Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues

Europe’s Margrethe Vestager Uses a Rarely Used Weapon to Take On Big Tech

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Already considered the world’s most assertive regulator of the technology industry, the European authorities on Wednesday signaled an even more aggressive approach by applying a rarely used rule to order a company to halt a potentially anticompetitive practice as investigators explore the case. The European Commission’s antitrust enforcer, Margrethe Vestager, said “interim measures” were being […]

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House Antitrust Panel Seeks Documents From 4 Big Tech Firms

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Congress showed the breadth of its investigation into the big tech companies on Friday, making a public demand for scores of documents, including the personal emails and other communications from dozens of top executives. Republicans and Democrats alike on the House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating the market power and behavior of the companies, sent

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How Top-Valued Microsoft Has Avoided the Big Tech Backlash

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“And once you’re in the cross hairs, it is hard to get out,” Mr. Smith said. The natural tendency for the young tech powers is to fight. “They didn’t get to where they are by compromising,” Mr. Smith said. “They got to where they are because they stuck to their guns. And so they tend

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