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In a major setback for EU antitrust regulators, the General Court of EU Wednesday overturned the €1.06 billion ($1.2 billion) fine imposed on Intel almost 13 years ago for abuse of market dominance and stifling competition. In 2009, the European Commission found that the US chip-maker had abused its position in the market for x86 [...]

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Amazon is moving to recuse Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan from any antitrust investigation, adjudication, litigation, or other proceedings related to Amazon. The notion is that Chair Khan has made up her mind, according to Amazon’s motion: Chair Khan has made numerous and highly detailed public pronouncements regarding Amazon, including on market definition, [...]

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Facebook is facing antitrust lawsuits initiated Wednesday by the US Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of attorneys general from 46 states, Washington, DC, and Guam. The lawsuits allege that Facebook has abused its position as the “world’s dominant online social network” by acquiring companies to maintain its monopoly over its rivals. The issue arose [...]

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Apple and Intel jointly filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Fortress Investment Group Wednesday. The allegations filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California are that Fortress has stockpiled patents and sued on those patents demanding as much as $5.1 billion from Apple. The firms connected with Fortress have filed 25 [...]

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Google appealed its EU antitrust fine on Monday after Intel's partial victory last week against a similar EU sanction. Google's appeal comes two months after the initial antitrust fine by the European Commission for...

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