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Meta lawyer raises concerns about use of injunctions by competition authorities September 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

A senior in-house Meta Platforms lawyer has voiced concern about the use of antitrust injunctions by competition authorities in disputes between companies. Meta has faced a series of interim measures in recent... (more story)

Apple gets new Dec. 9-10 hearing in EU court appeal against antitrust fine September 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Apple’s appearance at the EU’s lower-tier court to challenge a €1.8 billion EU antitrust fine for squeezing consumers of music-streaming services has been re-scheduled for Dec. 9-10, MLex has learned. The date... (more story)

Cartel enforcement is back, says Germany’s Mundt September 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

A spate of recent cartel sanctions from the Bundeskartellamt show that "cartel enforcement is back," according to its president Andreas Mundt. He pointed to sanctions in July targeting suppliers of testing and... (more story)

Brazil CADE plans overhaul of merger rules, seeks to cut filings by up to half September 04, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

The Administrative Council for Economic Defense plans to reduce the number of mergers subject to review in Brazil by up to half in the short term.  Leaders at the competition authority intend to raise merger-n... (more story)

EU competition chief promises 'sharp' antitrust enforcement with new guidelines September 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

EU antitrust enforcement will be “relevant and sharp” and allow companies to flourish, the bloc's competition chief said the day after new guidelines for assessing abuse of market dominance came into force. Fo... (more story)

South Korean antitrust regulator to elevate economic analysis in October overhaul September 04, 2026 | Jenny Lee

South Korea’s antitrust regulator is expanding its economic-analysis operation into a standalone bureau next month, giving economists a broader role in market and policy research while retaining their core fun... (more story)

Dialogue CEO questioned over Sked Social 'death' prediction in Australian trial September 04, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Dialogue Consulting CEO Hugh Stephens faced questions on Friday about Sked Social’s small market share and his 2015 remarks that the service would “die” if Instagram opened its API, as the Australian company’s... (more story)

China's SAMR names science ministry veteran as deputy head September 04, 2026 | Yonnex Li

China's State Administration for Market Regulation has added a senior official with science ministry experience, amid the authority's growing role in oversight of technology-driven markets. Pan Xiaodong, forme... (more story)

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Google adtech monopoly decision prioritizes speed to bolster competition September 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

Google escaped a corporate split of its online advertising business this week but couldn't avert court-imposed behavioral remedies that will likely inject competition into the adtech markets faster than any at... (more story)

Burnham sticks with Starmer-era approach to UK competition policy September 03, 2026 | Jon Menon

Just over six weeks into Andy Burnham’s premiership, the signs point to continuity rather than radical change in UK competition policy. Jonathan Reynolds’ return as business minister and his decision to retain... (more story)

Calif. monopoly bill heads to Newsom with narrower reach, fractured support September 02, 2026 | Alex Wilts

California lawmakers have approved a significant expansion to the state's primary antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, sending legislation that would prohibit single-firm anticompetitive conduct to the governor'... (more story)

US FTC's oil-deal probes under Biden buoy consumers’ private price-fixing claims September 02, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

Biden-era US Federal Trade Commission investigations of the Exxon-Pioneer and Chevron-Hess merger deals have backed up private price-fixing claims brought by consumers against shale oil producers and two previ... (more story)

Google’s US adtech win gives EU new remedy headache September 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Google persuaded a US judge not to break up its adtech business, putting the European Commission in an awkward position of deciding whether to settle for the same solution or push for an asset sale and risk a ... (more story)

UK reform roadmap for collective actions coming to a head August 28, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

A roadmap of reform for UK collective actions is unfolding with consultation milestones soon to be reached for separate policy-led reviews into the functioning of the regime. Claimants, defendants, lawyers and... (more story)

Amgen appeal tests antitrust reach over pending patent rights August 26, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Review by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit of Amgen’s Enbrel patent strategy could clarify that acquisitions of rights to pending patent applications receive no categorical exemption from antitru... (more story)

South Korea's antitrust chief wants breakup power, but old objections remain August 25, 2026 | Jenny Lee

The Korea Fair Trade Commission is drafting a bill that would let it order a company to divest shares or a business line as punishment for cartels or the abuse of dominance, a power it has only ever had in mer... (more story)