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China's SAMR chief vows to tackle 'involution' amid food-delivery rivalries
China's top market regulator will intensify efforts to combat what it describes as destructive 'involution-style' competition practices, with the timing of its plan... (more story)
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JFTC unveils draft rules for upcoming smartphone-software competition law
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has unveiled draft implementation rules for the upcoming smartphone-software competition law and opened them for public consultation... (more story)
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US DOJ's Burnham steps down as criminal enforcement director for antitrust
Emma Burnham, a senior enforcer at the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, has stepped down after 11 years at the agency, MLex has learned.
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Witnesses that Meta Platforms will call in a monopolization trial are its “own self-interested executives” who “cannot erase” the clear statements made in the social media giant’s own contemporaneous documents... (more story)
US federal and state antitrust officials raised concerns about company practices that aim to hinder enforcement efforts and advised in-house counsel to honestly and proactively engage with the government about... (more story)
Meta Platforms is in talks with European regulators on how to conform to an antitrust decision on its personalized ad business model under the EU's "gatekeeper" law that curbs the power of tech companies to ga... (more story)
Energy drink maker Red Bull told judges today that inspections conducted at its premises by EU investigators in March 2023 were unlawful because they relied solely on a submission by the corporate rival Monste... (more story)
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal's new president has been named as Kelyn Bacon, the first woman to be appointed to the role. The CAT hears cases involving antitrust or economic regulatory issues. Bacon has b... (more story)
Intel told EU judges today that illegal payments to a small number of computer makers, to the detriment of a rival chipmaker, were merely “tactical moves” and not part of a market-wide strategy that justified ... (more story)
EU antitrust investigators today sought views on a possible settlement with Microsoft over allegations that it hampered competitors to Teams, such as Slack, Alfaview and Zoom. The software giant has offered to... (more story)
American Axle Manufacturing said that filings to gain antitrust approval for its acquisition of car-parts maker Dowlais Group are “on track” and reaffirmed its commitment to the deal as global tariffs bring un... (more story)
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Questions abound over Microsoft's draft settlement with the EU antitrust regulator today to close its probe into the US tech giant's rollout of its Teams collaboration software. First, will it do the job of ge... (more story)
The US Defense Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration are among the likely targets of a presidential directive mandating the evaluation of anticompetitive government regulation.
Andrew Leigh has been reappointed as Australia’s competition minister, with added responsibility for boosting the workforce’s weak productivity gains in recent years. In an interview with MLex, Leigh said stro... (more story)
US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador described his competition law enforcement philosophy as “neutral and fair,” meaning neither hostile nor obsequious toward business. Meador promised to find a middle gr... (more story)
A growing bloc of EU member states is urging the European Commission to reverse its decision to withdraw a controversial SEP regulation. The proposal will now be discussed at the May 22 meeting of trade and ec... (more story)
The Brazilian competition authority is feeling confident in court battles initiated by companies challenging preventative measures imposed by the agency, MLex has learned. At the moment, the agency has at leas... (more story)
Last week marked 100 days since the start of Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the US Federal Trade Commission, and while the new chairman has frequently talked the talk of a full-throated Trump populist, the wa... (more story)
Meta, Apple and top egg producers’ decisions to repurchase their own stock has become an area of concern for US antitrust enforcers and members of Congress who are flagging the widespread practice as a potenti... (more story)