Consumers Sue Apple, Taking Page From US Justice Department Lawsuit March 26, 2024 By Mike Scarcella Apple has been hit with a flurry of new consumer lawsuits accusing the iPhone maker of monopolizing the smartphone market,...
Apple Antitrust Suit Mirrors Strategy That Beat Microsoft, but Tech Industry Has Changed March 22, 2024 By Mike Scarcella The U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple draws on the watershed 1998 case that broke Microsoft’s stranglehold on desktop software,...
US Judge Says Google Must Face Some Advertisers’ Antitrust Claims, Dismisses Others March 4, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Alphabet’s Google must face advertisers’ proposed class action lawsuit claiming that it monopolizes the ad exchange market, a U.S. judge...
Universities Settle Financial-Aid Antitrust Lawsuit for $166M February 26, 2024 By Mike Scarcella Dartmouth, Northwestern, Rice and Vanderbilt universities have agreed to pay a combined $166 million to resolve claims that they favored...
JD.com Wins Anti-Monopoly Lawsuit Against Alibaba December 29, 2023 Chinese online retailer JD.com 9618.HK said on Friday that it won a lawsuit against rival Alibaba 9988.HK, which was fined...
Amazon Asks Judge to Dismiss FTC Lawsuit, Says No Consumer Harm Shown December 11, 2023 By Diane Bartz Amazon.com asked a federal court on Friday to dismiss a U.S. government antitrust lawsuit which accuses the company of using...
New FTC Court Filing: Amazon Made $1B Through Secret Price Algorithm November 3, 2023 By Diane Bartz, Arriana McLymore and David Shepardson Amazon.com used a series of illegal strategies to boost profits at its online retail empire, including an algorithm that pushed...
College Athletes Are Fighting for a Cut of Billions Generated in Media Rights Deals October 17, 2023 By Ralph D. Russo At a reception attended by several university presidents in Manhattan, Arizona State President Michael Crowe was asked to ponder a...
Update: FTC Sues Amazon.com for Breaking Antitrust Law and Harming Consumers September 26, 2023 By Diane Bartz The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday and asked the court to consider...
Delta, United Must Face Class Action Over US Airfares September 13, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were ordered by a federal judge to face a consumer antitrust class action accusing...