Antitrust

In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of federal and state government laws that regulate the conduct and organization of business corporations and are generally intended to promote competition and prevent monopolies.

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EMEA Daily: EU Court OKs Antitrust Probe Into Illumina’s Bid to Acquire Grail; The Luxury Closet Lands in UK
EMEA Daily: EU Court OKs Antitrust Probe Into Illumina’s Bid to Acquire Grail; The Luxury...
July 13, 2022  |  International

EU Court OKs Antitrust Probe Into Illumina’s Bid to Acquire Grail The General Court of the European Union has upheld a decision by the EU’s...

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EU Court OKs Antitrust Probe Into Illumina’s Bid to Acquire Grail
EU Court OKs Antitrust Probe Into Illumina’s Bid to Acquire Grail
July 13, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

A court ruling in the European Union (EU) giving Brussels the jurisdiction to investigate life sciences firm Illumina’s $8 billion takeover bid of biotech company...

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Google Offers to Break Up $209 Billion Ad-Tech Unit To Appease Regulators
Google Offers to Break Up $209 Billion Ad-Tech Unit To Appease Regulators
July 11, 2022  |  Google

As one of the most powerful companies in online searches and digital advertising, Google is accustomed to regulatory risks stemming from new legislation, antitrust probes...

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Senate May Delay Antitrust Bill Aimed at Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta
Senate May Delay Antitrust Bill Aimed at Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta
July 10, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

A new U.S. antitrust bill targeting Big Tech companies might be doomed to stay in the Senate if it doesn’t pass before Congress’ summer recess,...

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Google Offers Concessions to Avoid Antitrust Suit
Google Offers Concessions to Avoid Antitrust Suit
July 08, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Google has offered to make several concessions to stave off a possible Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit tied to its ad-tech business, The Wall...

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Weekly TechREG EMEA: Big Tech Firms Faces New Online Platform Rules and Probes in Europe; ECB and BoE Raise Concerns About the Implementation of Crypto Regulation 
Weekly TechREG EMEA: Big Tech Firms Faces New Online Platform Rules and Probes in Europe;...
July 08, 2022  |  emea

This week, the EU parliament approved two landmark bills that will regulate online platforms, the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act — but...

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UK Antitrust Watchdog Scrutinizes Microsoft-Activision Deal
UK Antitrust Watchdog Scrutinizes Microsoft-Activision Deal
July 06, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog, is looking into Microsoft’s deal to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, Reuters reported Wednesday...

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EMEA Daily: EU Antitrust Regulators Raid Delivery Hero, Glovo; Kavak Expands to EMEA With Turkey Launch
EMEA Daily: EU Antitrust Regulators Raid Delivery Hero, Glovo; Kavak Expands to EMEA With Turkey...
July 06, 2022  |  emea

In today’s EMEA news, both Germany’s Delivery Hero and its Spanish business Glovo were raided by European Union antitrust regulators, used car platform Kavak is...

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Today in TechREG: Amazon Faces a New UK Antitrust Investigation; Department of Commerce Urged to Slow Roll CBDCs and Clarify Crypto Rules 
Today in TechREG: Amazon Faces a New UK Antitrust Investigation; Department of Commerce Urged to...
July 06, 2022  |  Regulation

Today, the U.K. Competition Markets Authority launched an investigation against Amazon for allegedly giving its own sellers an unfair advantage in its marketplace over third...

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