Donald Trump’s White House win could have a major impact on antitrust regulation and US policy toward the tech sector — including a pair of pending Justice Department cases against Google. Trump — a longtime Google critic who has accused the search giant of political bias and election interference — has nevertheless expressed reluctance to … Read more
High-powered lawyers representing Big Tech clients have co-hosted a series of blue-chip fundraisers for Kamala Harris’s campaign as the 2024 presidential election draws near – and antitrust watchdogs are crying foul. Last Thursday, a group of “antitrust lawyers and economists for Harris” held a virtual fundraiser featuring an appearance by former US Assistant Attorney General … Read more
McDonald’s claimed major beef suppliers — including Tyson — fixed prices at artificially high levels in a conspiracy that violated federal antitrust laws, according to an explosive lawsuit. The burger-and-fries giant claimed the beef suppliers agreed to manipulate and fix prices at “supracompetitive levels,” according to the suit filed on Friday in the US Eastern … Read more
A top lawyer for Google in the search giant’s landmark trial with the US government is also a key adviser to the Kamala Harris campaign — and tech antitrust watchdogs are calling the cozy relationship “outrageous,” The Post has learned. In a doubleheader that turned heads across the Beltway, Google attorney Karen Dunn last Tuesday … Read more
A Google executive boasted to co-workers the goal for the company’s budding online advertising business in 2009 was to “crush” rivals in the digital ad market, according to evidence presented Wednesday at the blockbuster federal antitrust trial targeting against the tech titan. The Justice Department highlighted remarks made by David Rosenblatt, Google’s former president of … Read more
The Kamala Harris campaign’s cozy ties with Big Tech have sparked worries that Google will be allowed to wiggle out of a proposed breakup of its search empire if she is elected president, The Post has learned. Harris is close to Paul Weiss – the white-shoe law firm leading Google’s defense in another major antitrust case targeting … Read more
The Justice Department is reportedly considering a push for a historic breakup of Google’s business empire after a federal judge ruled the Big Tech giant has an illegal monopoly over online search. DOJ attorneys could ask Judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell portions of its business – with potential candidates for divestment including … Read more
Elon Musk’s X has filed a bombshell antitrust lawsuit against a left-leaning advertising cartel and several member companies on Tuesday for allegedly targeting the site with an illegal ad boycott. In an open letter addressed to advertisers, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said the lawsuit will target the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, its parent firm … Read more
The judge who presided over the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL said the jury did not follow his instructions in determining damages. US District Judge Philip Gutierrez made the remark as he heard the NFL’s post-trial motion asking that Gutierrez rule for the league if he finds the plaintiffs did … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick J.D. Vance has openly praised the work of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, a sign that the agency’s broad approach to antitrust enforcement could enjoy some level of support from a second Trump administration. Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, joined the presidential ticket on Monday at the Republican National … Read more
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