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Farm machinery giant John Deere plows into two right-to-repair lawsuits
It's Deere hunting season in Illinois and Alabama
25 Jan 2022 00:18 | 71
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Legal
Facebook files challenge to UK Giphy buyout ban by complaining CMA was 'unfair' and 'irrational'
They really want that display ad and user tracking service
05 Jan 2022 16:58 | 14
Legal
India’s competition regulator launches probes into Apple over App Store fees and access
04 Jan 2022 04:58 | 6
Legal
India takes Amazon’s biggest local e-tail alliance out of its shopping cart
Regulator says US giant lied about deal with Future Coupons, which responded by stabbing Amazon in the front
20 Dec 2021 04:02 | 15
Personal Tech
UK's antitrust watchdog is very angry and has written a letter telling Apple and Google how angry it is with them
Shocked, shocked, to find that anti-competitive behavior is going on in here
15 Dec 2021 08:24 | 29
Legal
Amazon fined €1.13bn by Italy's antitrust authorities for abusing its power
'Use our logistics service or don't. It'll cost you either way.'
10 Dec 2021 06:36 | 27
Interview
Nextcloud boss: You gotta fight … for your right … to 'plug into Windows and offer the exact same service'
It's the browser wars all over again – but this time it's cloud storage
02 Dec 2021 10:00 | 22
Personal Tech
Antitrust battle latest: Google, Facebook 'colluded' to smash Apple's privacy protections
Amended Texas complaint alleges backroom efforts to maintain ad dominance and more
22 Oct 2021 22:51 | 38
Personal Tech
Amazon abuses dominance to keep wholesaler prices high, says DC AG in updated antitrust complaint
Minimum Margin Agreement policy is anticompetitive, it is claimed
13 Sep 2021 22:10 | 6
Personal Tech
Er, no, we would like to continue suing Facebook, US state AGs tell courts
Legal eagles determined to overturn decision to throw out antitrust lawsuit targeting Instagram, Whatsapp acquisitions
28 Jul 2021 23:16 | 7
Applications
Three-dozen US states plus DC sue Google over Play Store's revenue cut, payment system, and more
Chocolate Factory rolls its eyes at 'meritless' antitrust lawsuit
08 Jul 2021 01:49 | 12
Personal Tech
Court kills FTC, US states' antitrust complaints against trillion-dollar Facebook
Watchdog has 30 days to try again or let it go
29 Jun 2021 01:31 | 13
Legal
UK's competition watchdog preps to shoulder post-Brexit workload from European Commission
Apparently Eastenders' Phil Mitchell is in charge these days - it sounds fighty
28 Jun 2021 16:19 | 41
Legal
These six proposed bipartisan antitrust laws put Big Tech in the cross-hairs – and a House committee just OK'd them
Well, it's a start
24 Jun 2021 23:35 | 10
Legal
£1bn lawsuit by Google Shopping rival staggers back to feet in London High Court
Judge rules in Chocolate Factory's favour during prelims of 2015-era case
23 Jun 2021 08:30 | 5
PaaS + IaaS
Big Tech critic Lina Khan confirmed as FTC chairwoman
Promises to 'safeguard fair competition and protect consumers, workers, and honest businesses ... with vigor'
16 Jun 2021 00:38 | 8
Personal Tech
Ohio Attorney General asks courts to declare Google a public utility
Yup, just a Republican wanting a private business to be subjected to more government regulation
09 Jun 2021 02:14 | 15
Personal Tech
Amazon hit with antitrust lawsuit after DC AG says TTFN to price fixing
It started out as an innocent book store and now it's Barnes & Ignoble
25 May 2021 23:04 | 14
Applications
Italian monopoly watchdog asks Google to cough up a few euros for illegally blocking an Android Auto app
Web giant tells us it's considering its response to €100m fine demand
13 May 2021 23:07 | 7
Legal
Who'd have thought the US senator who fist pumped Jan 6 insurrectionists would propose totally unworkable anti-Big Tech law?
