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Google to see end to UK antitrust review of cookie plan, CMA says (update*) June 13, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Google’s scrutiny from the UK’s antitrust authority over plans to remove third-party cookies from its Chrome browser may formally conclude this year, the authority said today, due to a change of course by the ... (more story)

Rail operators inch closer to binding obligations with third-party vendors June 13, 2025 | Jean Comte and Fanny Roux

An obligation for incumbent EU rail operators to enter into commercial negotiations with third-party ticket vendors is getting closer to reality. A consultancy hired by the European Commission said at a closed... (more story)

SAMR flags competition concerns in three China merger reviews between Jan-May June 13, 2025 | MLex Staff

China's top merger-control regulator has raised competition concerns on three merger transactions in the first five months of this year, an official at the agency said. At a regular press conference this morni... (more story)

Kakao Mobility faces South Korea Supreme Court appeal over self-preferencing ruling June 13, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Kakao Mobility is headed to South Korea’s top court after the country’s antitrust watchdog appealed an appellate ruling that had overturned a 27.1 billion won (about $20 million) sanction over the company’s us... (more story)

NCAA’s pending NIL settlement puts pressure on US Congress to act June 12, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s pending $2.7 billion settlement to resolve issues with name, image and likeness compensation for student athletes requires Congress to quickly enact federal stand... (more story)

Bancomat bid to widen probe into Mastercard rejected by Italian court June 12, 2025 | Anna Ferrari

Cashpoint operator Bancomat has seen judges reject its bid this week to get Italy’s competition regulator to widen an investigation into Mastercard’s process for users to load cards into digital wallets, or se... (more story)

EU airlines see drop in website traffic due to DMA June 12, 2025 | Jean Comte

EU airlines are seeing a decrease in approximately 10 to 20 percent of traffic on their website since the implementation of Digital Markets Act, an industry representative told a conference today. Lobbyists fo... (more story)

American Airlines sees judicial threat to pro-consumer partnerships June 12, 2025 | Flavia Fortes

American Airlines told the US Supreme Court that allowing to stand the appeals court ruling that dismantled its Northeast Alliance with JetBlue would indefinitely chill procompetitive joint ventures involving ... (more story)

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US FTC chairman's DEI antitrust push raises legal, political questions June 13, 2025 | Alex Wilts

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s plans to investigate potential anticompetitive coordination over “diversity, equity and inclusion” metrics has raised questions about what such an inquiry... (more story)

US state legislation on pricing algorithms has far-reaching implications for businesses June 13, 2025 | Amy Miller and Alex Wilts

US state lawmakers are taking aim at the use of pricing algorithms, whether they’re used for “surveillance pricing” to charge people different prices for goods like groceries or airline tickets, or to orchestr... (more story)

Valve US antitrust sanctions scuffle highlights risky business of arbitration June 12, 2025 | Chris May

Valve is the latest company turning to controversial tactics as corporate America looks for a new litigation escape hatch now that the days of arbitration appear to be numbered. 

French ‘no-poach’ fines show sharpening of EU focus on labor-market abuses June 12, 2025 | Jean Comte, Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

With four companies sanctioned yesterday, France’s competition authority is the latest European agency to intervene against worker “no-poach” clauses, adding heft to a new concern for regulators. But lawyers m... (more story)

US FTC advertising collusion probe dials up antitrust pressure on ad agencies June 11, 2025 | Chris May, Alex Wilts, Ilana Kowarski and Clayton Vickers

Revelations about a US Federal Trade Commission probe into whether conservative publishers were targeted by illegal group boycotts from advertisers has upped the ante for an industry already facing state and c... (more story)

Steeper individual fines seen as China pushes for greater antitrust compliance June 11, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s antitrust authorities have steadily tightened individual accountability under the 2022 revised Antimonopoly Law, reinforcing the message that personal responsibility in antitrust violations carries sig... (more story)

Apple says Brazil CADE violated its due process June 09, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Apple has introduced a new line of defense in its ongoing dispute with Brazil’s competition authority over its App Store practices: it’s accusing the authority of due-process violations. Apple is now leveragin... (more story)

Apple’s EU interoperability order founded on narrow view of ecosystem ‘integrity’ June 06, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Apple’s claim that the security and privacy of iPhone users is put at risk by EU tech regulation failed to stymie demands for more interoperability, after officials took a narrow stance on when risks to a devi... (more story)