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News Articles: antitrust

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces a lawsuit against Amazon in San Francisco on Wednesday.

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  • Business

California sues Amazon, alleging its policies cause higher prices everywhere

California's antitrust lawsuit alleges the company penalizes sellers and suppliers that offer cheaper prices at rival online stores.

September 14, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Facebook asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss the FTC's lawsuit alleging the company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to stifle competition in the social networking market.

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  • Technology

Facebook asks court to toss FTC lawsuit over its buys of Instagram and WhatsApp

The social network says the Federal Trade Commission's complaint is "without legal or factual support." The agency alleges Facebook buys promising rivals to stifle competition.

October 04, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
The Federal Trade Commission has accused Facebook of stifling competition when it bought Instagram and WhatsApp and cut off other would-be rivals from its data.

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  • Technology

Federal Trade Commission Refiles Suit Accusing Facebook Of Illegal Monopoly

The regulator is taking another swing at Facebook after a judge tossed out its initial effort in June. It accused the social media giant of illegally maintaining a monopoly.

August 19, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond

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  • Economy

The Untamed Rise Of Hospital Monopolies

America has seen decades of consolidation of its hospitals, raising prices for consumers. President Biden now wants to do something about it.

July 20, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
The executive order unveiled Friday includes plans to make it easier for people to fix their phones or other equipment themselves.

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  • Politics

How New Biden Rules Could Make It Easier To Buy Hearing Aids Or Fix Your Phone

In a new executive order, President Biden aims to kickstart competition for consumers, workers and farmers in ways both big and small, starting with a list of 72 initiatives.

July 09, 2021
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By:
  • Asma Khalid and
  • Roberta Rampton
President Biden wants the Federal Trade Commission to curtail the use of noncompete agreements as part of a larger push to promote competition in the U.S. economy.

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  • Business

Biden Moves To Restrict Noncompete Agreements, Saying They're Bad For Workers

In an executive order aimed at promoting competition, President Biden is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to ban or limit noncompete agreements that affect tens of millions of workers.

July 09, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan is one of the most prominent progressive voices calling for more aggressive curbs on the dominance of big companies.

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  • Technology

New FTC Chair Lina Khan Wants To Redefine Monopoly Power For The Age Of Big Tech

The new Federal Trade Commission chair's first big challenge will be rewriting a lawsuit against Facebook that a federal court tossed out earlier this week.

July 01, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on October 28, 2020.

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  • Technology

Facebook Gets Reprieve As Court Throws Out Major Antitrust Complaints

The decision is a blow to the Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general, who were pushing for the federal court to break up the social media giant.

June 29, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Lina Khan, here at her home in Larchmont, N.Y., in 2017, has been nominated to the Federal Trade Commission.

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  • Technology

Big Tech Showdown Looms As Biden Taps Top Critics Lina Khan, Tim Wu

Federal Trade Commission nominee Lina Khan and presidential adviser Tim Wu have advocated for new rules to curb the power of the tech giants.

March 22, 2021
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Shannon Bond
Google's search page is displayed on a laptop in an arranged photograph taken in New York on July 24. The tech giant was hit by a lawsuit from 38 attorneys general on Thursday, the third major legal challenge against Google in two months.

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  • Technology

Google Hit With Another Lawsuit Challenging Its Dominance

A bipartisan group of 38 attorneys general say Google abuses its power as the Internet's top search destination.

December 17, 2020
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Attorneys general led by Texas have been investigating Google's powerful role in the digital advertising market.

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  • Technology

Google Hit With 2nd Lawsuit Testing Its Monopoly Power — This One Over Digital Ads

Ten state attorneys general accuse the tech giant of abusing its power to manipulate the digital ad market and crush competitors.

December 17, 2020
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in 2019.

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  • Business

48 AGs, FTC Sue Facebook, Alleging Illegal Power Grabs To 'Neutralize' Rivals

The state and federal officials say Facebook's acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram violated competition laws and served to stifle rivals by giving the social network an unfair advantage.

December 10, 2020
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By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • Bobby Allyn
Amazon has long argued that it does not use seller-specific data to directly compete with its own products and has generally rejected accusations of anti-competitive behavior.

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  • Business

Amazon Faces Antitrust Charges From European Regulators

The EU says Amazon exploits data collected from other sellers for its own benefit. These are the first formal charges against the retail giant in a spate of antitrust probes in Europe and the U.S.

November 10, 2020
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
The Justice Department says Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) met privately with Apple chief Tim Cook in 2018 to discuss how their two companies could collaborate.

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  • Technology

Google Paid Apple Billions To Dominate Search On iPhones, Justice Department Says

An agreement worth up to $12 billion made Google the de facto choice for online search on millions of iPhones. Justice officials say the deal may be anticompetitive under U.S. law.

October 24, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The U.S. Justice Department is suing Google, accusing the tech giant of breaking antitrust laws as it has amassed power and grown into the world's most dominant search engine.

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  • Technology

Google Abuses Its Monopoly Power Over Search, Justice Department Says In Lawsuit

The antitrust lawsuit against Google is the most significant action the federal government has taken against a technology company in two decades. Google calls the lawsuit "deeply flawed."

October 21, 2020
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  • Bobby Allyn,
  • Shannon Bond,
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