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Fitbit/Google: EU consumer body says merger a “game-changer” in digital, health markets

EU consumer body BEUC has called on the European Commission (EC) to conduct an in-depth investigation of Alphabet‘s [NASDAQ:GOOGL] Google’s acquisition of Fitbit [NYSE:FIT] as the merger would strengthen… Read More

Philippine bureau of investigation to assess reports of anti-competitive conduct amid pandemic

The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has started reviewing reported cases of alleged anticompetitive conduct during implementation of the nationwide enhanced community quarantine, as the… Read More

EU ex ante rules for platforms could contain do’s and don’ts for big tech – Vestager

The European Commission (EC) is considering a list of “do’s and don’ts” as part of a possible ex ante regulation on fair conditions for digital… Read More

EC looks to exploitative abuse on data, says official – ABA Spring Meeting

Competition enforcers may want to consider violations related to data-gathering or pooling in the context of exploitative abuse rather than privacy per se, a senior… Read More

EC looks to exploitative abuse on data, says official – ABA Spring Meeting

Competition enforcers may want to consider violations related to data-gathering or pooling in the context of exploitative abuse rather than privacy per se, a senior… Read More

EC looks to exploitative abuse on data, says official – ABA Spring Meeting

Privacy, antitrust law can work hand-in-hand, EC official says Exploitative abuses could become more mainstream in privacy, data cases     Competition enforcers may want… Read More

FTC official cautions to keep privacy and antitrust doctrines separate – ABA Spring Meeting

Privacy and antitrust law should not be integrated as these “are two different things,” a Federal Trade Commission official said today (April 29) at the… Read More

US FTC likely to see rise in failing firm defense, official says – ABA Spring Meeting

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received a number of not “particularly persuasive” failing firm merger defenses before the coronavirus pandemic and it is likely… Read More

PaRR Analytics: Increasing interim measure use stirs consequences debate

PaRR Analytics: Increasing interim measure use stirs consequences debate   • Last year’s interim measures over a third of all adopted since 2015 •… Read More

EC official marks significance of Amazon case in future antitrust scrutiny – ABA Spring Meeting

The European Commission’s (EC) investigation into Amazon and how the platform uses data is an example for the kind of conduct antitrust enforcers might want to watch… Read More