Antitrust

Google Settles Lawsuit, Commits $500M to Compliance Overhaul
Background: “Don’t Be Evil” Meets Intensified Scrutiny Since its early days, Google’s unofficial motto ...

Meta’s Breakup Threat: FTC Monopoly Trial Concludes
After a seven-week antitrust trial, Meta’s fate hangs in the balance as Judge James ...

VMware Partners Call for Regulatory Action Against Broadcom
Introduction A report released by the European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) today criticizes Broadcom’s ...

Meta Fights ‘Enshittification’ Claims in FTC Monopoly Case
Trial Background and FTC Allegations The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought its landmark monopoly ...

Google’s Search Antitrust Trial: Recap and Next Steps
High Stakes in the AI Era Last year, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta ...

Google Responds to Apple on AI’s Search Impact
The high-stakes antitrust trial targeting Google’s search business has entered its decisive phase, with ...

Apple’s Safari to Integrate AI Search: Insights and Implications
Introduction In highly anticipated testimony during the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust trial against ...

Kindle and Apps Capitalize on iOS App Store Changes
Background: Epic Games Litigation and the Federal Injunction In September 2021, Epic Games filed ...

Spotify Responds to Apple’s Open Payments: Analysis
In the wake of a federal judge’s blistering ruling that Apple was in “willful ...

Court Orders Apple to Reinstate Fortnite on iOS
In a landmark injunction issued April 30, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez ...

Pichai: DOJ Data-License Mandate is a De Facto Search Spin-Off
Background: DOJ’s Antitrust Case Against Google On April 30, 2025, Google CEO Sundar Pichai ...

TP-Link Router Pricing Faces Antitrust Scrutiny
Bloomberg has reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting a criminal ...

Google Reveals 350M Monthly Gemini Users, Trails ChatGPT
During day three of the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust remedies trial, Google revealed ...

Meta’s Power Play: Facebook Bias and Instagram’s Growth Issues
At the heart of the FTC’s landmark antitrust trial against Meta, Instagram co‑founder Kevin ...

OpenAI Considers Chrome Acquisition for AI-First Browsing
The remedy phase of the Department of Justice’s antitrust trial against Google has kicked ...

Google’s Antitrust Crossroads: The Future of Chrome and Online Competition
The remedy phase of Google’s search antitrust trial is now underway in a case ...

Google’s Antitrust Verdict: Ad Tech Empire at Risk
The court has delivered a resounding decision that finds Google guilty of illegally leveraging ...

Zuckerberg’s 2012 Email: Meta’s Acquisition Strategy
In a dramatic opening to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust trial, a 2012 ...

FTC Under Republican Control: Impacts Ahead
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is undergoing a major transformation as it now comprises ...

Apple’s $20B Search Deal Faces Antitrust Challenges
Apple is facing a significant setback in its attempts to preserve the multibillion-dollar search ...