Tag: Antitrust fine
EU: Apple challenges Vestagers’s $14B tax fine
Apple will launch a legal challenge on Tuesday, September 17, to a European Commission order to pay €13 billion (US$14.4 billion) in Irish back...
EU: Google appeals US$1.7B AdSense antitrust fine
As was expected, Google is appealing a €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) fine laid against it by the European Commission related to its AdSense advertising business,...
China: Ford’s Changan venture gets US$24M fine for antitrust violation
China’s market regulator fined Ford Motor’s main local joint venture 162.8 million yuan ($23.55 million) on Wednesday for violating anti-monopoly laws, the latest automaker...
EU: Google facing antitrust fine over AdSense
Google and its parent company Alphabet could be facing an antitrust fine from the European Union in the coming weeks over its AdSense advertising...
France: Google hit with US$57M GDPR fine
France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google €50 million (US$57 million), the first penalty for a US tech giant under new European data privacy...
South Africa: Shoprite to appeal antitrust fine
South Africa’s Shoprite announced on Monday, January 21, it would appeal against a 20 million rand (US$1.4 million) fine handed to its ticket-selling subsidiary...
EU: Google facing third antitrust fine?
According to Bloomberg, Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is set to announce a penalty targeting Google’s AdSense advertising service in the coming weeks.
The EU stated...
Australia: Gas retailer Kleenheat gets antitrust fine
Western Australia gas retailer Kleenheat has been fined more than AU$25,000 (US$17,508) for allegedly misleading consumers about the potential benefits of a big discount...
EU: Google wins order keeping Yelp out of appeal
According to a report from Bloomberg, Google won a European Union court order that prevents local search service Yelp and advocacy group Consumer Watchdog...
EU: Court cuts Deutsche Telekom antitrust fine by a third
Europe’s second-highest court on Thursday, December 13, slashed an EU antitrust fine handed down to Deutsche Telekom four years ago by about a third...
