Antitrust Expert: FTC Wrong to Dismiss Regulation of Tech Giants
Law professor Adam Candeub disagreed with an FTC commissioner who argued social media platforms shouldn’t be subject to regulation.
Law professor Adam Candeub disagreed with an FTC commissioner who argued social media platforms shouldn’t be subject to regulation.
In a recent interview, President Donald Trump stated that his administration was “looking at” whether or not the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe have violated antitrust laws.
Trump administration antitrust chief Makan Delrahim is moving the U.S. government back to an evidence-based approach to patents that will benefit consumers and lead to greater economic growth, rejecting the approach of the Obama administration.
The Justice Department is considering a probe into potential anti-competitive behavior with their Android OS product.
Google published a document recently that outlines how the tech titan wants Congress to regulate them ahead of a Senate hearing this week.
Antitrust regulators in Singapore fined both Uber and Singapore ride-hailing app Grab $9.5 million over a merger of the two companies that resulted in 10 to 15 percent fare increases.
The White House has reportedly drafted an executive order that would open an antitrust investigation into the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry will reportedly encourage Attorney General Jeff Sessions to break up Google, Facebook, and Twitter during a meeting next week.
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is questioning Amazon’s use of data to discover if the online retailer is breaching antitrust rules.
Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) called for a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation of Google’s manipulation of their search engine given their ‘unrvivaled power’ and using their “monopoly to promote liberal agendas.”
Tim Wu, the former FTC senior adviser who coined the term “net neutrality,” has expressed support for the breaking up of Big Tech monopolies.
President Donald Trump took aim at Amazon Monday morning, raising the possibility that the company could face antitrust legal problems and accusing it of using the U.S. Post Office as a “delivery boy.”
The European Union has fined Google $5 billion for “denying rivals a chance to innovate” through its Android operating system.
AFP — Google faced a record EU anti-trust fine of 4.3 billion euros on Wednesday over its Android smartphone system, in a ruling that risks a fresh clash between Brussels and Washington. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division filed notice Thursday that it will appeal federal District Judge Richard Leon’s ruling allowing telecom giant AT&T and content creator Time Warner’s merger to go through.
The Supreme Court is set to decide whether Apple’s App Store is a monopoly.
AT&T’s stunning and total victory over the government raises the question of whether antitrust law is capable of dealing with corporate titans in our digital era.
While defending the Antitrust Division’s focus on consumer welfare, Delrahim describes the standard as broad enough to tackle the challenges presented by market-dominating digital platforms.
Judge Richard Leon’s much anticipated antitrust decision on the merger of AT&T and Time Warner is in. AT&T scored a total victory against the U.S. government.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s is planning to announce Tuesday in a federal court in Washington, D.C. his decision on whether AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner can move forward. The announcement is scheduled for 4 P.M. Tuesday.
A Thursday report from Axios revealed that Google is facing billions in EU antitrust fines.
Google has claimed that a recent antitrust ruling in India would do “irreparable harm” to the company.
“AWS had the unusual advantage of a seven-year head start before facing like-minded competition,” Bezos said in a statement.
“You don’t think you have a monopoly?” Graham asked.
“It certainly doesn’t feel like that to me,” Zuckerberg said.
Cue laughter.
After antitrust law proved incapable of dealing with the post-war banking and commerce conglomerates, lawmakers passed a new law to break up one of the largest.
Shares of Amazon fell by more than 7 percent Wednesday morning after Axios reported that President Trump “hates the company.”
Several top conservative movement leaders are pressing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to intervene in a proposed Disney merger with 21st Century Fox over concerns that the resulting essentially monopolistic control of content creation in one company would produce even more “harmful and explicit content” inappropriate for children and families.
Google has received a $21.1 million antitrust fine in India relating to bias within the tech giant’s search product.
Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter noted today on Twitter that Utah Senator Mike Lee had a sudden change of opinion about Google once the company expanded into his state.
Google is facing scrutiny by Israel’s antitrust agency following a complaint from video advertising platform Artimedia, according to a report.
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday to block the merger of telecommunications giant AT&T with Time Warner, the owner of HBO and CNN. Here are the key takeaways.
The lawsuit to block the AT&T merger with Time Warner signals the start of an era of antitrust enforcement instead of regulation.
DOJ’s Antitrust division, under the leadership of just-confirmed Assistant Attorney General Makan Delhrahim, announced Monday it would file suit to stop the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner.
Democrats sought answers from Jeff Sessions about conspiracy theory allegations regarding the AT&T-Time Warner Merger.
AT&T plans to ask a court for any communications between the White House and the Justice Department about the telecommunication giant’s acquisition of Time Warner if the government attempts to block the merger, Bloomberg reports.
Gab, the free speech social network, has filed a lawsuit against Google after they were suspended without warning from Google’s Play Store last month.
Jon Von Tetzchner, the creator of the Opera web browser, has accused Google of violating antitrust law in relation to his new browser, Vivaldi.
Google has reportedly taken steps to alter their Google Shopping search results to comply with the European Commission’s ruling relating to antitrust laws.
A member of a Google-funded think tank was removed from the group after publishing a statement praising the penalties placed on Google by the European Union.
In a stunning blow to free enterprise, an Italian court has banned Uber from using its apps or advertising its services throughout Italy, following violent protests from the powerful taxi union.