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Google Launches Last-Ditch Effort to Overturn $2.6B EU Antitrust Fine

Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort at Europe’s top court to overturn a 2.42 billion euro ($2.6 billion) EU antitrust fine imposed for market abuse related to its shopping service, saying that regulators failed to show that its …

Google’s Search Dominance Challenged in Biggest Antitrust Trial in Decades

Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice charged Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. “This case is about …

Federal Judge Set to Decertify Google Play Class Action

A U.S. judge plans to free Google from having to defend against a class action by 21 million consumers who claimed it violated federal antitrust law by overcharging them in its Google Play app store. Monday’s decision by U.S. District …

New Antitrust Lawsuit Against NCAA Seeks Millions in Damages

The attorneys who beat the NCAA in the Supreme Court have filed a new class- action antitrust lawsuit against the association and the five wealthiest college sports conferences that seeks millions of dollars in damages for thousands of athletes. The …

Google Argues it Doesn’t Block Rivals in Bid to Kill U.S. Government Antitrust Lawsuit

Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday argued that a court should toss out a government antitrust lawsuit against it, saying that agreements it made with Apple and others to make Google the default search engine do not bar smartphone makers from …

DOJ Antitrust Losses in Court Are Seen as Setback for Biden’s Merger Crackdown

In the span of just a month, federal judges rejected the US Justice Department’s attempts to block three mergers in the health technology, agriculture and defense contracting industries. The agency is considering appeals – and points out it’s racked up …

Alcon, J&J Agree to Settle Contact Lens Price-Fixing Suit for $75 Million

Alcon Vision and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay a total of $75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the companies of price fixing on disposable contact lenses. More than a third of the total settlement amount …

Facebook Asks Court for Old FTC Merger Documents in Antitrust Fight

Meta’s Facebook has asked a U.S. court for eight documents created by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as part of their review of the company’s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, which the agency allowed to go forward. The request was …

Federal Appeals Court Revives Libor-Rigging Claims Against Big Banks

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived litigation accusing a slew of large banks of conspiring to rig the Libor interest rate benchmark, including during the 2008 financial crisis, to boost profits at investors’ expense and make the banks appear …

Health Care D&O Rates Rise Over Obamacare Antitrust Concerns: Marsh

Health care organizations paid significantly more for their directors and officers liability insurance in the third quarter of 2013 amid growing concerns over antitrust issues arising from implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Marsh says in a new report …