AI and semiconductors. Antitrust chief Ju Biu... (more story)
The US Department of Justice’s proposed settlement with RealPage this week is the latest in a string of deals involving antitrust enforcers, landlords and a poster child for concerns about the impact of algori... (more story)