While Epic Games may not have charted an explosive headline grabbing win in its court battle with Apple, the presiding judge did acknowledge things need to change. Earlier today, Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers put an end to the first half ... Read more
Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commision refiled its antitrust suit levied at Facebook following a previous judicial dismissal. According to The Washington Post, "the FTC argues in its new filing that Facebook is in a class of its own and ... Read more
According to a report from Axios, Microsoft president Brad Smith explained the company's plan to expand its legal and corporate affairs unit by as much as 20 percent ahead of potential regulation battles. While Microsoft usually goes through an annual ... Read more
Despite the spotlight being on Google regarding anticompetitive business practices here in the US and abroad, Microsoft felt it was time to step back in the antitrust arena to offer its two cents on the matter. According to Axios reporting, ... Read more
Another antitrust complaint has been filed by the European Union against Amazon. The EU's new complaint alleges that the e-commerce storefront is leveraging data captured through its sales and attribution funnels to drive down competitive prices for other merchants on ... Read more
While the US Department of Justice may be expediting its antitrust case against Google based on a dubiously applied timeline, Google's latest defense can arguably be viewed as just as questionable. The US Justice Department, led by handpicked Trump appointee ... Read more
Barr and the Justice Department have tentatively scheduled to have a complaint filed by September 30, 2020,
The company may be leaning more on nostalgia than an actual case.
While it may seem as though Microsoft's GitHub acquisition is old news, the formality of the deal was still under legislative scrutiny in the EU. A report from Reuters confirms the EU is set to bless the union of Microsoft ... Read more
LinkedIn was dealt an unfortunate hand in its gamble to prevent start up hiQ Labs from accessing its public profile data hosted on its site.
Similar to Microsoft of yesteryear, Google is quickly finding out the bigger you become the bigger of a target that hangs around your neck.
The European Commission is telling Google to "stop its alleged anti-competitive practices" or else.
The EU has received commitments from Microsoft on the company's LinkedIn deal, and will be set to rule on the merger by December 6th
The European Union may still be seeking to bring an antitrust complaint against Google regarding its Android operating system.
Microsoft had, perhaps wisely, decided to stop being the front runner in a coalition designed to lobby for an investigative search into Google’s possible antitrust practices in the EU.
The on again, off again relationship between Microsoft and China appears to be on the rocks due to a new antitrust inquiry. The New York Times is reporting that Chinese regulators are poised to open a new antitrust investigation into ... Read more
Microsoft is embroiled in a US International Trade Commission case with InterDigital, Inc., over whether Microsoft should pay licensing fees for two mobile patents, or if they don't, if InterDigital can block the import of mobile devices using the patented technology ... Read more
It would be safe to assume that at any given time, Microsoft is in a courtroom pushing an agenda, defending a position or seeking payment of some kind. The pool of highly talented and extremely expensive Microsoft lawyers have gotten ... Read more
We reported earlier this month that the EU was in the early phases of launching an Antitrust case against advertisement firm and search engine giant, Google. About a week and a half ago, the European Commission was mulling over five ... Read more
There is a kind of hypocrisy in tech that seems to condemn the industry to repeat prior mistakes and reintroduce previously explored technologies. Many enthused by technology peer to the horizon searching for sunrise-shimmers of innovation, rather than sitting back ... Read more
Chinese antitrust authorities have opened an investigation into Microsoft's bundling practices. Accusing Microsoft of exhibiting anti-competitive behavior, Chinese officials are concerned with Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player being included in Microsoft Windows. These are the same concerns US and ... Read more