This one seems as well thought-out as his Capitol rally salute
13 Apr 2021 21:44 | 99
Legal
China whacks Alibaba with US$2.8bn fine for breaking antitrust rules
Alibaba takes it on the chin, apologises, promises to do better (and maybe feels it got off lightly with fine of 4% of revenue)
12 Apr 2021 05:11 | 16
Updated
US watchdog kills off four-year antitrust complaint against Qualcomm, still insists it was right anyway
FTC cites 'significant headwinds' in trying to fight the San Diego chipmaker
30 Mar 2021 20:58 | 5
Analysis
Google, Facebook, Amazon et al look on nervously as Biden bumps anti-Big Tech warriors into key posts
Tim Wu, Lina Khan may be internet mega-corps' worst nightmares
10 Mar 2021 00:57 | 21
Applications
UK monopoly watchdog launches probe after iOS app makers slam Apple software store's draconian T&Cs
The walls are closing in on the iGiant
05 Mar 2021 07:34 | 33
Software
Facebook appeals ruling that it stole tech. So, Italian judge issues new judgment: Pay 10 times the original fine
Everyone’s favorite social media giant ordered to pay 3.8m euros
06 Jan 2021 08:01 | 43
Special Report
As Uncle Sam continues to clamp down on Big Tech, Apple pelted with more and more complaints from third-party App Store devs
El Reg lends our ear to companies and developers struggling to survive in Apple's cruel, cruel App Store world
31 Dec 2020 16:00 | 96
Personal Tech
In this week’s episode of Texas Attorney General: Google faces lawsuit accusing it of crushing ad-tech rivals
Antitrust legal challenge also claims web giant accessed encrypted WhatsApp messages
16 Dec 2020 22:06 | 13
Personal Tech
Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face
Multi-AG, FTC antitrust lawsuits focus on 'the wrath of Mark', potential break-up of social media giant
09 Dec 2020 20:55 | 42
Personal Tech
Remember Ask Jeeves? It's still alive, kinda, and Google seems keen to show it the door once and for all
IAC calls foul over Chrome extensions spat, complicated by antitrust case
07 Dec 2020 21:02 | 32
SaaS
Google tells court: Our rivals gave US govt confidential dirt on us to fuel antitrust case. Now we want to see it
Dept of Justice lawyers: No way
17 Nov 2020 00:23 | 11
Legal
China’s competition agency floats Internet-age anti-monopoly law upgrade
Share prices of China’s internet giants slump in wake of call for comment
11 Nov 2020 03:57 | 5
On-Prem
European Commission to take a closer look at how Amazon uses business data of third-party sellers using its platform
Preliminary view is that antitrust rules have been breached
10 Nov 2020 14:45 | 22
Legal
India launches Google antitrust probe and Google mostly shrugs it off
The usual stuff in the spotlight: Google Pay crowding out rivals, search algo bias
10 Nov 2020 06:30 | 5
Legal
Today's tech giants won't be as naive as I was in DoJ dealings, says former Microsoft chief Bill Gates
'I didn’t realise that our success would lead to government attention'
22 Oct 2020 12:53 | 33
Personal Tech
Kick Google all you like, Mozilla tells US government, so long as we keep getting our Google-bucks
In case you've forgotten: Google sends Mozilla about $400m a year
21 Oct 2020 08:02 | 35
Analysis
What does everyone make of today's Google antitrust action? Only the stock market is happy with the status quo
Some state AGs feel US govt lawsuit is limited, tech groups worry about implications
20 Oct 2020 22:45 | 48
Analysis
Google screwed rivals to protect monopoly, says Uncle Sam in antitrust lawsuit: We go inside the Sherman parked on a Silicon Valley lawn
Search engine giant has officially become 1990s Microsoft
20 Oct 2020 18:31 | 105
Personal Tech
Clowns to the left to me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with EU: Google faces antitrust war with America, China
Search, mobile OS domination under fire from both sides of the planet
01 Oct 2020 02:58 | 11
Legal
Five Eyes nations start new club for competition regulators and paint target on digital giants
Joint investigations imagined, complete with sharing of confidential info gleaned from local probes
03 Sep 2020 07:29 | 11
Personal Tech
Apple coughs $84m to settle South Korean market abuse case
Promises to support local businesses and stop forcing local carriers paying for ads and iThing fixes
25 Aug 2020 05:15 | 4
Analysis
At historic Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google CEOs hearing, congressmen ramble, congresswomen home in on tech market abuse
We watched six hours of congressional hearings so you didn’t have to
30 Jul 2020 01:20 | 48
Personal Tech
Google: OK, OK, we pinky promise not to suck Fitbit health data into the borg. Now will you approve the sale?
