Tag: Antitrust
DOJ Hires Antitrust Trial Lawyers For Future Court Actions
The Justice Department is ramping up its hiring of antitrust trial lawyers as the Biden administration moves to deliver on its promise to take...
Apple, Microsoft, Netflix Called In Indian Antitrust Hearing
Technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Netflix are being invited to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance’s hearings next week on alleged anti-competitive...
Chinese TikTok Owner Increased US Lobbying Spending
TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance had its biggest lobbying quarter ever, spending more than $2.1 million in the second quarter to lobby the U.S. government,...
House Committee Close To Vote On ‘Payments Stablecoin’ Bill
Stablecoins will become known as “payments stablecoins” under the terms of a new regulatory bill the House Financial Services is planning to unveil next week.
According to...
Sony Nabs Uber Antitrust Lawyer Amid Expansion Plans
Sony Interactive Entertainment Corp. has hired a new top antitrust and public policy lawyer in Gregory McCurdy, who held a similar position at Uber...
Antitrust Pro Leaves Hausfeld For DOJ
Bonny Sweeney, a co-leader of the antitrust practice at Hausfeld in San Francisco who has built cases against major US tech companies is leaving...
Apple Sued Over Apple Pay, Accused of Antitrust Violations
Apple was hit with an antitrust lawsuit over Apple Pay, accused of using its market power in the mobile device industry to fend off...
EU Antitrust Review Of Illumina $8B Grail Merger Advances
Illumina has failed to block a European Union competition investigation into its $8 billion takeover of liquid biopsy company Grail.
The genome-sequencing specialist corporation sought...
Sony Temporarily Beats PlayStation Antitrust Class Action
On Friday a California federal judge tossed a suit accusing the Sony arm behind PlayStation of overcharging gamers billions of dollars by the monopolization...
SEC Steps Up Scrutiny Over Musk Comments On Twitter Buy
The US securities regulator quizzed Elon Musk last month over a tweet in which the world's richest person raised doubts over whether he would move...
