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Navigating Consumer Protection: The CFPB's Expanding Reach — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Episode 341 -- DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market
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State AG Pulse | The Laboratories of Democracy
Interview With Ayesha Minhaj, Google - Digital Planning Podcast
Insurtech Briefly Podcast: Licensing, Google and Lead Gens
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Andy Warhol's Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part Two)
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Episode 169 -- DOJ Files Antitrust Case Against Google
Do I need permission to use images from Google on my website?
Data Privacy Trouble Surrounding Google Street View Cars Presents Lesson for Smaller Companies
Weekly Brief: New Round of Layoffs Hit Law Firms
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Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the...more
On April 8, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) announced the appointment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday as the new co-chair of NAAG’s Consumer Protection Committee. The Committee’s mission is...more
This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for March. The following events merit special attention...more
Bienvenue à l’édition de mars de l’infolettre Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes présente...more
Welcome to the March issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more
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
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
In recent developments, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has amended its approach in the antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google, refocusing its legal strategy in tackling the perceived monopolistic control exerted by...more
The government’s antitrust case against Google’s Search business passed another milestone with the government’s proposal of a remedies “framework” to loosen Google’s monopoly grip on the general search services and search...more
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
The fight over the lucrative app market ropes another manufacturer into the fray. Nine months after persuading a jury that Google LLC had monopolized the markets for Android app distribution and in-app billing, Epic Games has...more
In its 18 September 2024 ruling, the General Court of the European Union annulled the €1.5 billion fine that the European Commission had imposed on Google in 2019 for allegedly abusing its dominant position in online search...more
On August 5, 2024, District Judge Amit P. Mehta (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia) ruled in United States v. Google LLC that Google violated §2 of the Sherman Act by monopolizing the internet search engine market....more
The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more
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
Although Google fought tooth and nail against it, a win for an underdog video game developer means the Google Play Store could likely soon look a lot different for Android users. Google met its match in December when Epic...more
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
On June 5, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) in Texas v. Google, LLC ruled that the State Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2021 applies to pending state antitrust enforcement actions, including to actions the...more
In perhaps the first case addressing transfer of a federal antitrust action to an MDL court, Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Alexandria Division of the EDVA recently denied a motion to transfer an antitrust action against Google...more
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
In a significant action, DOJ’s Antitrust Division filed a complex complaint against Google charging it with a long-time scheme over 15 years to monopolize the digital advertising market. DOJ was joined by Attorneys General of...more
In July 2022, the FTC brought an enforcement action to enjoin Meta’s acquisition of virtual reality app maker Within. The FTC’s approach in that complaint could have implications for Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of...more
..Two shifts in merger control enforcement in the U.S. have emerged that are impacting the technology space: an increase in challenges of vertical transactions and increased scrutiny and enforcement with respect to deals...more
The U.S. antitrust laws are slow to keep up with technical innovation and changing marketplaces. Nowhere is that more evident than in the tech sector, where companies and other players in the market do not fit neatly into...more
Last week was momentous for the Federal Trade Commission. First, the campaign use antitrust to reign in “Big Tech” faced a setback as the United States District Court for District of Columbia dismissed the FTC’s suit against...more