Amazon has responded to the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit, which alleges the company is operating an online retail monopoly. The company, however, says the suit could lead to higher prices and slower deliveries for consumers. The FTC alleges in its antitrust lawsuit that Amazon forces sellers to use its delivery services and warehouses, driving up […]
The biggest monopoly trial of the internet era? That is what many consider the Google antitrust trial to be. What does the case mean for Google, and could a court decision really change the way we use the internet? NTD spoke to Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida, to find […]
John Vecchione, a litigation counsel at New Civil Liberties Alliance. spoke on the Justice Department is bringing an anti-trust lawsuit against Google allegedly protecting its monopoly.
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 13 gave the go-ahead for a lawsuit by consumers accusing Apple Inc of monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and forcing them to overpay, rejecting the company’s bid to escape claims that its practices violate federal antitrust law.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are set to produce a film about a shocking 12-year fraud case that targeted the McDonald’s Monopoly game, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It will uncover the story of a former policeman who worked to defraud the restaurant’s promotional game and control who won $24 million in prizes. Affleck will […]
Environmental group Friends of the Earth staged a protest outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on March 30. The protesters are against the merging plans of German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer and U.S. seeds company Monsanto. The activists called the merger a ‘marriage made in hell,’ with two people dressed up as […]
EU antitrust regulators vetoed the proposed merger of Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange on March 29. The $31.3 billion (29 billion euro) merger would have created Europe’s biggest stock exchange. It is the companies’ fifth attempt—three public and two informal—to merge. The European Commission said the merge would have created a de facto […]
