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Dutch Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Requiring Chronological Feeds on Facebook and Instagram
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (448+ words) A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling requiring Meta Platforms to allow Facebook and Instagram users in the Netherlands to view posts in chronological order rather than through feeds based on profiling algorithms. The decision confirms an earlier…...
Google Revamps Android App Store Rules, Cuts Fees Amid Global Antitrust Pressure
6+ day, 16+ min ago (542+ words) Under the new framework, outside companies will be able to register with Google, pay a one-time fee and launch their own app stores on Android devices, according to Bloomberg. The move marks a major shift for the mobile ecosystem and…...
Federal Judge Unlikely to Halt Landmark Antitrust Trial Over Concert Ticketing
1+ week, 6+ day ago (818+ words) Spanish competition authorities have accused Apple and Amazon of failing to promptly comply with a regulatory order tied to a long-running antitrust case, escalating scrutiny of the two technology companies. Spain's National Markets and Competition Commission, known as the CNMC,…...
Epic Games Criticizes UK’s App Store Reform Plan as Insufficient
3+ week, 6+ day ago (632+ words) The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has unveiled a series of measures it says will "improve fairness in app store processes and enhance iOS interoperability," setting out proposed commitments from Apple and Google aimed at increasing transparency for developers....
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Duke Energy Antitrust Appeal
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (288+ words) The Fourth Circuit panel had found that NTE should be allowed to argue that Duke interfered with its attempt to compete for Fayetteville's business by discouraging the city from switching suppliers and by taking steps that allegedly undermined the viability…...
Who Can Fix It? Antitrust, IP Rights, and the Right to Repair
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (101+ words) The convergence of antitrust law, intellectual property rights, and emerging right-to-repair statutes continues to reshape how product ownership and The convergence of antitrust law, intellectual property rights, and emerging right-to-repair statutes continues to reshape how product ownership and competition are…...
Chinese Consumers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple Over App Store Practices
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (308+ words) This is not the first time Wang has taken on Apple in Chinese courts. According to Reuters, he previously led a similar case filed in 2021, which was dismissed by a Shanghai court last year. That verdict is currently under appeal…...
EssilorLuxottica Defeats Consumer Lawsuits Alleging Monopoly Practices
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (422+ words) EssilorLuxottica won a significant legal battle on Friday after a U.S. federal judge dismissed consumer lawsuits accusing the company of monopolizing the eyewear market. The cases had alleged that the maker of Ray-Ban and Oakley frames used acquisitions and restrictive agreements…...
Google Argues Against Justice Department Proposal to Ban Bundling Apps With AI
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (431+ words) Google argued against a Justice Department proposal that would bar it from bundling its YouTube and Google Maps apps with its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) service, telling a judge Wednesday (Oct. 8) that these haven't been found to be monopoly products....
US Prosecutors Seek to Split Google’s Ad Business in Antitrust Trial
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (278+ words) The US'Department of Justice escalated its battle with Google on Monday, calling for the breakup of the company's digital advertising operations.'According to the Financial Times, federal prosecutors urged a judge in Virginia to force Google's parent company, Alphabet, to…...