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Apple is not 'making its own products better,' says Attorney General Merrick Garland, but 'other products worse' The U.S. Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the smartphone market. The...

The UK's antitrust authority accuses Apple and Google of market restrictions and anticompetitive behavior in their mobile ecosystems.

The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division has given its blessing to T-Mobile US' merger with Sprint, saying that the merger conditions will support the entry of a new, viable facilities-based market player and that the merger will "facilitate expeditious deployment of multiple high-quality 5G...

The mistakes companies make over time put them in the crosshairs of the U.S. government for antitrust and monopoly action. Suddenly the heat is being turned up for successful tech firms like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Twitter and others. While being a monopoly is...

AT&T reportedly in talks to hammer out Time Warner merger conditions AT&T is in talks with federal officials on what conditions would help its proposed merger with Time Warner gain final government approval, according to published reports. Bloomberg reported that early-stage talks on Time Warner merger...

The recent move by the European Commissioner for Competition against Google was, quite frankly, stunning from my viewpoint. The objections the EU centered around the Google shopping system seemed rather trumped-up and struck me as an attempt by Europe to punish success. Google is not...

Fines against Google could hit $6B; EU also probes Android OS WASHINGTON – The European Union Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, officially filed a "statement of objection" against the Internet search giant Google. She told the press in Brussels, Belgium, "I'm concerned that Google has artificially...

Possible investigation comes on heels of $975M Chinese settlement Just days after agreeing to a nine-figure settlement with the Chinese government, chipmaker Qualcomm is now under investigation by South Korean commerce authorities, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission...