Here you will find all the articles with the tag: antitrust.
Several directors of SolarWinds and DynaTrace have resigned after being contacted by the US Department of Justice about a possible antitrust violation of Section 8 of the Clayton Act. The Department of Justice announced that tech firms SolarWinds, DynaTrace, Skillsoft, and Udemy may have violate... Read more
2 years ago
Commissioner Vestager is trying again after her first attempt to redesign Amazon's website site failed in July. EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager is taking a second shot at forcing Amazon to redesign its website, according to a report in POLITICO. The European Commission aims to implement ... Read more
2 years ago
The Spanish competition authority has opened a new antitrust inquiry into online travel company Booking.com, focusing on unfair trade conditions and commercial strategies. The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) announced that it will investigate whether Booking.com enforces u... Read more
2 years ago
Insiders told Reuters that Alphabet's Google may face EU antitrust proceedings over its digital advertising business in 2023, placing the tech giant at risk of its fourth EU punishment of more than a billion euros. Alphabet's largest revenue generator is Google's ad division, which produce... Read more
2 years ago
The decision lets the companies off the hook for more than €200 million in fines A newly released document shows that an Italian administrative court scrapped a fine imposed by the country's antitrust authority on US tech giants Apple and Amazon for alleged collusion. The antitrust authorit... Read more
2 years ago
Microsoft's $75 billion acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard is under thorough investigation in Brussels and the United Kingdom amid rising worries of anti-competitive risks. Sony is worried that the merger prevents rivals from accessing the hit game franchise Call of Duty. Ac... Read more
2 years ago
Europe's second-highest court sentenced Google to pay a €4.1 billion fine. According to the court, the tech giant forced manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and the Play Store on mobile devices. The fine is one of the highest antitrust fines in European Union history. The suit was file... Read more
2 years ago
Qualcomm avoids an antitrust fine of nearly €1 billion. The fine was recently cancelled, but the European Commission had the opportunity to appeal. It's since become clear that the Commission will rest its case. The European Commission charged Qualcomm in 2018. The chipmaker appealed and got ... Read more
2 years ago
The White House presented six principles for reforming big tech platforms, saying it was heartened by a bipartisan willingness in Congress to rein in US tech giants. The six principles, dubbed 'Enhancing Competition and Tech Platform Accountability', were revealed on Thursday. The announcement f... Read more
2 years ago
The US Department of Justice told a federal judge that Alphabet’s Google annually pays billions of dollars to Apple, Samsung and others to unlawfully preserve its position as the number one search engine. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Kenneth Dintzer did not reveal exactly how much Goo... Read more
2 years ago
