In a California lawsuit, Epic accuses Samsung and Google of conspiring to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to tell the EU
again — and now Samsung, too Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Epic Sues Google, Samsung Over App Store Barriers Jenny Darmody / Silicon Republic : Epic takes aim at Google again - and Samsung too Charl...
The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more
In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ CNBC : DO...
Amazon ends use of arbitration for customer disputes, which critics said put consumers at a huge disadvantage; disputes can now be pursued in federal court
Michael Corkery / New York Times : Tweets: @ddayen , @gregbensinger , @seattletimes , @shatter242 , @tdlenk , @bettermarkets , and @shiraovide Tweets: David Dayen / @ddayen : The arbitration storm st...
Dismissals of FTC and state AGs suits against Facebook shows the difficulty of making antitrust charges stick and could spur lawmakers to toughen antitrust laws
and how Facebook's big court win could actually help it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : “This is going to strengthen the case for legislation,” said Herbert Hoven...
In his Epic v. Apple trial testimony, Tim Cook offered a carefully tended ignorance that left many of the lawsuit's key questions unanswered, or unanswerable
No, I don't want to gloat, but it's mind-boggling what happened yesterday … Malathi NayakBloomberg / Al Jazeera : US judge grills Apple's Tim Cook in final minutes of Epic trial Michael Simon / Macwor...
The Internet Association, whose members include Facebook and Google, joins a lawsuit from the US Chamber of Commerce challenging Maryland's digital services tax
and stop other local governments from following its lead. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : (Mostly) unsnarky question: Is it a sound strategy for every company confronte...
FTC's Facebook settlement does little to hamper the company's ad business or data collection practices, mostly re-committing Facebook to previous goals
“Mr. Zuckerberg does remain the controlling shareholder, but his power over privacy in particular will be diffused.” Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8 : Facebook's $5 billion agreement with the FTC is offici...
Sources: FTC and DOJ have reached an agreement to divvy up antitrust oversight of Google and Amazon, putting Amazon under FTC's watch and Google under DOJ's
Many companies are shifting down for the summer months. Amber Neely / AppleInsider : FTC, Department of Justice amping up antitrust monitoring of tech firms Scott Bicheno / Telecoms.com : Google and A...
Sources: FTC secured the rights to begin a potential anti-trust probe of Facebook as part of an agreement that let the DOJ take the reins in a Google probe
Federal Trade Commission secures right to examine how Facebook's practices affect digital competition — This is a developing story and will be updated shortly. Tweets: @mayazi , @dmccabe , and @shir...
Apple responds to Spotify's complaint, says Spotify seeks to keep all the benefits of the App Store “without making any contributions to that marketplace”
and It's Failing to Make Its Case Jen Thorpe / Geek News Central : Apple Addressed Spotify's Claims Yoni Heisler / BGR : Apple fires back at Spotify and disputes claim that it's stifling innovation Mi...