Tag: Antitrust
Canadian Watchdog Probes Google Over Advertising Dominance
The Canadian Competition Bureau has started a new investigation into whether Google is engaged in anti-competitive behaviour in Canada. The probe focuses on the way ads...
DOJ & Australian Watchdog Still Not OK With Google’s Fitbit Purchase
Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission and the US Department of Justice are still probing the US$2.1 billion deal between Google and Fitbit expressed Rod...
China’s Watchdog Grows Staff In Antitrust Bureau Due To Higher Workloads
China's new SAMR is planning to exponentially grow its Beijing head office, with the antitrust department getting the largest number of new hires, this...
Klobuchar, Grassley To Introduce Antitrust Bill Aiding Amazon Sellers
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., chair of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, said she will soon introduce a major antitrust bill aimed at Big...
Former FTC Chair Leibowitz To Join Maryland AG
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week announced that former Federal Trade Commission Chair Jon Leibowitz will join the Office of Attorney General....
The Virtue of an Imperfect Competition Law
Imperfect competition is not necessarily a curse. It evokes an environment in which firms compete on multiple dimensions to satisfy heterogeneous consumer preferences. This...
China To Strengthen Antitrust Regulator, Again
China is looking into boosting its antitrust bureau’s status within the market regulatory agency to further fight monopolies, Reuters reported.
President Xi Jinping has encouraged...
China To Grow Antitrust Watchdog’s Reach
China is considering boosting the status of its antitrust bureau within the market regulatory agency as it steps up a campaign against anti-competitive behavior,...
Google Files Countersuit Saying Epic Games Breached Its Contract
Google filed a countersuit against Epic Games in their antitrust case in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, charging the...
China To Conduct More Investigations Into Antitrust & Mergers
China’s antitrust watchdog is adding new staff and departments amid the latest development in the country’s ongoing battle against monopolies.
As Bloomberg News reported on...