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Slaughter worried about fate of antitrust lawsuit against PBMs after her firing March 27, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, who was recently fired as Federal Trade Commissioner, told US lawmakers today that she is worried about the fate of a lawsuit the FTC brought against pharmacy benefit managers as no si... (more story)

Antitrust watchdog joins Indian liquor-scam probe for alleged abuse of dominance March 27, 2025 | Freny Patel

An alleged liquor scam by an Indian state-owned marketing company took a new turn this week when the antitrust watchdog directed its investigation arm to probe allegations of abuse of dominant market power in ... (more story)

Deere’s dominance causes snag in finding experts in antitrust suit, US FTC says March 26, 2025 | Chris May

Deere & Company’s large footprint in the agriculture sector is creating obstacles for the US Federal Trade Commission’s effort to hire experts in an antitrust suit targeting Deere’s alleged equipment repair mo... (more story)

Child online safety subject of partisan debate in House hearing March 26, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A week after being removed from the Federal Trade Commission by President Donald Trump, former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter testified about the commission’s enforcement to protect children online as De... (more story)

Amazon fails to justify privilege claims in US antitrust suit, judge says March 26, 2025 | Chris May

Amazon improperly designated internal documents as privileged and must now hand those documents over to consumer plaintiffs pursuing class-action antitrust litigation against the ecommerce giant, a Washington ... (more story)

Meta ordered to unwind historic data benefits in EU’s Marketplace decision March 26, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Meta Platforms was told to retrain its online ad model to remove the historic benefits of data gathered during an antitrust abuse, according to a European Commission decision published today. In November, the ... (more story)

Greece’s PPC met with EU competition, climate boss Ribera March 26, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Greek energy incumbent Public Power Corporation, which is battling EU antitrust allegations that it abused a dominant position, met earlier this month with Teresa Ribera, the European Commissioner overseeing c... (more story)

India proposes to drop 'Google tax' amid US trade pressure March 26, 2025 | Freny Patel

India proposes to remove the “Google tax,” an equalization levy that primarily targets American tech giants, including Google, Meta, and Amazon. The Indian government's decision signals a strategic effort to s... (more story)

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Urgent regulatory plans stuck in Australian electoral purgatory March 26, 2025 | James Panichi and Saloni Sinha

Rulemaking in Australia is about to shut down, with the government set to call an election and usher the country into more than a month of “caretaker” mode in which no significant decisions can be made. This i... (more story)

Groundbreaking verdict clarifies China's merger-control benchmarks March 26, 2025 | Yonnex Li

In a pivotal ruling, a Chinese court has clarified that previous antitrust penalties do not prejudice the competition authority's assessment of new mergers. This judgment marks China's first judicial review of... (more story)

DOJ, healthcare staffing executive face off in US criminal wage-fixing case March 25, 2025 | Alex Wilts

The US trial for the Department of Justice’s case against healthcare staffing executive Eduardo Lopez for alleged wage fixing and fraud kicked off today in Las Vegas with jury selection. Over the next few week... (more story)

Canberra braces as Big Tech pushes for White House action on regulation March 23, 2025 | James Panichi

Until recently, Australia’s strides towards regulating United States technology giants have been a source of national pride, suggesting that no matter how big the companies, in this jurisdiction they must play... (more story)

How Cambridge Analytica catalyzed privacy, antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech March 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

Seven years ago this week, a Facebook in-house lawyer put up a blog post acknowledging a rogue app developer had shared millions of users’ data with data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, despite having no d... (more story)

EU swipe at Google Search broadens net over ‘distinct’ services March 21, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

After months of wrangling over Google’s travel and shopping results, the European Commission has reminded the company that the ban on self-preferencing in search ranking is absolute, covering many more service... (more story)

Democratic US FTC commissioners say firings undermine agency independence March 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are challenging their firings from the US Federal Trade Commission, saying President Trump's actions are illegal and potentially undermine the FTC's independent consum... (more story)

CK Hutchison may face multiple hurdles in China over BlackRock port deal March 20, 2025 | MLex Staff

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison may encounter a complex web of regulatory challenges in China as it seeks to divest port assets in a high-profile deal to a consortium spearheaded by BlackRock. The deal, which is sign... (more story)