Three consultants — one being an ex-Microsoft lawyer — were hired in a multi-state antitrust investigation of Google being led by the Texas attorney general’s office, Reuters reported on Thursday (Sept. 26). The consultants are Roger Alford, Eugene Burrus and Cristina Caffarra. Burrus was assistant...
Bill Gates isn’t in support of breaking up the biggest U.S. tech companies. That idea was introduced by U.S. Sen. and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren in March. To create an even playing field, Warren said she wants to make certain firms into “platform utilities,”...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed that it provided testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. During his testimony, FTC Chairman Joseph J. Simons revealed the agency’s recent successes in preventing anticompetitive mergers and conduct, as well as its...
A recent letter sent by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows there is bad blood between the U.S. government agencies investigating Big Tech firms. The FTC and the U.S. Department of Justice — as well as a number of state attorneys general — have been...
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is conducting an investigation into Apple over potential antitrust practices, and on Friday (Sep. 13) it requested information about the issues directly from Apple. Reuters is reporting that the committee sent a letter to Chief Executive Tim Cook for information...
The European Union’s (EU) Antitrust Chief Margrethe Vestager said new rules may be imposed to ensure companies that collect data are not misusing it, according to a report by Reuters. Vestager, who made the comments on Friday (Sept. 13), was recently appointed to stay in...
As they seek evidence of anticompetitive behavior, House lawmakers are asking for executive communications and emails from four technology companies. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos; Google’s early leaders Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt; and Apple CEO Tim Cook were among...
The Federal Trade Commission is in the process of defining how U.S. antitrust laws apply to big tech so it can better police anti-competitive behavior, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Sept. 12). The FTC wants to uncover any regulatory gaps or limitations in...
FTC. AGs. Antitrust. And now, a new round of antitrust hearings on Capitol Hill. The Fall may bring fireworks for Big Tech players like Google and Facebook. We preview who’s who – and what they may focus on – at this week’s subcommittee hearing on...
