Tag: Antitrust fine
Netherlands Fines Samsung $47M For Price-Fixing
Electronics maker Samsung has been fined €40 million (US$46.9 million) for price fixing in the Netherlands, Dutch competition watchdog ACM stated on Wednesday, September...
Google Looks To Avoid $18.2B EU Fine With Settlement
Google is reportedly seeking to settle a new antitrust probe by the European Union into its digital advertising practices. Reuters reports the settlement might...
EU Court Upholds Altice Gun-Jumping Fine
EU antitrust regulators received a boost from Europe’s second-highest court, as it upheld a record fine against French telecom company Altice for jumping the...
Russia Fines Facebook & Twitter, Again
A Russian court on Tuesday, September 14, stated it had fined US social media companies Facebook and Twitter for failing to delete content that...
South Korea Fines Google $177M For Abusing Market Dominance
South Korea's antitrust regulator has fined Google 207 billion won (US$176.64 million) for blocking customized versions of its Android operating system (OS), in the US technology...
Russian Watchdog Repeatedly Fines Google Over Advertising
Russia's Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Google 200,000 rubles (US$2,730) over inappropriate advertising, the regulator announced in a statement on...
WhatsApp Fined €225M By Ireland Over Privacy
Facebook's WhatsApp was fined a record €225 million (US$266 million) by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday, September 2, after the EU privacy watchdog pressured...
Google Appeals Parts Of France’s $591M Fine
Google announced on Wednesday, September 1, it was appealing against a €500 million (US$591 million) fine imposed by France’s antitrust watchdog in July over...
Indian Regulator Fines Maruti Suzuki $27M Over Discount Policy
India's antitrust regulator has fined Maruti Suzuki, the country's biggest carmaker, 2 billion rupees (US$27 million) for anti-competitive practices related to how it forced...
Mexican Regulator Fines Drug Distributors For Price-Fixing Medicines
The antitrust authority in Mexico fined five pharmaceutical companies for restricting the supply of medicines, fixing, manipulating and increasing the price of drugs in...