The corporate logo of the UnitedHealth Group appears on the side of one of their office buildings in Santa Ana, California, U.S., April 13, 2020. Reuters / MIKE BLAKE The United States Department of Justice is suing to block UnitedHealth Group’s $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys, arguing that it would harm competition. The DOJ claims … Read more
The US Justice Department is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell off parts of its business in what would be a historic break-up of one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Antitrust enforcers are weighing a break-up to mitigate the Alphabet business’s dominance in search, the agency said in a court … Read more
China’s Xiaomi has asked India’s antitrust body to recall its report that found the company and Walmart’s Flipkart breached competition laws, arguing it contains commercial secrets, two people familiar with the matter said. Any recall of the Competition Commission of India report could delay its antitrust investigation, which began in 2021. In a rare move … Read more
Google won a court fight with the European Union over a €1.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) fine for thwarting competition for online ads, partly making up for last week’s crushing defeat in a separate judgment for abusing its monopoly powers. Judges at the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg backed the Alphabet unit’s challenge to a fine … Read more
Google was fined in 2017 for how it favored its own shopping search results over rival services. The fine was the first for the company in a slew of EU antitrust investigations, including a probe into advertising technology where the European Commission is weighing a break-up of the company’s businesses. Google is still fighting two … Read more
Dynamic pricing is not illegal, but the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it would look at whether Ticketmaster breached consumer protection laws by not giving people clear information about how tickets would be priced. The regulator has set up a website for Oasis fans to share their experiences. It is also likely to talk … Read more
Alibaba’s antitrust review comes to a close after 3 years of government scrutiny China’s market regulator has ended its antitrust review of Alibaba Group Holding and given the group full recognition after fining the e-commerce giant US$2.8 billion in 2021, according to an announcement on Friday. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), China’s market … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued RealPage on Friday after a two-year investigation that included an unannounced FBI raid of a national corporate landlord. The DOJ alleged that Richardson, Texas-based RealPage, which sells real estate software, decreased competition among landlords and artificially inflated rents for millions of tenants across the country. “We allege that … Read more
This article is part of the Brussels Survival Guide. There’s plenty to pay attention to in the new cohort entering the European Parliament — including, of course, the people. See below our guide on key figures across the policy palette. Céline Imart AGRICULTURAL DISRUPTOR European People’s Party, France A cereal farmer from Occitania in France, she … Read more
Vestager warned that artificial intelligence is “developing at breakneck speed.” She said they have “a number of other preliminary antitrust investigations ongoing into various practices in AI-related markets,” without giving any details. “We cannot just sit back and see how things pan out,” she said. “Now is the time to act. Strong competition enforcement is … Read more
