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The State AG Report – 03.13.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AGs and DOJ Submit Revised Final Judgment in Google...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

DOJ Scraps Proposal to Require Google to Sell AI Investments — AI: The Washington Report

The Department of Justice (DOJ), along with 38 state attorneys general, has backed away from part of its proposed remedy in the Google antitrust case that would have required Google to divest its AI investments and forgo...more

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AGs and DOJ Submit Revised Final Judgment in Google Antitrust Case

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A bipartisan coalition of 38 AGs and the DOJ has submitted a revised proposed final judgment in their antitrust lawsuit against Google, following a U.S. District Court ruling that Google violated the Sherman Act by...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 27 January 2025

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COMPETITION - Appeal brought on 3 December 2024 by European Commission against the judgment of the General Court of 18 September 2024 in Case T-334/19, Google and Alphabet Vs. Commission (Case C-826/24 P) Re: dismissal of...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 341 -- DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market

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The Justice Department's Antitrust Division has been aggressively pursuing civil enforcement actions.  While criminal enforcement of antitrust laws has been depressed, DOJ has found success in pursuing civil and merger...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Federal Court Searches for Answers in Antitrust Ad Tech Trial Against Google

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Since early September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) presented its case-in-chief against Google in a lawsuit accusing the company of anti-competitive and monopolistic practices in the complex digital advertising...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

‘Big Tech’ and Antitrust: Today’s Robber Barons or Victims of Enforcement Overreach?

In recent weeks, there have been several transformative developments that not only will profoundly impact antitrust and competition law but also shape the ability of so-called “Big Tech” to continue to dominate their...more

Mogin Law LLP

Google’s Default Distribution Deals Drive Search Monopoly Decision

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This week’s decision in United States v. Google represents a significant victory for the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and various state attorneys general, which successfully argued that Google has exercised...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

What’s Next? Google Found Liable In Search Monopolization Case with Remedies Phase To Come

On Monday, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a 277-page opinion finding Google liable for monopolizing the general search services and general search text ads markets....more

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Google and State AGs Defend Proposed $700M Antitrust Settlement Amid Judicial Scrutiny

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On April 17, a group of five state attorneys general (AG) and Google filed briefs defending the proposed $700 million settlement agreement reached in three antitrust suits brought against Google....more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Antitrust and Section 230: Where Are We After Gonzalez v. Google’s Dodge?

In an unsigned per curiam opinion yesterday in Gonzalez v. Google, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit’s judgment— which had held that plaintiffs’ complaint was barred by Section 230 of the Communications Decency...more

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Recent Legislation Opens the Door for More State Antitrust Lawsuits

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act (the “State AG Venue Act”). This law puts all businesses at risk of defending antitrust lawsuits across different jurisdictions...more

Foster Garvey PC

OTA & Travel Distribution Update: German and French antitrust authorities examine effects of pricing algorithms on competition;...

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Algorithms Under EU Scrutiny - (“Algorithms might raise collusion concerns, Franco-German study says,” MLex Insight on Nov 8, 2019) As many of you probably already know, algorithms are the heart and soul of most online...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Congress, Regulators, and Justice Department Gear Up to Investigate “Big Tech,” But Focus and Scope Under Current Law Remains...

U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and agencies charged with antitrust oversight have long been criticized for failing to act on alleged anticompetitive activity by the world’s largest technology companies—the so-called “Big Four”...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 5.23.2019 | Top Story: Deutsche Bank admits to using faulty AML software

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Deutsche Bank on Wednesday confirmed the basics of a recent German newspaper report that revealed that the bank “had used faulty software to screen customer transactions for suspicious activity” while claiming that “no...more

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An American Tech Company in King Brussels’ Court: A Cautionary Tale

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The European Union’s antitrust regulator recently imposed a record €2.42 billion fine against Google, finding that the company had “abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another...more

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EU Tells Google to Try Harder

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It’s official: on Wednesday, in a formal Statement of Objections, the European Union’s antitrust chief formally accused Google of abusing its dominant position in the web search arena. The European Commission is focused on...more

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