The House Judiciary Committee has announced that it will investigate if major tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon are using their power to stifle the competition, with the bipartisan investigation deciding whether Congress needs to pass stricter antitrust laws. “The open internet has delivered...
The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has launched an investigation into five separate Amazon outfits to determine whether the company is taking advantage of its position as the foremost logistical and eCommerce service, according to a report from Reuters. The companies being investigated are: Amazon Services...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to hold talks with state attorneys general about Facebook and Google’s position in the technology space. According to a report in Bloomberg citing Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, the meeting had been slated for this week but will...
And, now, a bit of disharmony in the music streaming business. As reported Wednesday (March 13), Spotify, the music streaming juggernaut, has filed an antitrust complaint in Europe against another tech giant with a foothold in music streaming – that would be Apple, of course....
William Barr, the nominee for attorney general, said that government regulators might need to take a deeper look at tech “behemoths” like Facebook, Microsoft and Apple, according to a report by CNBC. In his confirmation hearing on Tuesday (Jan. 15), Barr, who was a board...
Amazon, the country’s largest eCommerce player, has seen retailers in Austria file a complaint with their country’s competition authority over the company’s roles as both a retailer and a marketplace. Amazon’s business model is structured so that it sells products directly to consumers and enables third-party...
Mastercard incurred a $650 million fourth-quarter charge related to a large fine over a 2015 EU antitrust investigation, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Dec. 4). The company was accused of setting rules that blocked banks in one EU country from offering lower interchange fees to a retailer in another...
Walmart’s Flipkart, and Amazon, have not broken competitive rules in India through their respective efforts to promote certain brands or select certain merchants to sell across their platforms. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ruled earlier in the week that the two are not dominant...
In antitrust we trust – or at least a “look into” antitrust? News came Monday (Nov. 5) that, according to President Donald Trump, the current administration is – in his words – “looking into” possible antitrust violations that may have been committed by tech giants...
