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KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori, Hana Bank fined for colluding over LTV ratios in South Korea
Four major South Korean banks — KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori and Hana Bank — have been hit with a combined fine of 272 billion won ($184 million) by the country’s com... (more story)
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US DOJ Antitrust Division’s top enforcers barred from public events
Political appointees at the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division are being barred from speaking at public events by the agency’s leadership, MLex has learn... (more story)
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China photovoltaic sector's price discipline sparks antitrust allegations
China's photovoltaic industry is facing allegations that major companies coordinated production and prices under the guise of curbing destructive competition, accor... (more story)
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South Korea's competition regulator is reviewing whether to exempt collective action by small businesses, self-employed individuals and trade unions from collusion rules, allowing "economically weaker parties"... (more story)
China has stepped up oversight of platform companies ahead of the Spring Festival travel rush, with a transport-led interministerial body calling in ride-hailing aggregator AutoNavi over pricing and platform-m... (more story)
India’s Basketball Federation has asked the Delhi High Court to quash an antitrust probe, arguing that regulators cannot be regulated, as the court seeks a response from the Competition Commission of India on ... (more story)
Mark Hamer, a top enforcer in the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, is departing the agency less than a year after he was appointed deputy assistant attorney general in charge of civil litigation ... (more story)
The investigation carried out by Brazil’s competition authority revealed that the cartel existed for 20 years and impacted several Brazilian firms between 1997 and 2017.
The US Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of states lodged “broad and reckless allegations” about privilege and document preservation, Amazon argued in a late-Friday court filing urging a federal judge t... (more story)
Meta has pushed back against claims by Brazilian AI developers Luzia and Zapia that the company’s updated WhatsApp Terms of Service would marginalize rival AI providers and reshape competition on the platform.
The European Commission has wrongly assumed that AI bots such as Perplexity and Poke.com need WhatsApp to distribute their services, Meta Platforms said, pushing back against EU charges levied on Monday. EU co... (more story)
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The nascent market for AI assistants is at the heart of a fight between Meta Platforms and the European Commission that will see the two sides clash over how important WhatsApp is as a distribution channel for... (more story)
A US judge’s decision to appoint an economist to scrutinize Epic Games’ settlement with Google could serve as a blueprint for courts tasked with determining whether negotiated resolutions truly protect the pub... (more story)
In a timely convergence, politics and regulation have aligned for South Korea's antitrust watchdog as it sets out a new framework for dramatically higher antitrust fines. President Lee Jae Myung has publicly e... (more story)
The iPhone maker is navigating new tech platform regimes across the globe. Differences between the EU and Japan's rules and Apple's compliance will provide a real-time experiment in how policy can foster compe... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that Amazon manipulated and deleted evidence mirror strategies the agency, the Department of Justice and other plaintiffs have pursued in recent antitrust cases — ... (more story)
Now that Germany has shut the door on EU guidance for Standard Essential Patents — with the federal court siding with VoiceAge in its dispute with HMD — the European Commission's strategy for the heated techno... (more story)
The UK competition agency’s proposed conduct demands aimed at Google over its search business are being scrutinized over their sufficiency. While the Competition and Markets Authority's measures target longsta... (more story)
Alchem failed to convince EU investigators that discussing the weather and harvest yields with competitors in the pharma sector improved “resilience” in the supply chain and didn’t constitute cartel conduct. T... (more story)