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Asia Energy fined, manager investigated in South Korea bid-rigging case June 01, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia Energy, a South Korean renewable energy company, has been slapped with a 1.4 billion won ($1 million) fine by the country’s competition regulator for orchestrating a bid-rigging scheme involving the suppl... (more story)

Google trial judge says US DOJ's Chrome divestiture remedy 'cleaner,' 'more elegant' May 31, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Google and the Department of Justice were questioned by a US federal judge today over the market impact of a forced sale of the Chrome browser, with the judge saying he finds a divestiture remedy a “little cle... (more story)

Apple disputes 'arbitrary' class changes in US App Store antitrust suit May 31, 2025 | Alex Wilts

Apple told a US judge today that plaintiffs accusing the tech giant of illegally monopolizing the market for the sale of apps “are making a transparent effort to gerrymander the class definition in order to re... (more story)

Google adtech spin-off analyses fair game in US DOJ suit, judge says May 30, 2025 | Chris May and Clayton Vickers

Google must hand over internal analyses and reports detailing how it might spin off major pieces of its digital advertising technology empire as part of remedy proceedings in high stakes antitrust litigation w... (more story)

Spotless, Ventia Australian cartel lawsuit may be heard in 2027 May 30, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

A price-fixing lawsuit targeting Spotless Facility Services and Ventia Australia, involving multi-billion-dollar contracts with Australia’s military, may not go to trial until 2027, a court heard today. In a F... (more story)

Visa quizzed in court over market definition 'tension' in DOJ antitrust suit May 30, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Visa was quizzed by a US federal judge over its attempt to throw out a Department of Justice antitrust suit, with the card issuer fielding questions about what the correct market definition ought to be.

Key to effective US antitrust enforcement is fairness, not neutrality, Slaughter says May 29, 2025 | Claude Marx

Former US Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter said today that enforcers are not usually neutral but they try to be fair.

US FTC aims to prevent censorship ‘catastrophe,’ Chairman Ferguson says May 29, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned that if government officials don't intervene, an ongoing “censorship crisis” on social media platforms might continue or worsen, and he outlined aggr... (more story)

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US FTC reversal on Pepsi raises questions as Southern Glazer’s suit progresses May 29, 2025 | Alex Wilts

The US Federal Trade Commission may be less likely to drop its lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits than its separate Robinson-Patman Act suit against PepsiCo due to key differences between the t... (more story)

South Korea-US antitrust cooperation signals deeper cross-border enforcement May 29, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

A recent investigation by the Korea Prosecution Service into bid rigging at US military bases in South Korea marks a turning point in transnational cartel enforcement. Triggered by intelligence shared by the D... (more story)

UK vets put pressure on the watchdog to roll over May 29, 2025 | Jon Menon

The UK veterinary industry is urging the antitrust regulator to reconsider possible measures designed to help control the costs of services for millions of pet owners, as the watchdog reviews the market. The C... (more story)

Meta seeks to avoid antitrust scrutiny of profits in US FTC trial May 28, 2025 | Chris May

Meta Platforms wants to keep its multi-billion dollar annual profits out of bounds as the tech giant fends off a break-up attempt from US Federal Trade Commission antitrust litigation that wrapped up trial pro... (more story)

Don't weaken antitrust agency, Indonesian law practitioners urge government May 28, 2025 | Roffie Kuniawan

Indonesia’s decision to reduce funding to the country’s antitrust watchdog has sparked a backlash from local observers and practitioners, who say the cuts may signal a lack of commitment from the government to... (more story)

South Korean prosecutors push for bigger role in antitrust enforcement May 28, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korean prosecutors are moving to play a more proactive role in antitrust enforcement, complementing the Korea Fair Trade Commission’s efforts by expanding their own investigations and pursuing individual... (more story)

CADE cracks down on health councils over online courses in Brazil May 27, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

The Brazilian competition watchdog devoted a session to three cases involving shared conduct: regulation from health councils aiming to block distance learning programs for pharmacy, veterinary and dentistry p... (more story)

Apple’s app store terms condemned at every turn in EU’s non-compliance decision May 27, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Apple has seen three sets of app store terms dismembered by the European Commission, as officials found fault with the company’s technical, commercial and legal stance on restricting developers’ freedom. In a ... (more story)