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Visa and Mastercard agreed to reduce and cap credit card interchange fees as part of a landmark antitrust settlement with U.S. merchants, who say the deal could save tens of billions of dollars over the next five years. “This settlement is the culmination of eight years of hard-fought litigation and detailed, painstaking negotiations,” Hilliard Shadowen… […]
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Visa, Mastercard to lower ‘swipe fees’ in merchant antitrust suit settlement
March 27th, 2024 
Awake Goy US vs. Apple: DOJ’s antitrust case
March 26th, 2024 Awake Goy The Department of Justice announced an antitrust case against Apple for alleged violations that illegally block competition on smartphone devices and monopolize the smartphone industry. The case, which was filed in New Jersey, is the third time in 14 years that the DOJ sued Apple for antitrust violations. The U.S. government said it is coming […]
Live Nation doubled lobbying spending to $2.4M in 2023 amid antitrust threat
January 31st, 2024 Awake Goy Live Nation Entertainment more than doubled its federal lobbying spending to $2.4 million in 2023 from $1.1 million in 2022 as it navigated legislative and regulatory efforts to break up its power in the live entertainment and ticketing industry. The lobbying blitz comes on the heels of the infamous Taylor Swift “Eras Tour” presale that… […]
U.S. plans to file antitrust case against Apple for unfairly rigging iPhone’s market dominance
January 10th, 2024 Awake Goy The Department of Justice is now in the final stages of an investigation into tech giant Apple, with plans to file a far-reaching antitrust case against it to stop the company from unfairly protecting iPhone’s dominance. The lawsuit, which could be filed anytime during the first half of 2024, focuses on how Apple is using […]
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No Comments »Spain hits Apple and Amazon with $218 million combined antitrust fine
July 23rd, 2023 Awake Goy Apple’s consolidation of its third party iPhone, Mac, and iPad resellers to Amazon has induced Spain’s antitrust agency to levy a $218 million fine in total on the pair. Spain’s Comision Nacional De Los Mercados Y La Competencia (CNMC) announced in July 2021 that it was investigating if Apple and Amazon have unfairly colluded to […]
Ford Motor Co. Sues Blue Cross Blue Shield in Antitrust Case Over ‘Astronomical’ Profit
June 5th, 2023 Awake Goy Ford Motor Co. is suing Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in U.S. court, accusing it of a price-fixing conspiracy that caused the automaker to pay inflated costs for health insurance products for its employees. The lawsuit Ford filed in Detroit federal court on May 31 accused the insurer and its regional Michigan branch of unlawfully […]
Landmark Lawsuit Slaps Legacy Media With Antitrust, First Amendment Claims for Censoring COVID-Related Content
January 13th, 2023 Awake Goy 01/10/23 A lawsuit filed today by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and multiple other plaintiffs, alleges the Trusted News Initiative, a self-described “industry partnership” launched in March 2020 by several of the world’s largest news organizations, partnered with Big Tech firms to collectively censor online news. By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. Miss a day, miss a lot. Subscribe […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: antitrust, first, landmark, lawsuit, legacy, Media, slaps No Comments »Meta’s Privacy Obligations May Be Added to German Antitrust Probe, Court Adviser Says
September 21st, 2022 Awake Goy LUXEMBOURG—Antitrust authorities may assess whether companies comply with EU data protection rules during their investigations, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Tuesday, dealing a possible blow to Meta Platforms in its fight against the German competition agency. The non-binding opinion, if followed by the Court of the Justice of the Europe Union (CJEU) […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: added, antitrust, court, German, obligations, privacy, probe No Comments »Meta’s Privacy Obligations May Be Added to German Antitrust Probe, Court Adviser Says
September 21st, 2022 Awake Goy LUXEMBOURG—Antitrust authorities may assess whether companies comply with EU data protection rules during their investigations, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Tuesday, dealing a possible blow to Meta Platforms in its fight against the German competition agency. The non-binding opinion, if followed by the Court of the Justice of the Europe Union (CJEU) […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: added, antitrust, court, German, obligations, privacy, probe No Comments »Meta’s Privacy Obligations May Be Added to German Antitrust Probe, Court Adviser Says
September 21st, 2022 Awake Goy LUXEMBOURG—Antitrust authorities may assess whether companies comply with EU data protection rules during their investigations, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Tuesday, dealing a possible blow to Meta Platforms in its fight against the German competition agency. The non-binding opinion, if followed by the Court of the Justice of the Europe Union (CJEU) […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: added, antitrust, court, German, obligations, privacy, probe No Comments »Bokhari: Democrats Using Antitrust to Demand More Big Tech Censorship
January 4th, 2021 Awake Goy Given Big Tech’s flagrant interference in the 2020 election — a steal, out in the open, in front of everyone — it’s tempting to welcome any regulatory or legal action that might punish them. Some, like the efforts of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, bode well — Paxton’s multi-state antitrust case would prevent Google from […]
The startups at the heart of Facebook’s antitrust woes in Israel
December 20th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Views: 0
Antitrust Suit Against Google
October 22nd, 2020 Awake Goy Justice Department action is likely the beginning of a prolonged fight that could reshape Big Tech By Allen St. JohnOctober 20, 202019 SHARES Google’s overwhelming dominance in online search is coming under attack from the federal government. The Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday, calling the tech giant “a monopoly gatekeeper […]
US files landmark antitrust case against Google
October 21st, 2020 Awake Goy WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising — the government’s most significant attempt to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. And it could just be an opening salvo. Other major tech companies including Apple, […]
Antitrust Hearings Delayed as Tech Giants Push Ahead with Ruthless Market Dominance
July 29th, 2020 Awake Goy 
The much-anticipated antitrust hearing originally scheduled for Monday, July 27 has been moved to Wednesday for the ostensible purpose of allowing members of Congress to pay their respects to recently deceased Rep. John Lewis. The hearing, which is to feature the testimony of big tech CEOs Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Sundar Pichai […]
Posted in World News, World Order, World Politics Tags: ahead, antitrust, delayed, giants, hearings, market, ruthless No Comments »GAB Might Want to Consider Filing Antitrust and Discrimination Suits
August 21st, 2017 Awake Goy Christopher Jon Bjerknes Internet services and others are using Terms of Service agreements as sham devices to discriminate and monopolize both the commercial marketplace and the marketplace of ideas. If the courts rule that the internet be incorporated into the Federal laws which bar discrimination in “public accommodations” and/or enforce antitrust laws to prohibit the […]
EU slams Google with €2.42 billion fine for violating antitrust rules
June 28th, 2017 Awake Goy How Google and Froogle violate antitrust regulations – and what it means for you and competitors Google’s flagship product is the Google search engine. It provides search results to consumers, who pay for the service with their data. Every year, Google makes almost 80 billion US dollars worldwide from adverts, such as those it shows […]
EU Launches Antitrust Investigations of Top Ecommerce Companies
May 14th, 2017 Awake Goy Ecommerce is rapidly overtaking traditional stores as the platform of choice for our everyday transactions. Yet as ecommerce becomes bigger business year on year, the potential for major players to sail close to the wind when it comes to protecting their slice of the pie rises with it. The growth of […]
Google’s Motorola Deal Will Spur Antitrust Regulators to Action
August 16th, 2011 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Arik HasseldahlAll Things D August 15, 2011 To say that Google is going to face some opposition to its proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility is what you might call a bit of an understatement. First of all, the deal will give a lot of fresh meat to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, […]
