Tag: Antitrust
Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Released From Prison
Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive known for raising the price of a lifesaving drug more than 40-fold, has been released from prison, where...
Meta Donated To Lobby To Fight Antitrust Bills?
A new report claims Meta not only bankrolled the American Edge Project, but may have also served as its founder.
A new report from the The Tech...
EU Antitrust Regulator Raids Fashion Sector Over Cartel Concerns
The EU's antitrust regulator reported that it has raided companies in the fashion industry in several European Union countries on concerns that they may...
DuckDuckGo Calls Out Google’s New Ad Retargeting Features
DuckDuckGo's recent Chrome extension has been a big thorn in advertisers’ side even since its release. DuckDuckGo offers a free chrome extension that protects...
Brazil’s Antitrust Watchdog OKs Sale Of Petrobras Refinery
Brazil's antitrust watchdog CADE said on Friday that the sale of state-run oil company Petrobras' Reman refinery to fuel distributor Atem was approved with no...
BIS Committee Chair Questions Crypto Benefits, Calls for Regulation
On Thursday (May 12), Pablo Hernández de Cos, chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and governor of the Bank of Spain, warned...
Interoperability as a Remedy for Digital Labor Market Concentration
By Bruno Renzetti, (Yale)
Antitrust literature has focused on the problems arising from concentration in the digital economy, particularly in social media and search engines....
Duke Realty Rejects $24B Buyout Offer From Prologis
Duke Realty on Wednesday rejected the nearly $24 billion buyout offer from the warehousing giant Prologis calling the unsolicited offer insufficient.
“We believe the latest...
Apple Defends Its Policies In Australia
Apple has robustly defended its ecosystem in a submission to Australia's competition watchdog, amid growing global scrutiny of the power of big tech companies...
US Senate Confirms Bedoya To Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission finally has the power to move forward with its progressive enforcement and policy agenda after the Senate confirmed President Joe...
