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Facebook Could Be Hit By Federal, State Antitrust Lawsuits
Facebook Could Be Hit By Federal, State Antitrust Lawsuits
December 07, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Federal and state antitrust regulators could file lawsuits against Facebook very soon, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Dec. 7), citing sources. The social media giant could be accused...

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Regulators’ Probes, Looming Lawsuits Target Facebook Over Antitrust Issues
Regulators’ Probes, Looming Lawsuits Target Facebook Over Antitrust Issues
December 03, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

U.S. regulators are eyeing complaints that Facebook is muscling out the competition in the virtual reality area, as more than 40 states gear up to...

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40+ States Could Join Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
40+ States Could Join Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
November 19, 2020  |  Facebook

Facebook could soon be staring down a lawsuit as the Federal Trade Commission and numerous states attorneys general finish up one or more antitrust cases...

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Google Pushes Feds To Turn Over Documents Used To Build Antitrust Case
Google Pushes Feds To Turn Over Documents Used To Build Antitrust Case
November 18, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Google wants the federal government to cough up the documents it used to draft its antitrust case against the $1 trillion search and tech behemoth,...

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Sen. Klobuchar: DOJ Suit Against Google Doesn’t Rule Out A Breakup
Sen. Klobuchar: DOJ Suit Against Google Doesn’t Rule Out A Breakup
November 12, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, in talks for a possible attorney general position in the President-elect Joe Biden administration, has voiced support for the U.S. Department of...

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Amazon Takes Aim at Counterfeiters, Collaborators In Federal Lawsuit
Amazon Takes Aim at Counterfeiters, Collaborators In Federal Lawsuit
November 12, 2020  |  Legal

Luxury product rip-off artists and their social media accomplices beware: Amazon is coming after you. Amazon on Thursday (Nov. 12) filed a lawsuit in federal...

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VirnetX Takes $503M Bite Out Of Apple For Patent Infringement
VirnetX Takes $503M Bite Out Of Apple For Patent Infringement
November 03, 2020  |  Apple

There’s a new development in a decades old lawsuit after a jury in Tyler, Texas, ordered Apple to pay $502.8 million in royalties for infringing...

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Legal Fees, New Regulation Costs Could Impact Apple’s Bottom Line, Company Report Says
Legal Fees, New Regulation Costs Could Impact Apple’s Bottom Line, Company Report Says
November 01, 2020  |  Apple

In Apple‘s annual report, the tech giant discussed the impact that various legal proceedings and new regulations around the world could have on its operations...

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Judge Assigns November Deadlines In Google DOJ Lawsuit
Judge Assigns November Deadlines In Google DOJ Lawsuit
October 30, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

U.S. Judge Amit Mehta set a series of November deadlines in the antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) against Alphabet’s Google, Reuters...

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