Antitrust Hearing

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court's decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an antitrust challenge by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," to the way Apple runs its lucrative App Store, handing the software company a setback in its lengthy legal battle again

Meta Platforms offered to curb the use of competitors' advertising data for its Facebook Marketplace online classified service in an attempt to settle an EU antitrust investigation but regulators gave it the cold shoulder, people familiar with the matter said.

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on October 10 the cross-pleas of Google and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) challenging the verdict of an appellate tribunal in a case related to Google's alleged anti-competitive practices in the android mobile device case. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Nar...

Facebook owner Meta will contest EU antitrust charges at a closed hearing on Friday in a bid to stave off a possible hefty fine after regulators charged it with tying its classified advertisements service to its social network, people familiar with the matter said.

Apple said on Monday it will ask the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge's order in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store.

Apple will on Friday seek to fend off a revised EU antitrust charge and possible hefty fine linked to claims it prevents music streaming companies such as Spotify from informing users of other buying options outside its App Store. The iPhone maker will set out its arguments to senior European Commission officials and their peers at national competi...

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is set to testify on July 13 before the House Judiciary Committee led by Republicans who have sharply criticized her leadership of the antitrust enforcement agency, the committee and commission confirmed on Friday.

US District Judge Edward Davila granted the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request to temporarily block Microsoft’s acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard and set a hearing next week. The two-day evidentiary hearing is set for June 22–23 in San Francisco, to decide whether a preliminary injunction would be necessary. Without a co...

US chipmaker Broadcom's Chief Executive Hock Tan on Friday will try to convince EU antitrust enforcers that his proposed $61 billion (nearly Rs. 4,98,300 crore) bid for cloud computing firm VMware, which has triggered scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic, is pro-competitive. VMware President Sumit Dhawan will appear remotely at the hearing. There...

Alphabet asked a US federal judge on Monday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that Google illegally abused its dominance of online advertising. The government filed the ad tech lawsuit in January along with eight states. However, Google has denied the allegations.

Microsoft won the dismissal of a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over its $69 billion (about Rs. 5,70,300 crore) proposed purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, but the plaintiffs were given 20 days to refine their legal challenge. The federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the lawsuit from a group of video game plaintiffs "lacks...

Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday will seek to convince EU antitrust regulators at a closed hearing that the US software giant's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,800 crore) bid for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard will boost competition. Smith will lead a delegation of 18 senior executives, including Microsoft Gaming Chief Executive Off...

The Competitions Commission of India has denied allegations by Google that its investigators had "copy-pasted" parts of a European ruling against the US firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android platform. The comments came at a hearing in India's Supreme Court, where Google is seeking to block the CCI ruling.

Google was asked by the Supreme Court on Monday whether the company would put in place the same regime in India as it has in Europe with respect to the pre-installed apps in Android-based mobile phones. The apex court is hearing Google's appeal against an NCLAT order refusing to stay an antitrust order by the CCI against the company, and the matter...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by Apple to a lower court's decision requiring changes to certain rules in its lucrative App Store, as the justices shunned the lengthy legal battle between the iPhone maker and Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an antitrust challenge by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game "Fortnite," to the way Apple runs its lucrative App Store, handing the software company a setback in its lengthy legal battle again

Meta Platforms offered to curb the use of competitors' advertising data for its Facebook Marketplace online classified service in an attempt to settle an EU antitrust investigation but regulators gave it the cold shoulder, people familiar with the matter said.

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on October 10 the cross-pleas of Google and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) challenging the verdict of an appellate tribunal in a case related to Google's alleged anti-competitive practices in the android mobile device case. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Nar...

Facebook owner Meta will contest EU antitrust charges at a closed hearing on Friday in a bid to stave off a possible hefty fine after regulators charged it with tying its classified advertisements service to its social network, people familiar with the matter said.

Apple said on Monday it will ask the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge's order in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store.

Apple will on Friday seek to fend off a revised EU antitrust charge and possible hefty fine linked to claims it prevents music streaming companies such as Spotify from informing users of other buying options outside its App Store. The iPhone maker will set out its arguments to senior European Commission officials and their peers at national competi...

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is set to testify on July 13 before the House Judiciary Committee led by Republicans who have sharply criticized her leadership of the antitrust enforcement agency, the committee and commission confirmed on Friday.

US District Judge Edward Davila granted the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request to temporarily block Microsoft’s acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard and set a hearing next week. The two-day evidentiary hearing is set for June 22–23 in San Francisco, to decide whether a preliminary injunction would be necessary. Without a co...

US chipmaker Broadcom's Chief Executive Hock Tan on Friday will try to convince EU antitrust enforcers that his proposed $61 billion (nearly Rs. 4,98,300 crore) bid for cloud computing firm VMware, which has triggered scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic, is pro-competitive. VMware President Sumit Dhawan will appear remotely at the hearing. There...

Alphabet asked a US federal judge on Monday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that Google illegally abused its dominance of online advertising. The government filed the ad tech lawsuit in January along with eight states. However, Google has denied the allegations.

Microsoft won the dismissal of a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over its $69 billion (about Rs. 5,70,300 crore) proposed purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, but the plaintiffs were given 20 days to refine their legal challenge. The federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the lawsuit from a group of video game plaintiffs "lacks...

Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday will seek to convince EU antitrust regulators at a closed hearing that the US software giant's $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,800 crore) bid for Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard will boost competition. Smith will lead a delegation of 18 senior executives, including Microsoft Gaming Chief Executive Off...

The Competitions Commission of India has denied allegations by Google that its investigators had "copy-pasted" parts of a European ruling against the US firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android platform. The comments came at a hearing in India's Supreme Court, where Google is seeking to block the CCI ruling.

Google was asked by the Supreme Court on Monday whether the company would put in place the same regime in India as it has in Europe with respect to the pre-installed apps in Android-based mobile phones. The apex court is hearing Google's appeal against an NCLAT order refusing to stay an antitrust order by the CCI against the company, and the matter...