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Antitrust

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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)

Antitrust enforcement will be ‘priority’ for US DOJ attorney general nominee Bondi January 15, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Pamela Bondi today affirmed her commitment to continue working on big-ticket monopolization lawsuits brought by federal enforcers under Biden and pledged that antitrust law enforcement will be a “priority” if ... (more story)

US state AGs say federal antitrust 'retreat' under Trump won't stop them January 15, 2025 | Clayton Vickers and Alex Wilts

Minnesota and Arizona state attorneys general pledged today that the role of state antitrust enforcers will only grow if the incoming Trump administration “retreats” from important cases like those challenging... (more story)

Three-day UK hearing wraps in Ericsson, Lenovo fight over patent license January 15, 2025 | Melissa Ritti

A request by Lenovo Group for a determination of which of its products fall within the scope of a 2011 global patent license granted by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson to Motorola Mobility Inc. and, by annex, ... (more story)

Psychiatrists face skeptical US appeals court panel in bid to revive tying case January 15, 2025 | Chris May

Counsel for a proposed class of psychiatrists and neurologists seeking to revive federal antitrust claims against the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology fended off questions today from appeals court ju... (more story)

Banks’ price-fixing is ‘clear,’ US judge in Mexican government bonds case says January 15, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

Mexican branches of HSBC, Bank of America and others’ price-fixing conspiracy involving the sale of Mexican government bonds to investors is “clear” in newly admitted trader chat room transcripts, a New York f... (more story)

Deere sued by US FTC over alleged agricultural equipment repair monopoly January 15, 2025 | Chris May

Deere & Company’s illegal repair restrictions have boosted the company’s multi-billion dollar profits while driving up costs for farmers and suppressing competition for independent repair services, the US Fede... (more story)

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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)

Google’s UK trial defense over mobile search renews focus on AEC test January 06, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Google’s fight at trial to fend off a UK class action — targeting the tech giant’s alleged anticompetitive behaviors in the mobile search market — will put renewed focus on the “as-efficient competitor” test. ... (more story)