Tag: Antitrust
Lina Khan May Be Up For Top Antitrust Role
Lina Khan, an antitrust expert, Columbia law professor, and thorn in the side of Big Tech, is gaining traction as a candidate to fill...
Alphabet’s Pichai Will Talk Antitrust With EU’s Vestager
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai will hold a video-conference call with EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on January 25, according to Reuters.
Vestager, who is pushing...
In China And US, Differing Approaches To Antitrust And Tech Firms’...
By PYMNTS
For Big Tech, and for FinTechs, the regulatory landscape is shifting — and the barrage of new rules and regulations comes from all sides.
That’s...
Amazon Sues EU Antitrust Regulators Over Italian Case
Amazon is suing EU antitrust regulators for allowing the Italian competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the US online retail giant over...
China Mulls Harder Antitrust Rules For Payments Industry
China’s central bank has proposed stepping up antitrust measures for companies in the non-bank payments industry, such as Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat...
Germany & France Continue With Big Tech Crackdown
Europe may be moving to crack down on Big Tech with a set of new laws covering antitrust and illegal content, but its most...
DOJ Teams Up With Stanford Law For Antitrust Project
The Department of Justice announced today that it will participate in the Computational Antitrust project, hosted by the Stanford University CodeX Center and created...
Medical-Gear Makers Sharing Production Info Get Antitrust Protection
Medical-gear makers are sharing production information and receiving protection from antitrust scrutiny, the companies and federal officials stated, as part of government efforts to...
An Antitrust History Lesson
By The Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal
Five years ago the Federal Trade Commission broke up the Staples- Office Depot merger attempt. Its dubious complaint is...
Comments on draft CMA Merger Assessment Guidelines
By Dr Andrea Calef, Professor Stephen Davies, Dr Elias Deutscher, Professor Bruce Lyons & Professor Peter Ormosi (Centre for Competition Policy)
The Draft Revised Merger...