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EU Antitrust Regulators Target Google

Kevin Spak — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:59:05 CST

Google is in hot water with EU antitrust authorities over allegations that it discriminated against rivals in its search results, and barred some websites from using rival ad services with its AdSense contracts. The European Commission will also investigate allegations that Google makes it difficult for advertisers to move data...

Feds Slap AmEx With Antitrust Suit

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:05:00 CDT

The Justice Department has hit American Express with antitrust charges today, just as it settles similar charges with Visa and MasterCard, reports the Wall Street Journal. The complaint centers around the uneven fees and rules AmEx imposes to "impede merchants from promoting or encouraging the use of a competing credit...

Antitrust Suit Against Apple, AT&T OKed

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:36:59 CDT

A federal judge says a monopoly abuse lawsuit against Apple and AT&T's mobile phone unit can move forward as a class action. The lawsuit consolidates several filed by iPhone buyers starting in late 2007, a few months after the first generation of Apple's smart phone went on sale, and takes...

Supreme Court: NFL Is 32 Teams, Not Single Entity

Mon, 24 May 2010 13:46:00 CDT

The Supreme Court today turned away the NFL's request for broad antitrust law protection, ruling that the league can be considered 32 separate teams—not one big business—when it comes to selling branded jerseys and caps. The high court unanimously reversed a lower court ruling against an antitrust suit...

Microsoft Behind Court War on Us: Google

Jane Yager — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:00:00 CST

As Google faces a slew of antitrust suits from US and European companies with connections to rival Microsoft, the search engine giant believes Microsoft is "scouring court dockets around the world looking for complaints against Google into which they can inject themselves," a Google spokesman tells the Wall Street Journal...

Monsanto Contracts Strangle Competition: Report

Kevin Spak — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:53:00 CST

Monsanto, the country’s dominant seed business, is squeezing competitors with stringent licensing agreements that protect its incredibly dominant position in the industry. Monsanto’s licenses prevent companies from breeding plants that contain both Monsanto’s genes and those of competitors, an AP investigation reveals, effectively locking competitors out of the market. Another...

Intel to Pay AMD $1.25B

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:51:56 CST

Intel says it is paying AMD, its largest rival in the computer chip market, $1.25 billion to settle all antitrust and patent suits, and has agreed to abide by a set of "business practice provisions." In return, AMD, which had been complaining to regulators for five years that Intel...

Cuomo Slaps Intel With Antitrust Suit

Kevin Spak — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:41:19 CST

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed an antitrust suit against Intel today, accusing it of “a worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal conduct.” Cuomo says Intel paid computer manufacturers billions in kickbacks provided they didn’t produce computers with rival chips. The money was disguised as “rebates,” and the recipients allegedly...

Microsoft Move Won't Derail Antitrust Case

Sarah Quinn — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:33:01 CDT

The European Commission is moving forward with its antitrust case against Microsoft even after the company's promise to sell its Windows 7 operating system without Internet Explorer in Europe. The commission "notes with interest" Microsoft's announcement, CNET News reports, but adds that "Microsoft has apparently decided to supply retail consumers...