Search Results for: anticompetitive

A US jury decided Monday that Google’s current app store policies violate Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act as well as the California Cartwright Act. Sometime next year, there will be a separate judicial process to determine the penalty that Google will suffer as a result of the jury’s Monday decision. Epic Games, [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 states sued Amazon on Tuesday for anticompetitive conduct that, they claim, has helped it maintain its “monopoly power” in the online superstore market and the online marketplace services market. The federal and state governments are asking that the US District Court for the Western District of Washington [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued retail platform Amazon.com Wednesday over allegations that Amazon deceived users into purchasing renewable subscriptions to its Prime service, which allows customers to save on delivery fees. The FTC claims that Amazon “duped millions of customers” into “unknowingly” purchasing these subscriptions through deceptive web design. In a heavily redacted [...]

Sony on Monday sought leave to file a reply explaining why it needs more time to argue against Microsoft’s allegedly overbroad subpoena in an ongoing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust lawsuit concerning Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Call of Duty manufacturer, Activision Blizzard. Sony is not a party to the FTC lawsuit against Microsoft but as [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday filed a federal antitrust complaint against Google LLC, which alleged that Google’s monopolization of “multiple digital advertising technology products” violated Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The DOJ’s 153-page complaint alleged that Google abused its monopoly power regarding its ad tech products, which disadvantaged other website [...]

India’s Competition Commission Thursday imposed a provisional penalty of Rs. 1137.76 crores ($162 million) on Google for anti-competitive practices in the Android devices market. The regulator found that Google abused its dominant position in five markets: (1) licensable OS for smart mobile devices in India; (2) app store for Android smart mobile OS in India; [...]

California Attorney General Rob Bonta Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against ecommerce company Amazon, accusing the company of stifling competition and creating artificial pricing floors. The 84-page complaint was filed in San Francisco Superior Court and argues that Amazon’s anticompetitive practices are in violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law and Cartwright Act. The lawsuit mirrors [...]

A federal class action antitrust complaint was filed Wednesday against Google for allegedly leveraging its dominance in the GPS navigation mapping market through improperly and unlawfully connecting Google Maps, Waze, and related services.  This allegedly locks app developers into the “Google ecosystem” and subjects them to “egregious and anticompetitive price hikes.” The lawsuit was jointly [...]

The Superior Court of the District of Columbia Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by DC Attorney General Karl Racine against Amazon for violating the District of Columbia Antitrust Act. Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo granted the motion to dismiss. Racine filed suit in May of 2021 on behalf of the District. The complaint alleged that Amazon’s pricing [...]

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday ruled that California’s net neutrality law, SB 822, can remain in place, holding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2017 decision to reverse federal internet protections cannot bar state action. SB 822 is aimed at protecting the free and open internet by restoring the net neutrality protections afforded by [...]