Tag: Antitrust

Google Finds A Way To Profit From EU Antitrust Ruling—At Bing’s Expense
Last March Google was fined a record $5 billion by the EU over antitrust charges related to the company tying its browser and search engine to the Android...
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Google ‘Unrecognizable’ To Company Veterans
Google has undergone a number of major changes over the years, not the least of which is the two founders...
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Sprint Executive Expected Merger to Raise Prices, Undercutting T-Mobile Argument
As the trial to stop the T-Mobile/Sprint merger got underway today,...
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Intel Supports FTC in Qualcomm Antitrust Appeal
Intel filed a brief supporting the Federal Trade Commission and in opposition to Qualcomm’s appeal of a judgement finding it violated antitrust laws....
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Sandip Bhagat, CIO at Whittier Trust On Why This Is a Good Time For Tech Stocks
“The scope of this regulatory oversight is changing. People used to focus on just consumer welfare and a price effect. That has now expanded to what harm you are doing to compet...
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Google Loses Antitrust Appeal
Google has reportedly lost an appeal in an antitrust related to Android in...
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FairSearch Coalition Loses Microsoft Support
It's been a while since we've heard much from the FairSearch coalition. In fact, they haven't issued a news release since last April. FairSearc...
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FTC Reportedly Looking At Google’s Android Business
Google is back in the eye of the Federal Trade Commission, this time for its Android business, which has also been drawing scrutiny from government regulators around the world....
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Russian Regulator Reportedly Deems Google In Violation Of Antitrust Law
Google was dealt a blow by Russian antitrust authority The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, which ruled that the company mustn't require device manufacturers using Android to pre-ins...
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Is Google Right About Its ‘Value To Businesses’ Of All Sizes?
In April, after a five-year-long investigation, the European Commission announced it had sent a Statement of Objections to Google alleging it has abused its dominant position in th...
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Is Yelp’s CEO Right About Google And Interstitials?
Last month, Google shared findings of an internal study on interstitials, which it had...
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AT&T, DirecTV Merger Reportedly Nearing Approval
It appears to be smooth sailing for AT&T in its acquisition of DirecTV, as the merger has reportedly cleared one major hurdle and is about to clear the last....
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Apple to Pay $450M in e-book Price Fixing Case
In 2013, a US Federal judge ruled that Apple conspired with major publishers to...
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Study Slams Google For ‘Reducing Social Welfare’ With ‘Lower Quality Results’
Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu and Yelp collaborated on a study of Google's search results, and have declared that Google is hurting the consumer experience of search results...
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