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By Diane Bartz, Paresh Dave WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. states plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google as early as next month, according to two people briefed on the matter, potentially beating a more widely anticipated lawsuit from a different group of states led by Texas. FILE PHOTO: AfGoogle sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The pending legal actions follow an antitrust lawsuit… Source link

By Diane Bartz, Paresh Dave FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of state attorneys general plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google as early as next month, according to two people briefed on the matter. The lawsuit is separate from a widely anticipated Texas antitrust action that could also come before the end of the year. The… Source link

A coalition of 135 startups and tech companies with services in verticals including travel, accommodation and jobs have written to the European Commission to urge antitrust action against Google — warning that swift enforcement is needed or some of their businesses may not survive. They also argue the Commission needs to act now or it risks undermining its in-train reform of digital regulations — which is due to be lay out in draft form early next month. The letter has been inked… Source link

As the dust settles on last week’s elections with President-elect Joe Biden set to occupy the White House and Republicans to likely maintain control of the Senate, all industries are contemplating what this political climate will hold in store for them. Popular opinion remains mixed as to whether President-elect Biden will be more proactive in his policing of Silicon Valley and Big Tech compared to the previous Democratic administration, but most are certain the preexisting Justice… Source link

In mid-October, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a long-expected antitrust lawsuit against Google, one of the world’s largest and most influential companies. Claiming that Google has used deals with phone makers to keep its web search… Source link

India’s antitrust watchdog has opened an investigation into Google for allegedly abusing the dominant position of its app store and Android mobile operating system to promote its payments service in the world’s second largest internet market. In its Monday announcement (PDF) about opening an antitrust case against Google, Indian watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) said it would review claims whether Google “unfairly” skews the search results on… Source link

Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Late last month the Department of Justice filed a long-anticipated antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of engaging in anti-competitive practices. It’s the most aggressive challenge the DOJ has made against a tech giant since it accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices in 1997. The lawsuit homes in on Google’s… Source link

Google’s payments to Apple to promote its search engine in iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are at the center of the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. The suit alleges this creates a “continuous and self-reinforcing cycle of monopolization” by limiting which search engines consumers can use. But as someone who studies platform markets, competition and industry structure, I believe the agreement seems more like a damning indictment of Apple’s own… Source link

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