Tag: Antitrust
ESG May Be an Antitrust Violation
By Mark Brnovich, Wall Street Journal
The biggest antitrust violation in history may be in plain sight. Wall Street banks and money managers are bragging about...
EU Crypto Regulation Bill Goes To Vote Next Week
Following a debate over language that would have essentially banned bitcoin, a vote on the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation is...
Russian Companies Look To China In Wake Of International Sanctions
Russian companies are scrambling to open accounts with a Chinese state bank in Moscow as a way to escape international sanctions imposed following Russia’s...
Reviving Bank Antitrust
By Jeremy C. Kress (University of Michigan)
After decades of disuse, antitrust is back. Renewing the United States’ longstanding distrust of concentrated economic power, antimonopoly...
9th Cir. Dismisses Developer Class Action Against Facebook
An appellate panel partly dismissed an April 2021 ruling in the suit brought by mobile application developers Reveal Chat Hold, Beehive Biometric and USA...
EU Commission Invites Comments On Revised Horizontal Agreement Rules
The European Commission launched a public consultation today, inviting all interested parties to comment on two draft revisions to the Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations...
Regulating Big Tech: Lessons From the FTC’s Do Not Call Rule
By William E. Kovacic (George Washington University) & David A. Hyman (Georgetown University)
Big Tech (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google) is under regulatory assault. Cases...
Dutch Antitrust Watchdog Rejects Apple Proposal, Issues 6th Fine
Apple has written a letter arguing that the changes it has offered to make to its App Store as available in the Netherlands complies...
Australia Floats Widespread Antitrust Reform To Take On Big Tech
Australia's consumer watchdog wants major legislative changes spanning the entire gamut of Big Tech's issues, covering anti-competitive conduct, bargaining imbalances, insufficient consumer and business user...
Italy’s Antitrust Watchdog OKs Telecom Italia Fiber Deal
Italy's competition watchdog said it had approved Telecom Italia's unit FiberCop co-investment scheme aimed at boosting fiber rollout across the country, reported Reuters.
The watchdog...
