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Google wins landmark EU antitrust battle, easing legal pressures – Computerworld
Qualcomm ruling in contrast In Qualcomm’s case, the company secured a slight reduction of its EU antitrust fine, lowering the penalty to $266 million (€238.7 million) from the original $270 million (€242 million), but the court dismissed its other claims. The fine, handed down by the European Commission in 2019, was based on claims that Qualcomm engaged in predatory pricing…
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Google Overturns €1.5 Billion E.U. Antitrust Fine
Google has successfully overturned a €1.5 billion antitrust fine it was handed by the European Commission five years ago. Judges at the European General Court annulled the decision because the Commission had made errors in its assessment of the company’s advertising contracts. Specifically, the Commission had not demonstrated that Google’s contracts with publishers had potentially deterred innovation, helped the company…
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Is Google a monopoly? US DoJ begins second antitrust trial, this time targeting ad tech – Computerworld
A previous US antitrust lawsuit targeted Google’s search business, with an 8-month-long trial ending in defeat for the company. In August, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that the tech giant had engaged in anticompetitive behavior to protect its dominance, saying, “Google is a monopolist, and has acted as one to maintain its monopoly.” The penalties resulting from the ruling are as…
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Yelp sues Google, stoking fears of more antitrust battles – Computerworld
The major point of contention Analysts point out that the main issue lies in the clashing business models, as both Google and Yelp depend on advertising revenue. Additionally, there is significant concern over how user traffic is funneled to Specialized Vertical Providers (SVPs) like Yelp, Zillow, OpenTable, and Glassdoor. “The discovery aspect is the primary area of conflict, given that…
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Yelp files antitrust suit against Google — what’s next
Less than a month after Google lost a landmark case where a federal judge ruled Google is an illegal monopolist, the crowd-sourced review company Yelp is bringing their own antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. It’s clear that the recent court loss has emboldened the longtime Google critic, as Yelp’s claim states that the search company “abuses its illegal monopoly…
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Amazon Marketplace facing revived antitrust suit after appeals court reversal
A lawsuit against Amazon by Washington D.C. has been revived after an appeals court in the nation’s capitol reversed an early decision to toss the suit, which claims that Amazon hurts competition with its Marketpalce. The ruling comes more than two years after the case had been dismissed in superior court. The lawsuit was initially filed in 2021. Amazon spokesperson…
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DC’s antitrust suit against Amazon is back from the dead
An appeals court has revived the District of Columbia’s antitrust case against Amazon, which the District claims illegally drives up prices on rival platforms. In a decision on Thursday, the DC Court of Appeals ruled that the District’s allegations “plausibly suggest” that Amazon already has monopoly power over online marketplaces or is close to achieving it. Former DC Attorney General…
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EU Antitrust Leader Margrethe Vestager to Step Down
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager will not be renominated for a third term, according to the Financial Times. Vestager’s decade-long career as Europe’s top antitrust regulator was marked by landmark division and record-breaking fines against tech giants like Google, Apple, and Amazon. Her enforcement of the Digital Markets Act in 2023 and antitrust rulings brought her both acclaim and…
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Google documents filed in antitrust case show efforts to push data collection limits – Computerworld
“Once again, the privacy protections here are key. We would never allow audiences generated with Google data to leave the Google ecosystem, nor impression level reports based on those media buys,” it said. “Ad tech vendors or agencies could then use these reports and the ability to activate media from them within their own systems. We suggest we require Google-branded,…
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