Fortnite maker Epic Games wins antitrust case against Google | CBC News

A U.S. federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anti-competitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of the technology empire.

Warner-Discovery Approved as Competition for Eyeballs Becomes Even More Fierce - Disruptive Competition Project

Competition for consumers' attention is only intensifying while mergers such as WarnerMedia-Discovery are approved

The GOP Knows That The Dem's Antitrust Efforts Have A Content Moderation Trojan Horse; Why Don't The Dems?

Last summer, I believe we were among the first to highlight that the various antitrust bills proposed by mainly Democratic elected officials in DC included an incredibly dangerous trojan horse that would aid Republicans in their "playing the...

Apple prefers fines to obeying antitrust order, says Vestager - ET CIO

"Apple's conduct in the Netherlands these days may be an example," she said. The iPhone maker "essentially prefers paying periodic fines rather than c..

Meta's free fall reveals a big issue with Congress's antitrust bill

Maybe market cap isn't the most stable measure?

Can We At Least Make Sure Antitrust Isn't Deliberately Designed To Make Everyone Worse Off?

For decades here on Techdirt I've argued that competition is the biggest driver of innovation, and so I'm very interested in policies designed to drive more competition. Historically this has been antitrust policy, but over the past decade...

FTC Highlights SEP Antitrust Abuses — Unified Patents

The recent remarks of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on standards essential patents (“SEPs”) are commendable, as is her emphasis on the role antitrust law plays in curtailing anticompetitive abuses of them. The abuses Slaughter...

EU court sides with Intel in appeal of $1.2B antitrust fine

A European court announced Wednesday that it overturned a $1.2 billion fine on Intel, which the European Union had imposed on the semiconductor chip manufacturer in 2009 over alleged violations of antitrust laws.

States' 3rd Amended Antitrust Complaint Against Google Looks A Lot More Damning

There are lots of different antitrust actions currently ongoing against Facebook and Google, with varying degrees of quality. From the beginning, the strongest one has been the lawsuit a bunch of states -- lead by Texas -- filed against Google....

In the Internet Age, Copyright Law Does Far More Than Antitrust to Shape Competition

There has been a notable, and long overdue flurry, of antitrust actions targeting Big Tech, launched by users, entrepreneurs, and governments alike. And in the US and abroad, policymakers are working to revamp our antitrust laws so they can be...

States appeal a judge’s decision to throw out their Facebook antitrust case.

The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition.

FTC's Second Antitrust Attempt Against Facebook Gets Past The First Hurdle

As you'll recall, at the end of 2020, the FTC filed an antitrust case against Facebook. Last summer, the district court dismissed the case, noting that the complaint was "legally insufficient," and didn't really back up its central...