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Agri Stats allowed to intervene in US DOJ case challenging settlement compliance April 30, 2025 | Alex Wilts

Agri Stats’s involvement in government litigation accusing Wayne-Sanderson Farms and George’s of violating an information-exchange settlement with the US Department of Justice “is necessary to protect its inte... (more story)

US House withdraws bill transferring FTC’s competition powers to DOJ April 30, 2025 | Khushita Vasant and Claude Marx

The US House Judiciary Committee today withdrew a bill that would have eliminated the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and transferred and consolidated the agency’s antitrust powers in the Depa... (more story)

Big Tech primary beneficiary of targeted ads, Meta documents in US FTC trial say April 30, 2025 | Chris May

Companies like Facebook are the primary beneficiaries of targeted advertising, and the benefits to the wider US economy, small businesses and individuals are “marginal,” according to internal Meta Platforms su... (more story)

Few platforms offer personal social networking, TikTok says at US FTC trial April 30, 2025 | Chris May

TikTok, YouTube and other digital platforms don’t offer personal social networking services akin to those of Facebook and Instagram, according to trial testimony from TikTok’s head of operations and corporate ... (more story)

Google CEO slams forced sale of Chrome as 'de facto' divestiture of search April 30, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, told a US federal judge today the government’s proposal to hive off its Chrome browser as a remedy in a monopolization suit is “so far-reaching” that it is a “... (more story)

Visa, Mastercard face UK lawsuit from Essendi, other companies April 30, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

Visa and Mastercard face a UK lawsuit from a large number of companies, including Essendi, formerly known as AccorInvest. The action — the latest in a series of suits targeting the payment-card giants — was fi... (more story)

Icelandic power provider Landsvirkjun faces probe into electric supply (update*) April 30, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Landsvirkjun, Iceland's main electricity generator, is the target of an antitrust investigation into whether it is unfairly refusing to supply producers of hydrogen and e-fuel in the country. The probe is brou... (more story)

Symrise loses challenge to EU dawn raids in suspected fragrance cartel (update*) April 30, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Fragrance-supplier Symrise has failed to overturn an EU decision that subjected the company to surprise inspections on suspicion of cartel conduct, judges have ruled. The company had argued that its rights wer... (more story)

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UK cartel suit against Nexans complicated by linked trial on green incentives April 30, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

The upcoming UK trial of a private damages claims targeting Nexans over a power-cable cartel is complicated by joint proceedings over a key energy issue that draws in a high-profile mass claim on behalf of con... (more story)

What Australia's Google adtech lawsuit may borrow from recent US enforcement April 29, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Recent Australian lawsuits targeting Google over its adtech practices appear to borrow heavily from similar allegations against the search giant in the US. Google’s Market power, Unified Pricing Rules and “hea... (more story)

US FTC Chairman Ferguson distances himself from predecessor Khan April 24, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has faced criticism from the US business community for his alleged support for heavy-handed regulation, but one newspaper recently crossed a line. The Wall ... (more story)

US FTC could end Southern Glazer’s case despite win in motion-to-dismiss round April 24, 2025 | Alex Wilts

By rejecting Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits' motion to dismiss the US Federal Trade Commission’s price-discrimination lawsuit against the company, a California federal judge gave new life to the Robinson-P... (more story)

In Meta’s countdown to UK mass claim trial, evidence gathering becomes crucial April 24, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

With Meta Platforms now having an autumn 2027 date to defend itself in a UK court over a $2 billion mass claim targeting Facebook data practices, the focus is on the litigants’ battle over evidence to sway the... (more story)

Competition regulators eyeing changes to US markets from import tariffs April 23, 2025 | Curtis Eichelberger

Under conventional antitrust analysis, companies acting independently to raise prices receive significant protection from antitrust enforcement. But in markets where foreign companies compete, that analysis fa... (more story)

Apple faces tougher DMA compliance talks with EU than Meta does April 23, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Apple faces a huge challenge to redraw its App Store architecture in the next 60 days to ensure it complies with the EU’s rules on tech gatekeepers. With a 500 million-euro fine for curbing app developers’ fre... (more story)

Meta, Apple fines see EU on tightrope between trade tact and legal credibility April 23, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

The combined bill of 700 million euros for Apple and Meta Platforms today is designed to tread a narrow path: uphold the sanctity of a hugely significant piece of EU law, but not attract the ire of the White H... (more story)