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Microsoft appealed EU antitrust fine [this day at law]
May 9, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On May 9, 2008, Microsoft appealed a massive EU antitrust fine for failing to comply with a 2004 ruling. The ruling found that Microsoft had abused its monopoly power and required the company to share technical information with competitors and lower its prices. In October 2007, Microsoft announced.... [more]
Google to modify search displays in Europe in response to antitrust concerns
April 25, 2013 by Addison Morris
The European Commission announced Thursday that Google has agreed to provide clearer labeling of promoted links in order to assuage concerns that the search engine is abusing its dominance in the market by favoring its own products. This concession marks a significant step toward reaching an.... [more]
Google offers revised proposal in EU antitrust investigation
April 11, 2013 by Sung Un Kim
Google on Thursday formally offered concessions to the EU's competition authority for a possible settlement in the antitrust investigation against the company. The recent proposal has revised the initial proposal that was submitted in January. The January proposal came after the EU's competition.... [more]
Supreme Court rules federal antitrust laws apply to Georgia hospital transactions
February 19, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health Systems, Inc. that federal antitrust laws regulating competition among health service providers apply to an anticompetitive transaction in Georgia because the state law regulating the activity did not clearly articulate authority.... [more]
Macmillan settles e-book case with DOJ
February 8, 2013 by Addison Morris
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that a settlement has been reached with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, known by the public as Macmillan, over allegations that the publishing company conspired with Apple to raise the retail price of e-books. The DOJ's Antitrust Division reached.... [more]
FTC finds Google did not violate antitrust or anticompetition laws
January 4, 2013 by Daniel Mullen
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Thursday that Google did not violate antitrust or anticompetition laws. Google's practice of favoring its own services in search results, to the detriment of its competitors, has been under scrutiny. Though Google will be required to make changes to.... [more]
DOJ reaches settlement with publisher in price-fixing lawsuit
December 19, 2012 by Max Slater
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement on Tuesday with book publisher Penguin Group, Inc. regarding an alleged conspiracy to raise the prices of e-books. The DOJ's antitrust division filed a lawsuit in April accusing Penguin Group, as well as several other publishers, of.... [more]
DOJ files antitrust suit against eBay
November 19, 2012 by Benjamin Minegar
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against online auction company eBay alleging violations of antitrust law occurring from 2006 to 2009. The complaint avers that eBay violated the Sherman Act.... [more]
Federal judge gives preliminary approval to credit card fee settlement
November 10, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Friday preliminarily approved a proposed settlement of $7.2 billion between merchants and Visa and Mastercard, which would be the largest settlement ever made in an antitrust case. This would end a seven-year class action.... [more]
Publishers reach settlement with state AGs in e-book antitrust claim
October 14, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
Three publishing companies on Friday settled an antitrust lawsuit filed by attorneys general of 49 states, the District of Columbia and five US territories and commonwealths, who had accused the nation's top publishers of a price-fixing conspiracy. The attorneys general brought suit against five.... [more]
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