Amazon, Facebook, and Google finished their testimony at last week’s antitrust hearing, but the House Judiciary Committee isn’t letting them out of the hot seat. Rep. David Cicilline, the chair… Read More
Authorities on both sides of the pond are now looking into whether Amazon behaves anti-competitively. It was tough week for the Seattle e-commerce giant on the regulatory front. It started… Read More
The European Commission is launching a formal investigation into whether Amazon uses its position to hurt competition in its marketplace after months of hinting at a possible inquiry. Europe’s competition… Read More
As Amazon preps for a big antitrust hearing in the U.S., reports are surfacing that the European Union is launching its own investigation into whether the Seattle tech giant engages… Read More
Execs from four of the top tech companies in the country will descend on Washington D.C. on Tuesday for a big antitrust hearing amid calls for stricter regulation of the… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to Apple on Monday that other big tech companies are no doubt watching closely. The justices voted 5-4 to allow a class action… Read More
Amazon is getting trounced by third-party sellers on its platform, has weathered some spectacular failures in the process of building its business, and “remains a small player in global retail.”… Read More
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s bold proposal to break up big tech companies —including Amazon, Google and Facebook — has ignited a debate over the power that the industry wields, while raising… Read More
Amazon made a key policy change on Monday, eliminating a rule that kept U.S.-based third-party merchants from selling identical products for cheaper prices outside of Amazon’s marketplace. Axios first reported… Read More
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s ambitious plan to regulate Facebook, Google and Amazon as utilities and roll back some of their biggest acquisitions, is a giant stake in the ground for… Read More
Microsoft, the tech powerhouse once maligned as the “evil empire,” is engaged in a radical shift, taking on the mantle of corporate responsibility and civic leadership. While its actions ring… Read More
German regulatory officials have launched an investigation to find out whether Amazon’s business practices toward sellers in its marketplace are unfair. Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, announced the probe Thursday… Read More
The European Union is looking into how Amazon handles data from smaller sellers in its marketplace. Regulators want to find out whether Amazon is using that information to gain an advantage… Read More
President Donald Trump continued to accuse top tech companies of using their power to promote a liberal agenda Thursday. He suggested that Google, Amazon, and Facebook raise antitrust concerns in… Read More
It sometimes feels that the “enemy hordes are at the gates,” in a way that Amazon hasn’t seen in years past. That was the assessment of one shareholder who quizzed… Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to prevent AT&T from gobbling up Time Warner for $85.4 billion, claiming the deal would “substantially lessen competition, resulting in higher… Read More
Google has been fined $2.7 billion by European regulators for using its dominance in the search engine market to favor its comparison shopping service over competitors like Amazon or eBay.… Read More
The European Commission has decided that terms offered up by Amazon sufficiently address concerns raised in a 2015 antitrust investigation over contracts between the Seattle retailer and e-book publishers. The European… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a possible running mate to Hillary Clinton, criticized acquisitions and conglomerates in the tech industry. She singled out… Read More
Microsoft executives have settled a year-long legal battle with a shareholder who wanted answers after a software glitch in 2011 caused the company to be fined $732 million for a defying antitrust laws… Read More
As expected, the European Commission announced formal charges today against Google, accusing the tech giant of abusing its position in the shopping search market and violating European antitrust law. In… Read More
After months of rumblings about potential action, it seems that the European Union is planning to accuse Google of antitrust violations. According to reports by the New York Times and… Read More
A confidential report prepared by staffers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission found that Google took product rankings from Amazon and other companies like Yelp and TripAdvisor to improve its… Read More
LG has agreed to pay $13 million in restitution to settle a price-fixing lawsuit brought by the Washington State Attorney General’s office. The suit, which was filed in 2010, alleges… Read More
A jury of eight people decided that Apple did not violate antitrust law in a decade-old case that alleged the company illegally locked users into its music ecosystem using DRM… Read More
A panel of three judges presiding over Apple’s appeal of the Justice Department’s e-book price fixing lawsuit may end up throwing a wrench into the government’s case. According to a… Read More
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be a key part of a case against the company that goes to trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of… Read More
The European Union Parliament is posed to call for Google to break up into multiple businesses over antitrust concerns, according to a draft resolution reported on by the Financial Times.… Read More
Apple has reached a settlement in an antitrust lawsuit brought by state Attorneys General and consumers over e-book price fixing, according to a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern… Read More
Apple has finally filed its much-anticipated appeal in the case brought against it by the U.S. Department of Justice, following a judgement last year that found the company guilty of… Read More