Google won’t have to sell Chrome. But the ruling could still have a significant impact on the tech giant – and the entire internet.
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After a lengthy litigation process, the NCAA will provide US$2.8 billion in back pay, while allowing schools to directly pay athletes for the first time.
The cases against Google, Meta, Apple and Amazon could profoundly shape the future of global technology.
Google’s antitrust worries are piling up in the US and in Europe. But the Trump administration isn’t pleased with EU regulatory efforts.
In some countries, consumers can sue private companies for anti-competitive behaviour. But it’s harder to do in Australia.
Turning two big supermarket companies into one even larger one could have harmed consumers and workers, the government said during its successful litigation.
One month after a US court ruled Google had an illegal monopoly on online search, the tech giant is back in court defending allegations it has also monopolised internet ads.
Google has a 90% market share of the market for general search engines.
US courts have had the power to break up badly behaving corporations for more than a century. There’s a bill before the Australian Senate that would give our courts the same power.
Why is the $50 million going to the government and not to those who overpaid for bread? The answer is complicated.
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write policies and invest.
A number of legal cases were brought forward by regulators this year, in a bid to hold major tech companies accountable.
It would be useful for China’s big tech firms to toe the party line. But the once mutually-beneficial relationship between these companies and the government is becoming increasingly strained.
American antitrust proceedings against Facebook represent a dramatic pivot, one that aligns the U.S. government with the global movement seeking greater public oversight of Big Tech.
While relying on internal documents can be controversial, Zuckerberg’s emails are so detailed and specific that they’re impossible to ignore.
Tech giants are not just surviving the pandemic; they’re thriving. In 2021 and in the post-pandemic era, anti-trust regulations in tech must be revamped.
App developers are increasingly unhappy with what they see as Apple’s anti-competitive practices. The problem is, when it comes to Apple devices, there’s nowhere else to go but the App Store.
To overcome the European Commission’s antitrust concerns about a dominant player in European bonds outside the EU, LSE is selling parts of the Italian Stock Exchange.
As the government considers antitrust action against big US technology companies, a global business scholar identifies four myths that need busting first.
The T-Mobile-Sprint merger is the latest example of weakened enforcement of antitrust laws, which reduces competition and exacerbates already-record levels of inequality.
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Director of the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, University of Waterloo
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Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University
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