Tag: Antitrust
EU: Boeing US$4.7B Embraer deal faces antitrust probe
Boeing is set to face an EU antitrust investigation into its bid for a controlling stake in the commercial aircraft arm of Brazil's Embraer,...
US: Intellectual Ventures beats Capital One’s antitrust appeal
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Capital One Financial Corp. has litigated its novel antitrust theory against behemoth IP holding company Intellectual Ventures for more than five years.
It ended...
US: Apple adjusted App Store algorithm as antitrust probes loom
In an interview with the New York Times, Apple executives Phil Schiller and Eddy Cue revealed that Apple has adjusted the App Store algorithm...
EU: Regulators probing Libra for antitrust issues
EU regulators are investigating if Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency will harm competition.
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the move was justified even though Libra hasn’t...
South Korea: Tech giants worry over new antitrust enforcer
South Korea's incoming competition chief Joh Sung-wook appears to have taken a leaf out of European counterpart Margrethe Vestager's book as she sets her...
South Korea: Antitrust chief nominee calls for expansion of class-action system
South Korean President Moon Jae-in's pick to lead South Korea's antitrust regulator called Monday, September 2, for the expansion of the country’s class-action system...
Japan: JFTC drafts guidelines for tighter regulations on tech giants
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) announced Thursday, August 29, it has compiled draft guidelines for tighter regulation of technology giants in order to...
US: Delrahim announces new antitrust division’s Senior Director of Investigation and...
Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division announced the elevation of Section Chief Kathy O’Neill to the new role of...
China: Tencent under investigator by regulator
Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) is currently under investigation by China’s antitrust authority, according to a report in Bloomberg published August 27, citing people familiar...
India: Regulator to assess media, broadcasting sector
India’s antitrust watchdog plans to conduct an assessment of the country’s media and broadcasting sector to ensure that any competition concerns are identified and...
