An Australian judge has criticised a third-party social media service provider for using private litigation against Facebook to preserve its business model rather than obtain relief consistent with its misuse of market power and unconscionability allegations.
The European Commission has approved the $44 billion merger between financial data providers S&P Global and IHS Markit with structural remedies, marking only its fourth Phase I conditional clearance this year.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has launched a market investigation into Motorola’s Airwave network – the mobile radio network used by all emergency services in Great Britain – after a public consultation reinforced the agency’s concerns that the company may be earning excess profits.
The European Commission has raided the Belgian offices of animal pharmaceutical manufacturer Zoetis, days after EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager warned of multiple planned inspections in the coming months.
Cambodia has adopted a long-awaited competition law that includes all three traditional pillars of enforcement – anticompetitive agreements, abuses of dominance and merger control – as well as potential jail time for …
Canada’s Competition Bureau has obtained a court order compelling Google to provide evidence as part of an investigation examining whether the company harmed competition in the country’s online display advertising market.
Google’s monopoly over online advertising markets is demonstrated by its ability to charge commission rates that go up to 42% on some transactions, according to a Texas-led coalition of states.
At least 35 companies and advocacy groups have lobbied Congress on legislation designed to limit platforms like Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook from prioritising their own products and services, according to recent disclosure forms.
Tickets are still available for GCR Live: Women in Antitrust, which is being held on 4 November at Hotel Washington in Washington, DC.
GCR USA is climbing 5,280 feet today as the Department of Justice begins trying 10 executives accused of fixing prices and rigging bids for broiler chicken products before a federal court in Denver. The air may be thin, but the jury selection objections could be coming thick and fast as the Antitrust Division seeks to secure as many convictions needed to fill a full pick-up basketball game.
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Isolde Goggin retired as president of Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on 4 October. She spoke to GCR about the difficulties of operating as an enforcer without an effective sanctions regime, …
With almost five years as president of the Portuguese Competition Authority under her belt, Margarida Matos Rosa spoke to Charley Connor about the agency’s recent forays into labour markets, the importance of …
Alejandra Palacios Prieto stepped down as head of Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission last week after eight years at the helm. In a wide ranging interview with GCR, she spoke about controversial …
On 9 July 2021, the Joe Biden administration in the US passed an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy” proposing sweeping changes aimed at causing a fundamental shift in …
The sixth edition of Women in Antitrust celebrates more than 130 female private practitioners, enforcers, in-house counsel, economists and academics who deserve recognition for their standout careers.
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