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Trumps says US will retaliate over EU's Google fines July 24, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

US President Donald Trump has said the EU will "pay a very big price" for imposing fines on US companies and he said a "substantial tariff" would hit European businesses as soon as possible. Trump was reacting... (more story)

Flash seeks third-party status in Brazil's iFood benefits probe July 24, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Meal voucher company Flash asked Brazil's competition authority to let it serve as a third-party in an ongoing administrative inquiry into iFood, arguing the company has adopted discriminatory practices on its... (more story)

Hong Kong Competition Commission proposes up to 10-year jail terms for bid rigging July 24, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Hong Kong's Competition Commission is recommending prison sentences of at least seven years and potentially up to 10 years for serious bid-rigging cases, marking a significant escalation in penalties after a d... (more story)

ACCC says Epic-Google settlement would promote competition in Australia July 24, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Epic Games and Google have received draft approval from Australia's competition watchdog for a global settlement to their long-running antitrust dispute. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission said t... (more story)

Visa, Mastercard say New Zealand's new fee caps could weaken competition July 24, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Visa, Mastercard and American Express have warned that the new interchange-fee caps proposed by New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog could reduce competition and innovation while failing to lower costs for consume... (more story)

China targets credit-rating practices favoring local businesses July 24, 2026 | MLex Staff

China's top competition regulator has published the first cases under a nationwide campaign to promote the unified domestic market, focusing on local government credit-rating practices that favored local compa... (more story)

Japan's Iriso receives corrective recommendation for subcontract storage practices July 24, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi

Iriso Electronics, a Japanese electronic-component manufacturer, received a corrective recommendation from Japan's antitrust regulator on Friday for violating the Subcontract Act. The company required subcontr... (more story)

Zomato escapes Indian antitrust probe over delivery charges July 24, 2026 | Freny Patel

Zomato avoided an antitrust investigation after the Competition Commission of India ruled its platform fees, food delivery charges and online pricing reflected a legitimate business model rather than abuse of ... (more story)

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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)