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Facebook a 'good fit' for WhatsApp but disagreements existed, founder tells US court May 21, 2025 | Chris May and Khushita Vasant

Facebook offered a “good fit” for WhatsApp, and the mobile messaging app had no plans to pivot toward being a direct competitor prior to its 2014 acquisition, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton testified today. W... (more story)

Irico expert challenges plaintiffs’ CRT overcharge estimates at damages hearing May 21, 2025 | Alex Wilts

An expert for Irico testified today that experts for purchaser plaintiffs overstated the overcharges that resulted from an alleged price-fixing scheme involving cathode-ray tube, or CRT, products.

Fired US FTC commissioners clash with DOJ attorney May 20, 2025 | Claude Marx

Lawyers for former Democratic US Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter clashed in federal court today with a Department of Justice lawyer over the legality of their firing by Presid... (more story)

Former telecom exec Lyons sees Ofcom-targeted suit extension refused May 20, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Peter Lyons, a former premium-rate telecom executive, can’t be given more time to file a lawsuit against watchdog Ofcom over decisions made by now-defunct regulator for the sector, a UK judge ruled today. Two ... (more story)

Telecom giants wrongly spared in collusion suit, Phones4U tells UK appeal court May 20, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Administrators for Phones4U told UK appeal judges today that the High Court made a flawed ruling when it said they failed to show O2, Vodafone and EE forced the now-defunct company out of business through anti... (more story)

Ryanair may be fined in Italy for incomplete responses in antitrust probe May 20, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

Ryanair says it risks a Italian fine over allegations that it failed to provide full answers to enforcers' questions in an antitrust probe, according to a corporate filing. The Irish low-cost airline is under ... (more story)

Indonesian financial regulator defends fintech interest-rate cap amid cartel probe May 20, 2025 | Roffie Kurniawan

Indonesia’s financial services regulator has defended the use of interest-rate caps in the country’s online lending industry, as the country's antitrust agency prepares to begin hearings into alleged cartel be... (more story)

Commissions paid to insurance brokers harm competition, Australian regulator says May 20, 2025 | James Panichi

Insurance brokers are once again in the crosshairs of Australia’s antitrust regulator, which has used a submission to an independent review to accuse the sector of being rife with conflicts of interest that hu... (more story)

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Why Vodafone's network trash talk may trigger Australian antitrust regulator May 20, 2025 | James Panichi

Vodafone Australia launched a broadside at industry leader Telstra this week, claiming that the company was overstating — by a factor of a million square kilometers — the reach of its mobile-phone network. The... (more story)

Will Microsoft’s Teams deal with EU enforcer cause it real pain? It’s complicated May 16, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Questions abound over Microsoft's draft settlement with the EU antitrust regulator today to close its probe into the US tech giant's rollout of its Teams collaboration software. First, will it do the job of ge... (more story)

Trump executive orders on competition put spotlight on federal regulations May 15, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

The US Defense Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration are among the likely targets of a presidential directive mandating the evaluation of anticompetitive government regulation.

Australian minister says competition will play a part in boosting productivity May 15, 2025 | James Panichi

Andrew Leigh has been reappointed as Australia’s competition minister, with added responsibility for boosting the workforce’s weak productivity gains in recent years. In an interview with MLex, Leigh said stro... (more story)

US FTC's Meador advocates 'down the middle' antitrust enforcement May 14, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador described his competition law enforcement philosophy as “neutral and fair,” meaning neither hostile nor obsequious toward business. Meador promised to find a middle gr... (more story)

EU countries, lawmakers stack support behind SEP bill revival May 14, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

A growing bloc of EU member states is urging the European Commission to reverse its decision to withdraw a controversial SEP regulation. The proposal will now be discussed at the May 22 meeting of trade and ec... (more story)

Brazil's CADE sees victory in recent high-stakes court battles May 13, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian competition authority is feeling confident in court battles initiated by companies challenging preventative measures imposed by the agency, MLex has learned. At the moment, the agency has at leas... (more story)

A hundred days into US FTC under new chairman, don't call leadership regulators May 09, 2025 | Mike Swift and Ilana Kowarski

Last week marked 100 days since the start of Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the US Federal Trade Commission, and while the new chairman has frequently talked the talk of a full-throated Trump populist, the wa... (more story)