Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
An EU court backs the European Commission’s decision to fine Google over Android antitrust breaches but trims the fine from €4.3B to €4.1B; Google can appeal — Google lost most of the first round of its battle to topple a landmark 4.3 billion-euro ($4.3 billion) …
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
European Commission opens an in-depth investigation into Microsoft’s proposed $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, setting a March 23 deadline for phase two — Microsoft Corp.’s proposed $69 billion takeover of games developer Activision Blizzard Inc. faces an in-depth European Union probe …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
The Epic Games-Apple antitrust battle resumes in appeals court; the US DOJ and state of California have been granted time to explain antitrust legal frameworks — Apple’s antitrust battle against Fortnite maker Epic Games is returning to the courtroom after both sides appealed last year’s ruling …
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg:
The UK’s ICO could fine TikTok £27M after provisionally finding that the company breached data protection rules around children’s data — ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok faces a possible fine of 27 million pounds ($28.9 million) after the UK’s privacy watchdog provisionally found the company …
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
New York and the DOJ urged a federal appeals court to reinstate an antitrust suit brought by 48 state AGs that alleged Meta schemed to “buy or bury” its rivals — New York and the Justice Department urged a federal appeals court to reinstate an antitrust suit that dozens …
Reuters:
A document shows an Italian administrative court scrapped a €200M fine for Apple and Amazon from 2021 over alleged collusion in selling Apple and Beats products — An Italian administrative court scrapped a fine imposed by the country’s antitrust authority on U.S. tech giants Apple …
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
In federal court, Google defends Jedi Blue, arguing the 2018 pact with Meta does not violate antitrust law as Meta can still use rival ad exchanges — A 2018 advertising pact between Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc. doesn’t violate antitrust law because it doesn’t restrict Facebook …
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