antitrust
Unbundling Teams from Microsoft Office might not suffice to comply with the EU’s competition rules, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said today (4 June). Last October, the company decided to separate the services after the European Commission launched a formal investigation into the tech giant in July 2023 over concerns that it gave its messaging and videoconferencing app Teams an unfair advantage over its competitors by including it within its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 packages. Speaking at a media roundtable in Brussels, Smith said that despite much being done to resolve the ...
Euronews (English)
Google's pivot to artificial intelligence has news publishers freaking out—and running to the government. "Agency intervention is necessary to stop the existential threat Google poses to original content creators," the News/Media Alliance—a major news industry trade group—wrote in a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It asked the agencies to use antitrust authority "to stop Google's latest expansion of AI Overviews," a search engine innovation that Google has been rolling out recently. Disrupting the Search Status QuoGoogle's plain old top-of-page...
Reason
Airline staff representatives today (28 May) called for Brussels to act rapidly to allow Lufthansa’s €325m purchase of Italy's state-owned ITA Airways stock. The letter seen by Euronews adds to pressure on Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s lead antitrust official, as time runs out for her to take a view on the deal. “A quick and positive decision" on the merger can “signal that you, the EU Commission, are focusing on strength, competitiveness in a fair market environment and growth in Europe,” said the letter, dated 28 May and signed by 11 aviation unions including Germany’s ver.di...
Euronews (English)
After a five-year-long investigation, the EU executive found Mondelēz illegally restricted retailers from sourcing their products from member states where prices were lower, allowing the US packaged food company to maintain higher prices. “This harms consumers who end up paying more for chocolates, biscuits and coffee. It's a key concern to European citizens and even more obvious in times of very high inflation, where many are in a cost of living crisis,” Commission Vice-President Vestager told a press conference today (23 May). She announced a fine of €337.5 for Mondelēz for breaching EU anti...
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The latest move of a senior European Commission antitrust official to a private law firm has prompted a probe by the EU’s Ombudsman, who is worried about conflicts of interest. Revolving doors between the private and public sector can have a “corrosive effect” on public trust, fueling euroscepticism and undermining EU interests, said Emily O’Reilly, in a letter published today (22 May). In an 8 May press release, law firm Paul, Weiss announced the hire of Henrik Morch, a director in the Commission’s antitrust arm with a 30-year career. The New York-based law firm cited Morch’s “extensive exper...
Euronews (English)
Lawyers for the US government and Google are presenting closing arguments in the largest US antitrust case in years this week. US District Judge Amit Mehta is set to issue a ruling in the late summer or early autumn. If he decides Google broke the law, another trial will determine how to rein in its market power. The judge went back and forth with Google's main litigator, John Schmidtlein, on the first day of the trial's closing arguments. Mehta questioned whether another company had the money and data necessary to develop a search engine to compete with Google. “It seems to be very, very unli...
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Ryanair is facing an antitrust probe over an accusation that it took unfair advantage of its market dominance in Italy, Il Messaggero newspaper has reported. The Italian antitrust regulator, which is expected to publish a decision shortly, is investigating whether Ryanair acted in a way that caused "serious and irreparable" damages to other travel agencies, other airlines, and passengers. The authority has claimed that Ryanair did not allow tour operators to access its offers and discounts on its website on several occasions, which may have forced these firms to offer higher prices. Ryanair wi...
Euronews (English)
Washington (AFP) - Meta, maison mère des réseaux sociaux Facebook et Instagram, a demandé vendredi à un juge fédéral de mettre fin aux poursuites lancées par l'autorité américaine de la concurrence contre le groupe et qui pourraient forcer ce dernier à céder Instagram et WhatsApp. Les poursuites, lancées en décembre 2020 par la Federal Trade Commission (FTC), concernent les acquisitions par Meta de ce réseau social et de cette messagerie instantanée. Selon l'autorité, ces achats visaient à mettre fin à la concurrence sur le marché des réseaux sociaux. Dans sa demande déposée devant le juge afi...
AFP (Français)
Washington (AFP) - Facebook giant Meta on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a case from a powerful US antitrust authority that could see the social media juggernaut forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. The lawsuit, filed in December 2020 by the Federal Trade Commission, centers on Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, which the FTC argues stifled competition in the market for social networks. In the usual practice of trying to have the case dismissed before reaching trial, Meta said in a motion that its acquisitions were "good for consumers and businesses" and won approval by ...
AFP
San Francisco (AFP) - Google parent Alphabet has agreed to pay $700 million as part of an antitrust settlement made public on Monday, with the funds going to US customers of its Android app store and state governments. Dozens of US states had joined forces in a lawsuit filed in July 2021 that accused Google of abusing its power regarding consumer access to apps on mobile devices running its Android operating system. As part of the settlement, the company will make changes to its Google Play app store to reduce competition barriers for developers, including by implementing the ability for apps ...
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