The EU’s merger regulators scored a big win over France's Vivendi on Wednesday, convincing judges that they were entitled to demand WhatsApp and Gmail messages when probing suspicious conduct. But the shockwav... (more story)

Brazil’s competition authority is increasingly examining whether WhatsApp’s near-universal adoption in the country gives Meta a unique gatekeeping role in the distribution of AI services. The question has emer... (more story)

Senior officials at the US Federal Trade Commission told MLex they're looking forward to public comments about how the agency can improve premerger antitrust forms — particularly feedback from regulated busine... (more story)

Google has seen its power over publishers reined in by requirements from the UK competition regulator to change the way it handles AI search summaries. The company says it is already taking action by testing c... (more story)

A US Department of Justice criminal case against executives and global shipping container manufacturers is being led by the Antitrust Division’s San Francisco office, highlighting its longstanding role in comp... (more story)

At least 20 US state attorneys general have been investigating Bayer CropScience and Corteva, alongside the US Department of Justice, for allegedly anticompetitive practices in the soybean and corn seed indust... (more story)

The US Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to overturn a major trial loss in antitrust litigation seeking a breakup of Meta Platforms is unlikely to fix a broader issue with the agency’s ability to police past ... (more story)

Japan’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into Microsoft’s cloud and software practices, marking a shift from studying competition concerns in cloud computing to testing them through enforcement... (more story)