Tag: Antitrust
Joshua Wright on “Weaponizing Antitrust” Against Tech Companies
Professor Joshua Wright — a University Professor of Law at George Mason University, Director of the law school’s Global Antitrust Institute, a former FTC...
EU To OK Iliad €3.5B Polish Telecoms Deal
French telecom operator Iliad is poised to secure EU antitrust clearance for its €3.5 billion (US$4.11 billion) takeover of Polish mobile group Play, reported Reuters.
Iliad,...
Google Employees Restricted On Talking Antitrust: NYT
Google employees avoid one subject at all costs: antitrust, reported the New York Times. They don’t address it in emails. They don’t bring it up in...
Europe is walking a tightrope with its looming antitrust reforms
By David Meyer, Fortune
The Financial Times reports that the European Commission is drawing up a “hit list” of Big Tech firms that need to be reined in...
UK’s Top Antitrust Enforcer Thinks All Tech Mergers Should Be Scrutinized
According to Bloomberg, the UK’s top antitrust enforcer laid out plans for a new regulator, saying the largest tech companies would face scrutiny for...
India Takes On Google In Antitrust Smart TVs Case
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is examining a complaint claiming that search giant Google abused its dominant market position in smart television operating...
Allergan’s $51M Restasis Antitrust Settlement Gets Green Light
Allergan and a group of drug distributors got the nod from a federal judge in Brooklyn for their US$51 million settlement of allegations that...
The Long Arm of State Aid Law: Crushing Corporate Tax Avoidance
By Sandra Marco Colino (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
The sun is setting on the days when multinationals could establish intricate tax systems to...
House Panel Proposes Sweeping Antitrust Reforms To Curb Big Tech
On Tuesday, October 6, a House panel proposed a series of sweeping antitrust reforms to curb the power of US technology giants including Amazon and...
ANALYSIS: Federal Antitrust Complaints Sliding Into Year End
By Eleanor Tyler (Legal Analyst) & Jacquelyn Palmer (Research and Data Analyst)
Antitrust complaints in federal court are up this year compared to 2019 —...