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
FTC drops case over Microsoft's $69 billion Activision Blizzard dealThe FTC lost an appeal on May 7 seeking to reverse a judge's decision declining to block the Microsoft-Activision deal, which closed in 202...
23 May, 2025, 08.20 AM IST
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wraps up testimony in antitrust caseThe FTC contends Meta has used a monopoly in its technology that facilitates connecting with friends and family to generate enormous profit...
17 Apr, 2025, 09.04 AM IST
Amazon antitrust lawsuit likely to be long and arduous journey for FTCThe Federal Trade Commission's long-awaited antitrust case is the agency's most aggressive move yet to tame the market power of Amazon, a c...
10 Oct, 2023, 10.08 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 FTC eyes options after Microsoft/Activision lossThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering its options after stinging losses last week in its bid to stop Microsoft's $69 billion dea...
18 Jul, 2023, 08.36 AM 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
Fate of record tech industry tie-up heads to judge as Microsoft defends $69 billion Activision dealFederal antitrust enforcers have sued to block the $69 billion acquisition that they say will harm competition between Microsoft and gaming...
30 Jun, 2023, 09.39 AM IST
Microsoft says it could abandon Activision deal if judge delays itThe FTC is asking Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley for a preliminary injunction, which would ban Microsoft from completing the deal before the...
23 Jun, 2023, 01.09 AM IST
Potential outcomes of FTC legal bids to block Microsoft-Activision dealMicrosoft has pressed for a decision sooner rather than later, noting that the purchase agreement has a termination date of July 18, althou...
17 Jun, 2023, 09.23 AM IST
FTC files shorter complaint against Meta over Within acquisitionThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had filed a lawsuit in July saying that Meta's acquisition of Within Unlimited Inc would "tend to create...
08 Oct, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
FTC agrees to remove Mark Zuckerberg as defendant in antitrust suitIn June, the FTC filed its complaint with U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to prevent Meta and Zuckerberg from a...
24 Aug, 2022, 10.16 AM IST
US takes a new stab at Facebook antitrust suitThe suit submitted Thursday contains the same overall arguments as the original, saying that Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and Whats...
20 Aug, 2021, 01.21 AM IST
US FTC drops anti-trust case against QualcommThe FTC first filed a complaint against Qualcomm in 2017, charging that the company has a monopoly in baseband processors.
30 Mar, 2021, 10.12 AM IST
- Microsoft drops South Korea anti-trust appeal
South Korea's anti-trust body ruled last year that Microsoft had breached anti-trust laws by bundling its Windows operating system with its...
16 Oct, 2007, 10.01 AM IST
- Pharma patent disputes out-of-court
Under such settlements, cos agree to delay entrance in market for certain benefits, such as licences to other patents.
02 Aug, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Plavix Accord: Bristol-Myers, Sanofi face criminal probe
Sanofi-Aventis said the US started a criminal probe of a plan to keep a generic version of their top-selling blood-thinner Plavix off the m...
29 Jul, 2006, 12.25 AM IST