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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...
Telecoms

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

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...
EU

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...
Tech

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...
Google

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...
Pill

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...
Tax Avoidance

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...
Law

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 —...
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