Tag: Facebook
State AGs’ Antitrust Appeal Against Facebook Moves Forward
A 52-page reply filed by the attorneys general of almost all 50 states pressed the DC Circuit to let their antitrust case against Facebook proceed. Last...
Canada Will Force Google, Facebook To Pay For News
Canada's government announced a new legislative proposal on Tuesday (April 5) that would compel platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate with news publishers...
South African Competition Commission Prosecutes Facebook for Abuse of Dominance
By: Gina Lodolo (African Antitrust)
On 14 March 2022, the South African Competition Commission (“Commission”) referred a complaint against Meta Platforms Inc is the parent...
US Chamber Of Commerce Asks Judge To Reject Appeal In Facebook...
The US Chamber of Commerce, perhaps the most powerful lobbying group in the United States, filed a brief on Monday March 28 urging a...
Russian Court Rules Meta an ‘Extremist’ Organization
A Russian court has labeled Meta Platforms an “extremist organization” but said that the ruling only applies to the already-outlawed Facebook and Instagram platforms, and not...
EU Launches Antitrust Probe On Google, Facebook Over Ad Deal
The European Commission has formally opened an antitrust probe into a 2018 deal between tech giants Google and Facebook allegedly aimed at cementing their...
9th Cir. Dismisses Developer Class Action Against Facebook
An appellate panel partly dismissed an April 2021 ruling in the suit brought by mobile application developers Reveal Chat Hold, Beehive Biometric and USA...
The FTC & Meta At Odds Over Antitrust Trial Date
US FTC and Facebooks parent company, Meta Platforms are at odds over when to start a high-profile antitrust trial, reported Reuters. The Federal Trade...
Facebook Adds Davis Polk To Trial Team
Meta's Facebook has expanded its trial team in Washington, DC, federal court, adding a pair of lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardwell as the...
Facebook Hit Hard By New Rules, Google Spared
Facebook's owner is alleging Google, which also sells personalized ads on iPhones, has an unfair advantage under Apple’s new policies, reported Bloomberg.
Apps including Facebook have...
