White House sues Amazon, says Prime cancellation was a maze meant to trap usersFTC sues Amazon over Prime: The FTC has sued Amazon, alleging deceptive tactics to enroll users in Prime subscriptions and obstruct cancell...
24 Sep, 2025, 02.00 AM IST
Microsoft wins appeal in FTC challenge to $69 billion Activision Blizzard dealA US appeals court rejected the FTC’s challenge to Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal, ruling the agency failed to prove the merger wo...
07 May, 2025, 10.51 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why the US government wants to break up MetaBack in 2020, the FTC sued Meta (then known as Facebook), arguing that it had illegally maintained monopoly power by acquiring competitors ...
15 Apr, 2025, 02.34 PM IST
US argues Meta built a social media monopolyThe FTC has launched a landmark antitrust trial accusing Meta of illegally monopolizing social media by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp to...
15 Apr, 2025, 08.57 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg takes stand to defend Meta against antitrust suitMark Zuckerberg, who is expected to resume testimony Tuesday, was the first witness in the trial, Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platform...
15 Apr, 2025, 07.24 AM IST
Who is Lina Khan? Why has LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman asked Kamala Harris to sack her? Know why megadonor is upset with herLinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has asked Democratic presumptive nominee Kamala Harris to sack FTC Chairperson Lina Khan for opposing merg...
29 Jul, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
Bankrupt US pharmacy chain Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognitionRite Aid deployed artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology from 2012 to 2020 to identify shoplifters but the company fal...
20 Dec, 2023, 08.59 AM IST
US antitrust enforcer says pressing on with fight against Microsoft/Activision dealIn the United States, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has also fought the deal, and has an argument scheduled before an appeals court...
13 Oct, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
Microsoft-Activision timeline: Ubisoft deal opens doors to Britain's nodLast month, "Call of Duty" maker Activision agreed to sell its non-European streaming rights to Ubisoft Entertainment to get the biggest de...
22 Sep, 2023, 12.52 PM IST
US appeals court refuses FTC request to pause Microsoft deal for ActivisionA U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Trade Commission's request to pause Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" ...
15 Jul, 2023, 08.14 AM IST
Microsoft asks court to reject FTC request to pause Activision dealMicrosoft said on Friday FTC had been slow to file in federal court, and thus it was inappropriate to press for a delay so late in the game.
15 Jul, 2023, 12.23 AM IST
Amazon charged with privacy violations over Alexa and Ring camerasThe Federal Trade Commission voted to file charges in two separate cases Wednesday that could also force the company to delete certain data...
01 Jun, 2023, 10.48 AM IST
Facebook again asks judge to dismiss US lawsuit to force sale of Instagram, WhatsAppThe social media giant asked that the lawsuit be dismissed with prejudice, which would make it harder for the agency to amend the lawsuit.
05 Oct, 2021, 12.49 AM IST
Big Tech's little mergers draw more US antitrust scrutinyFTC staff found that Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Amazon.com, Apple and Microsoft together had 616 acquisitions from 2010 to 2019 that were...
16 Sep, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
US fires back at Facebook's move to kill monopoly lawsuitThe Federal Trade Commission urged the judge handling the agency’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook to reject the social-media company’s ...
09 Apr, 2021, 09.04 AM IST
Sun-Ranbaxy $4 billion deal: US anti-trust regulator FTC passes final orderFTC has passed its final order settling charges that Sun Pharma's $4 billion deal to acquire Ranbaxy Laboratories could result in unfair bu...
20 Mar, 2015, 10.55 PM IST
- Sun to give up 3 drugs for Taro
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has agreed to sell the assets and rights of three generic drugs, which it sells in the US market, to Torrent ...
15 Aug, 2008, 12.00 AM IST