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Law firms Scott+Scott and Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier on Wednesday sued Facebook’s parent company, Meta, on behalf of France’s leading publishers over the tech giant’s allegedly unlawful business practices. A first in French history, prominent media companies including TF1, France TV and BFM were among 67 media companies representing 200 publications in the case. The [...]

The European Commission fined tech companies Meta and Apple a combined €700 million on Wednesday for violating their obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking a landmark for European digital competition law. The European Commission fined Apple €500 million for implementing steering terms that breached the DMA. The Commission stated that Apple imposed technical and [...]

US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Thursday that tech giant Google LLC had violated federal anti-trust law by engaging in anti-competitive acts to attain monopoly power and depriving competitors of the ability to compete. An accompanying order issued by the judge required both Google and the US Department of Justice to submit a joint proposed [...]

The French competition regulator, Autorité de la Concurrence, fined Apple on Monday $162 million over its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) tool. The regulator found that the ATT framework was unnecessarily complex and biased, violating French and EU privacy laws. The agency fined Apple because the consent required by ATT is burdensome for users, violating the [...]

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Tuesday that Google’s decision to deny developer Enel’s JuicePass app access to Android Auto’s platform was an abuse of market power. Initially launched in 2018 by Italian parent company Enel, JuicePass enables drivers to find and reserve electric vehicle charging stations worldwide. The EU court’s press [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lawsuit Tuesday against six corporate landlords and a software company accused of colluding to fix rent prices by sharing sensitive competitive information through the use of pricing algorithms. The DOJ accused the landlords of colluding through software created by tech company RealPage, which collects sensitive pricing information [...]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted waiver requests from California on Wednesday that allow the state to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. California requested the waivers for its Advanced Clean Cars II Rule and Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation. Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to develop applicant [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a coalition of US states filed a motion on Wednesday seeking to compel Google to divest its Chrome web browser. The DOJ argued that Google’s control over Chrome has significantly bolstered its monopolistic position in the search-engine market. The department contended that forcing Google to divest Chrome is [...]

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against multiple heavy-duty truck manufacturers. The lawsuit asserted that the manufacturers “conspired” to restrict the availability of diesel-powered semi-trucks in support of California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, which mandates a transition to electric trucks by 2035. Hilgers stated that the “conspiracy” violated US antitrust laws by “unreasonably [...]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore (approximately $25.4 million USD) on Meta Platforms for abusing its dominant position through WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy update. The CCI found on Monday that the update imposed “unfair conditions” on users by making data sharing with Meta’s other applications mandatory, violating the [...]