Tag: anticompetitive
Taylor Swift fans sue Ticketmaster for ‘anti-competitive behavior’
Ticketmaster has drawn the wrath of angry fans. The ticket sales site is under the influence of a complaint from 26 admirers of Taylor Swift, after the Berezina around ticket…
EU cracks down on Google’s advertising model, targeting anti-competitive practices
Mathilde Rochefort October 14, 2022 at 11:45 a.m. 2 © Mitchell Luo / Unsplash The European Union is very likely to sue Google next year for anti-competitive practices. In the…
California sues Amazon for anticompetitive practices
An Amazon delivery person on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California (AFP/Archives/Patrick T. FALLON) California’s attorney general on Wednesday launched lawsuits against Amazon, which he accuses of abusing its dominant…
China slams US semiconductor bill as anti-competitive
Chinese trade and industry associations describe the US government’s semiconductor bill as an obstacle to global innovation and economic recovery. They further urge the business community to take steps to…
App Store: French developers declare war on Apple and its anti-competitive practices
After the class action of American developers on iOS, French publishers have in turn decided to bring a class action lawsuit against Apple. They denounce Apple’s App Store fees as…
Sony: The anti-competitive PlayStation Store? American justice has ruled
A group of players had filed a complaint against sony some time ago for unfair competition in a federal class action. The plaintiffs accused the Japanese firm of exerting a…
Anticompetitive practices: fines rain down on Google in 2021
The Competition Authority ended 2021 with 30 contentious decisions for anti-competitive practices and 873.7 million euros in fines on the counter. According to its annual report, Google was sanctioned up…
Another complaint against Google for anticompetitive practices
Danish job board Jobindex is suing Google for anticompetitive practices with European Union regulators. The American giant would have promoted its own job search service on its search engine. This…
App Store: ban on cloud gaming and mandatory use of WebKit declared anti-competitive
Remi Bouvet June 12, 2022 at 2 p.m. 0 © Pxhere The UK Competition and Markets Authority has investigated various antitrust complaints brought against Apple. Here are its conclusions: scoop,…
Cloud gaming and App Store: Apple accused of anti-competitive practices
The ban on cloud gaming services on the App Store and the requirement to use WebKit have been deemed anti-competitive by the UK competition watchdog. Source: FRANDROID For several years,…
Anti-competitive practices: SAP in the sights of the French Competition Authority
Cigref, the CIO club of large French companies, had filed several referrals to the Competition Authority during the summer of 2021. He suspected potentially anti-competitive practices on the part of…
Shipping companies suspected of anti-competitive practices
In the port of Hamburg (Germany), March 7, 2022. ODD ANDERSEN / AFP It’s a topic that shipping companies carefully avoid discussing when asked why their freight rates have skyrocketed…