House Antitrust Panel Blasts Big 4 Internet Firms for Abuses; Seeks Reforms, Separations October 7, 2020 By Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used...
California Scrutinizing Amazon’s Treatment of Workers During Coronavirus Outbreak July 28, 2020 By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave California’s attorney general and state and local agencies are investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. has taken adequate steps to protect its...
Supreme Court to Hear Federal Trade Commission’s Appeal Over Ill-Gotten Gains July 10, 2020 By Diane Bartz The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to decide whether the Federal Trade Commission can continue to require scam artists...
States’ Lawsuit Accuses 26 Drugmakers of Price Fixing of Generic Drugs June 11, 2020 By Diane Bartz and Jonathan Stempel Twenty-six drug manufacturers were sued on Wednesday by the attorneys general of most U.S. states and several territories, which accused...
Senators Seek to Address Privacy Concerns Over Tech Firms’ Covid-19 Contact Tracing May 4, 2020 By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson A group of Republican U.S. senators said Thursday they would introduce legislation to address consumer privacy concerns surrounding technology companies’...
Senate Democrats’ Bill Would Establish Consumer Rights Over Internet Data, Privacy November 27, 2019 By Diane Bartz Democratic senators proposed legislation on Tuesday that would set penalties for online companies like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc....
Microsoft Vows to Honor California’s Consumer Privacy Law Countrywide November 11, 2019 By Diane Bartz and Nandita Bose Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on Monday that it would honor California’s privacy law throughout the United States,...
California Probing Facebook, Says Social Media Company Stonewalling November 7, 2019 By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant...
Judge Nixes Antitrust Concerns, Allows CVS Purchase of Aetna September 5, 2019 By Diane Bartz A federal judge reviewing a Justice Department decision to allow U.S. pharmacy chain and benefits manager CVS Health Corp. to...
Facebook Facing $5 Billion FTC Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Data Sharing July 15, 2019 By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook Inc this week over its investigation into...