US regulator opens wide-ranging antitrust probe into Microsoft

Nov 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission opened a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft (MSFT.O), a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, making it the latest Big Tech

Equifax must face antitrust lawsuit over verification services

Equifax is violating U.S. antitrust law by locking up data sources and blocking rival verification services from receiving the same work and income information. Equifax in a statement defended its

Apple hit with $162 million French antitrust fine over privacy tool

PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - Apple was hit with a 150 million euro ($162.4 million) fine by French antitrust regulators on Monday for abusing its dominant position in mobile app advertising on its

The European Commission today fined, in four separate decisions, consumer electronics manufacturers Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer

, headphones and many other products. This is illegal under EU antitrust rules. Our decisions today show that EU competition rules serve to protect consumers where companies stand in the way of more price

Game on for antitrust suit against FIFA, US soccer

MANHATTAN (CN) — A soccer promoter won a Second Circuit reversal on Tuesday that will let it sue FIFA and the U.S. Soccer Federation for allegedly working to bar foreign leagues from holding matches ...

CMA launched an antitrust review into Amazon's acquisition of iRobot

, which makes the Roomba vacuum cleaner. The probe launch by the UK watchdog comes at a time antitrust regulators, including those in the U.S. and the European Union, have become increasingly wary of

Adobe's $20 billion acquisition of Figma becomes a new focus for EU antitrust regulators

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of Figma by Adobe. The Commission is concerned that the transaction may...

Commission re-imposes £367.36 million fine on Intel for anticompetitive practices in the market for computer chips

Birkin bag shoppers suing Hermes expand their antitrust case

May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. consumers suing French luxury house Hermes (HRMS.PA) have broadened their lawsuit accusing the company of forcing buyers to spend thousands of dollars on other products before ...

Teva hit with $503 mln EU antitrust fine for disparaging rival product

BRUSSELS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Teva (TEVA.TA) the world's largest generic drugmaker, was hit on Thursday with a 462.6 million euro ($503 million) EU antitrust fine for abusing its dominant position to