anticompetitive


Google to Pay $700M to Settle AGs’ Antitrust Case re Play Store Practices

  Company also agrees to change anticompetitive conduct pertaining to exclusivity, payments, pricing, and more. Google will pay $700 million and change several of its…

DOJ: Koch Foods Deprived Poultry Farmers of the Benefits of Competition

Antitrust Division Annuls Koch’s Contract Exit Penalties Citing the unreasonable burden placed on poultry farmers, the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division sued Koch Foods Inc. last…

European Antitrust Officials Continue Fashion Probe

  EC concerned Cardin and manufacturer have been colluding for years.   EC wants to know if companies engaged in “absolute territorial protection.” Companies allegedly…

Intel Fined $400M in Europe for Abusing Dominance in CPU Market

Naked Restriction: EC finds Intel paid computer makers to delay products using competing chips. Citing what it calls Intel Corp.’s series of anticompetitive efforts to…

FTC, States Agree on Path Forward for Amgen’s Horizon Therapeutics Deal

Settlement said to resolve anticompetitive concerns over critical drugs. The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from six states – California, Illinois, Minnesota, New York,…

Google’s A.I. Service Draws Early Copyright and Privacy Class Action  

  Google Bard competitor ChatGPT also getting attention from plaintiffs and regulators. Allegations have lingered for centuries in far-off corners of the literary world that…

Partner Jonathan Rubin Quoted in the New York Times Following Recent Order Regarding Apple’s Anticompetitive Conduct

Partner Jonathan L. Rubin was quoted in the The New York Times’ coverage of Judge Gonzalez’s recent order following the bench trial where she dismissed…

New York Times: Spotify Accuses Apple of Anticompetitive Practices in Europe

From The New York Times: Spotify Accuses Apple of Anticompetitive Practices in Europe Is Apple abusing its power to monopolize the market? Spotify sure thinks…