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Antitrust cases to keep an eye on in 2025

Google, Facebook and Amazon will all be focuses of antitrust cases in the year ahead, but a Trump administration will take a different approach to antitrust enforcement than Biden's has.
Facebook owner Meta is among the companies that will be facing an antitrust case in the year ahead over its acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp.
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Google has an unfair advantage when it comes to AI, Department of Justice alleges

Nov 21, 2024
The complaint has a lot to do with Google's Chrome web browser and dominant position in the search market.
The DOJ's plan to break up google includes forcing the company to sell Chrome.
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Lessons from the Big Tech breakup that never happened

Nov 1, 2024
Google is facing a federal antitrust challenge. Microsoft endured similar scrutiny and came out in one piece.
Attorney General Merrick Garland discusses the Department of Justice's antitrust allegations against Google in January 2023, with his remarks shown on screen.
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College athletes who missed out on NIL deals step up to collect

Sep 27, 2024
Athletes sue to recoup money off their college careers decades after they left school. Plus, we explore the economics of being single.
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Google loses long fight with EU over epic antitrust fine

Sep 10, 2024
The $2.7 billion levy could affect the conduct of other tech giants watching from the sidelines.
The EU's $2.7 billion penalty against Google could have ripple effects across the pond. Above: European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager.
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Will the Justice Department break up Google?

Aug 15, 2024
A court ruled on Aug. 5 that the company has a monopoly in online search. A break up could be one of several ways forward, though it’s a pretty uncommon one.
Google is often the default search engine on many smartphones, making it harder for smaller search engines to compete.
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Google's big antitrust case has historic parallels in the 1911 Standard Oil decision

Aug 6, 2024
The two companies' market dominance, and their anti-competitive playbooks, have similarities.
The Supreme Court's decision against Google is a parallel to monopoly-busting efforts generations ago.
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For public good, not for profit.

First GE, now DuPont. Corporate deconglomeration is having a moment.

May 23, 2024
DuPont said it will split into three companies focused on water, electronics and chemicals. Investors and antitrust officials may be watching.
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Amid scrutiny, Kroger and Albertsons say merger may take longer than planned

Jan 16, 2024
Washington state is suing to block the supermarket deal and the FTC and several state attorneys general have raised antitrust concerns.
The proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger has drawn pushback from the Federal Trade Commission and several state attorneys general over antitrust concerns.
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What the FTC's Microsoft-Activision loss might mean for future mergers

Jul 12, 2023
Microsoft can proceed with its purchase, but fighting the FTC's antitrust lawsuit came with a lot of scrutiny.
This ruling marks a defeat for the Federal Trade Commission, which has brought a number of antitrust challenges to these kinds of vertical mergers.
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