Tag: Antitrust
UK’s Antitrust Regulator Suffers 150 Data Breaches In Two Years
The UK government’s antitrust regulator was hit by 150 personal data breaches in the last two years, as hackers targeted its trove of sensitive...
Antitrust Chronicle® – Gatekeepers
Dear Readers,
What is a gatekeeper? More than other terms of art that have gained currency in recent years, the notion of a “gatekeeper” holds...
Antitrust Remedies In Digital Markets: Lessons For Enforcement Authorities From Non-Compliance...
By Thomas Hoppner (Technical University Wildau)
A recently published study by the author addressed the remedies imposed in the European Commission’s (the “Commission”) Google Search...
FTC Announces Decreased 2021 HSR Filing Thresholds
On February 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission announced its annual update of thresholds for pre-merger notifications of M&A transactions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...
US Chamber Calls For More Resources For Antitrust Agencies
US Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley issued the following statement in response to Sen. Klobuchar’s introduction of...
Texas Court Considers Changing Venue Of Google Antitrust Case
A Texas court considering a state antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google is likely to hold a hearing on the company's request to move the...
Why Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing antitrust scrutiny
By Kate Kaye, Digi Day
Google’s decision to kill off third-party cookies has already elicited multiple antitrust lawsuits and a U.S. congressional probe. Now, its attempt to replace the...
Amazon’s Next CEO Will Inherit Antitrust Woes
Andy Jassy will succeed Jeff Bezos as Amazon’s CEO. Bezos will transition to the role of Executive Chair in the third quarter of 2021. The CEO succession comes...
Unfazed By Antitrust In The U.S., Big Tech Faces A Growing...
By David Jeans, Forbes
Rod Sims was perhaps one of the only people in Australia who didn’t flinch last month when Google threatened to pull...
Google & Facebook Face New Antitrust Suit From Virginia News Publisher
A Virginia news publisher has filed an antitrust suit against Google and Facebook, who together receive roughly half of all digital ad dollars in...
