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KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori, Hana Bank fined for colluding over LTV ratios in South Korea
Four major South Korean banks — KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori and Hana Bank — have been hit with a combined fine of 272 billion won ($184 million) by the country’s com... (more story)
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US DOJ Antitrust Division’s top enforcers barred from public events
Political appointees at the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division are being barred from speaking at public events by the agency’s leadership, MLex has learn... (more story)
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China photovoltaic sector's price discipline sparks antitrust allegations
China's photovoltaic industry is facing allegations that major companies coordinated production and prices under the guise of curbing destructive competition, accor... (more story)
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The US Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of states late Friday asked a Washington federal judge to sanction Amazon, accusing the company of failing to preserve documents relevant to their antitrust case.
The California Law Revision Commission approved a final legislative proposal aimed at regulating anticompetitive conduct by an individual company under state law.
Some US states could initiate antitrust lawsuits without collaboration from federal enforcement agencies as certain attorneys general distance themselves from the Trump White House in the backdrop of competiti... (more story)
Where US states’ antitrust enforcement priorities diverge from those of federal agencies, states will go it alone in the future, said New York Assistant Attorney General Morgan Feder, citing major pending cases.
Poste Italiane, the national postal incumbent, has lost its appeal before the country’s top administrative court, which upheld the €23 million antitrust fine imposed by the AGCM. The Council of State confirmed... (more story)
Changes that Epic Games proposes to its UK antitrust claim against Google over Play Store fees aren’t prejudicial to the tech giant, it told judges. Its claim is one of three three lawsuits against Google that... (more story)
An Italian injunction against WhatsApp over a ban on rival AI chatbots over its platform should trigger EU-level intervention, the consumer group BEUC has said. The messaging platform is under a temporary Ital... (more story)
There were 27 people who applied to chair the Competition and Markets Authority, the UK government has disclosed. Five or fewer people have been shortlisted, the Department for Business and Trade said in a res... (more story)
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US Federal Trade Commission antitrust enforcers across the Biden and Trump administrations agree that employers’ pervasive use of unlawful restrictions on labor mobility are causing harm to workers, competitio... (more story)
The text of the EU decision that saw Elon Musk’s X platform fined €120 million under the Digital Services Act sheds rare light on the European Commission’s data room and evidence-access rules, which X argues u... (more story)
The International Swimming League secured a jury verdict finding that World Aquatics, the governing body for international water-sports competitions, violated US antitrust law — but the courtroom victory came ... (more story)
Determining how far courts should go in granting patent injunctions is dividing Europe’s tech sector. An EU study flags the uneven use of proportionality and urges officials to issue new guidance, monitor deve... (more story)
Should Google, under EU law, have to hand over its search data to AI chatbots alongside more traditional rival search engines? The question may emerge as the battleground between the European Commission and th... (more story)
Live Nation is hoping it can avoid a March trial in high-profile antitrust litigation brought by a US Department of Justice-led coalition that threatens to break up the company, in part, by relying on fresh pr... (more story)
Chinese tech firms, led by Huawei, continue to play a central role in global ownership of 5G standard-essential patents, according to the latest analysis by LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions.
The progress to trial of Temu’s UK competition-law suit against rival Shein will heighten legal and commercial risks for the booming "ultra-fast" fashion industry and other e-retailers. The dispute between the... (more story)