Antitrust Law

Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome browsers dominate the market, it said, with Safari accounting for 88% of browsers on Apple devices and Chrome accounting for 77% on devices running Google's AOS

The Italian watchdog fined Google 102 million euros ($106.7 million) in 2021 for blocking Enel's JuicePass on Android Auto

"The proposed amendments aim to strengthen the regulatory framework governing the recovery of monetary penalties, enhancing procedural clarity and efficiency," said CCI chairperson Ravneet Kaur

Pernod Ricard responds to reports of CCI raids over alleged retailer collusion to promote whisky brand

Canada's antitrust watchdog said Thursday it is suing Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct in the tech giant's online advertising business and wants the company to sell off two of its ad tech services and pay a penalty. The Competition Bureau said that such action is necessary because an investigation into Google found that the company "unlawfully" tied together its ad tech tools to maintain its dominant market position. The matter is now headed for the Competition Tribunal, a quasi-judicial body that hears cases brought forward by the competition commissioner about non-compliance with the Competition Act. The bureau is asking the tribunal to order Google to sell its publisher ad server, DoubleClick for Publishers, and its ad exchange, AdX. It estimates Google holds a market share of 90 per cent in publisher ad servers, 70 per cent in advertiser networks, 60 per cent in demand-side platforms and 50 per cent in ad exchanges. This dominance, the bureau said, has discouraged ..

The timing and decision on whether to go ahead with an investigation will be taken by incoming EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera in the coming months,

Apple contends that its iPhone business is constrained by Samsung Electronics Co and Alphabet Inc's Google but that is an argument the company can make at trial, Justice Dept attorney Lasken said

Firm told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words and copy lawyers as often as possible to avoid antitrust suits

As multiple high court cases delay its probe, the CCI now considers a Supreme Court petition to merge antitrust cases against Amazon, Flipkart, and certain other platform sellers

The European Commission, which opened an investigation into online social media platform X in May, will announce its decision next week

Google criticized the Justice Department's initial proposal as "radical," saying it would have "significant unintended consequences for consumers and businesses

The European Union's Court of Justice upheld a lower court's decision, rejecting the company's appeal against the 2.4 billion Euro ($ 2.7 billion) penalty from the European Commission

They said they were also prepared to commit to offer access to their joint network on pre-agreed terms to third-party operators with 2.5 million or fewer customers

To explain how long appeals can take, Pichai pointed to Google's victory against a $1.7 billion antitrust fine in the European Union General Court last week- more than 4 years after it was levied

Any recall of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) report could delay its antitrust investigation, which began in 2021

A break-up order could come at a later stage if Google continues its anti-competitive practices, they said, pointing to a precedent setting case involving Microsoft two decades ago

Indian antitrust investigation reports have found Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws by giving preference to select sellers and priority to certain listings, hurting competition

One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology. The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintains a monopoly over the technology that matches online publishers to advertisers. Dominance over the software on both the buy side and the sell side of the transaction enables Google to keep as much as 36 cents on the dollar when it brokers sales between publishers and advertisers, the government contends in court papers. Google says the government's case is based on an internet of yesteryear, when desktop computers ruled and internet users carefully typed precise World Wide Web addresses into URL fields. Advertisers now are more likely to turn to social media companies like TikTok or streaming TV services like Peacock to reach audiences. In recent years, Google Networks, the division of the ...

Among those now asked for the return of the reports are Match and Indian startup group ADIF, which represents financial giant Paytm

Bijoya Roy was part of Pernod India's leadership team and also led its compliance division