Google, Epic app store injunction split creates global competition experiment
July 24, 2026
| Alex Wilts and Chris May
Google and Epic Games’ recent abandonment of their effort to modify an injunction before a California federal judge could create a natural experiment that will test two different systems for restoring competit... (more story)
Google’s EU digital fines point to delicate balancing act on US tech
July 23, 2026
| Lewis Crofts
Fines against Google for breaking the EU’s digital rules appear calculated to be hefty but fair. Sanctions totaling €890 million are calibrated to avoid talk of “record fines," and the European Commission seem... (more story)
Private equity in cartel cross-hairs as EU chemicals probe draws in investors
July 23, 2026
| Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst
Financial investors Lone Star and Cinven are among the companies potentially on the hook for cartel fines after the European Commission included them as targets in a probe into the construction-chemical sector... (more story)
Hurdles remain for Trump's prospective head of US DOJ's Antitrust Division
July 22, 2026
| Chris May and Alex Wilts
Adam Candeub, President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee antitrust enforcement at the US Department of Justice, must clear procedural and institutional hurdles before he can implement any vision for the futur... (more story)
Zillow, Compass court fights highlight broader real estate industry antitrust issues
July 17, 2026
| Chris May and Clayton Vickers
While the dominant US home search platform, Zillow Group, and the largest residential real estate brokerage in the country, Compass, Inc., exchange allegations of anticompetitive conduct in court, both also fa... (more story)
Updated Brazil digital markets draft preserves CADE's power over Big Tech
July 16, 2026
| Henrique Santiago
A new draft of Brazil's Digital Markets law introduces additional criteria for classifying tech companies under the new regulation, highlighting that only a small group of firms could face further scrutiny, experts told MLex.
EU order for Google search data draws concerns technical and political
July 16, 2026
| Nicholas Hirst
Google has said an EU order mandating the sharing of search data with rivals puts user privacy at risk. Behind the scenes, critics compare the decision, which fleshes out a provision of the EU's Digital Market... (more story)
EU judges back antitrust enforcers’ seizure of emails — unless personal
July 16, 2026
| Nicholas Hirst
Antitrust enforcers across Europe will have cheered at Thursday’s news that they don’t need to secure prior approval from a judge to be able to carry off business email records when conducting dawn raids. But ... (more story)