EU antitrust folks give themselves two weeks to think about it
14 Jul 2020 21:28 | 20
Updated
Consumer orgs ask world's competition watchdogs: Are you really going to let Google walk off with all Fitbit's data?
It's like the Chocolate Factory isn't dominant enough already
02 Jul 2020 12:15 | 31
Science
Oh good, the FTC has discovered acqui-hires... American watchdog to probe decade of Big Tech takeovers
Hope they've got a dump truck or three to deliver paperwork covering years of acquisitions
11 Feb 2020 20:30 | 13
Legal
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, so the EU is investigating Google to get some more money in its hat
Because eight billion euros just ain’t enough
03 Dec 2019 07:01 | 29
SaaS
Top American watchdog refuses to release infamous 2012 dossier into Google’s anti-competitive behavior
FTC tells Senator staff reports are confidential
01 Nov 2019 21:48 | 41
Legal
Euro competition chief mulls forcing tech giants to prove their actions aren't harming market
Wouldn't it be nice if they did more of the legwork?
31 Oct 2019 14:25 | 20
Personal Tech
Privacy? Watchdogs? Fines? Whatever, nerds, more people than ever are using Facebook and filling its deep coffers
Zuck to Uncle Sam: Go ahead, regulate me, regulate me like the naughty little founder I am
24 Jul 2019 22:51 | 19
Comment
Anyone else find it weird that the bloke tasked with probing tech giants for antitrust abuses used to, um, work for the same tech giants?
No, of course not. It's all perfectly fine
13 Jun 2019 21:29 | 79
Analysis
US watchdog legal fight against Qualcomm and pushy chip deals closes with argument over how awful lawyers are
FTC calls for end of smartphone modem 'monopoly', Qualy quietly confident of victory
30 Jan 2019 23:52 | 11
Legal
41% of Brit biz: Setting up a price-rigging cartel is all good... isn't it?
Competition regulator: Yeah, no
22 Oct 2018 15:27 | 7
Analysis
On Android, US antitrust can go where nervous EU fears to tread
Trustbusters R us
24 Jul 2018 09:41 | 47
Comment
Why Google won't break a sweat about EU ruling
If you're expecting Tizens, Fires or alt-droids to flower, don't hold your breath
20 Jul 2018 10:53 | 100
Analysis
Fork it! Google fined €4.34bn over Android, has 90 days to behave
Vows to appeal as Euro competition commissioner says: Stop it now
18 Jul 2018 12:37 | 260
Personal Tech
Apple fanbois ride to the aid of iGiant in patent spat with Qualcomm
Consumers attempt to block chip flinger's attempt to block sale of devices without their kit
29 Jun 2018 11:59 | 15
Interview
Why the 'feudal' tech monopolies run rings around competition watchdogs
Rather than break up Google, can we try owning our data?
22 Jun 2018 13:32 | 63
Software
Apple hauled into US Supreme Court over, no, not ebooks, patents, staff wages, keyboards... but its App Store
'Monopoly' game continues
18 Jun 2018 17:53 | 41
OSes
Lessons learned from Microsoft's ghosts of antitrust past: Step up, Facebook
I see the world + its govt are taking an interest in you. Would you like some help with that?
30 May 2018 13:56 | 26
Legal
On 20th anniversary of Microsoft antitrust, US Treasury Sec calls for Google monopoly probe
Europe, America getting twitchy about web search dominance
21 May 2018 19:05 | 40
Updated
DRAM makers sued (yet again) for 'fixing prices' (yet again) of chips
Stop us if you've heard this one: Samsung, Micron, and Hynix walk into a courtroom...
30 Apr 2018 21:33 | 23
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