Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitionsThis lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission is because of the claim that the social media apps were brought about in order to quell any...
13 Nov, 2024, 08.14 PM IST
Amazon wins partial dismissal of US antitrust lawsuitA federal court in Seattle partly dismissed the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon, which accused the retailer of maintaining illegal monopolies....
01 Oct, 2024, 07.22 AM IST
US antitrust case against Google is just the startUnder the Trump administration, the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission started investigating Amazon, Apple, Google and Met...
04 May, 2024, 08.29 AM IST
Meta cannot delay US FTC from reopening privacy probe, court saysThe Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its order found that Meta had not shown its challenge was likely t...
30 Mar, 2024, 09.01 AM IST
US judge sets October 2026 trial for FTC antitrust suit against AmazonThe consumer protection agency filed the long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on September 26, accusing the online retailer of ope...
14 Feb, 2024, 08.47 AM IST
US judge to hear Meta privacy dispute with FTC next monthThe agency proposed tightening a 2019 consent agreement, that had forced Facebook, which became Meta in 2021, to pay a $5 billion penalty.
12 Dec, 2023, 12.05 AM IST
Amazon asks judge to dismiss FTC lawsuit, says no consumer harm shownThe FTC lawsuit was one of four that the Trump and Biden administrations have filed since 2020 against the companies that dominate the inte...
10 Dec, 2023, 09.55 AM IST
Meta asks appeals court to tell FTC it cannot reopen privacy caseThe dispute stretches back to May, when the FTC proposed tightening a 2019 consent agreement to prohibit Meta from making money off young u...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
Amazon defends Prime programme in bid to defeat FTC lawsuitAttorneys for Amazon on Wednesday urged US District Judge John Chun to dismiss the FTC's claims that the company had tricked consumers into...
19 Oct, 2023, 10.48 PM IST
Amazon has deep bench of defence lawyers to fight US FTC lawsuitThe long-awaited FTC case against Amazon, joined by 17 state attorneys general, accuses the company of abusing its dominance as an online r...
28 Sep, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
FTC's Amazon antitrust lawsuit faces high bar in US court: expertsLegal experts believe that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Amazon, accusing it of abusing its market power, will face c...
27 Sep, 2023, 04.48 PM IST
US sues Amazon in landmark monopoly case after four-year probeThe lawsuit had been expected after years of complaints that Amazon.com and other tech giants abused their dominance of search, social medi...
26 Sep, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
FTC readies lawsuit that could break up AmazonThe wide-ranging lawsuit is expected as soon as August and will likely challenge a host of Amazon's business practices, the report said, ci...
27 Jul, 2023, 11.07 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
Facebook hits $1 trillion market cap after judge rejects antitrust casesFacebook shares rose more than 4% after a US judge dismissed a case that sought to force the company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. The sh...
29 Jun, 2021, 09.14 AM IST
Facebook asks court to dismiss US government, states antitrust casesThe FTC and states accused Facebook of breaking antitrust law to keep smaller competitors at bay and snapping up social media rivals, like ...
11 Mar, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
US Federal Trade Commission pushes antitrust suit against GoogleThe more than 100-page memo has been distributed to the agency's five commissioners, who will decide whether to sue, two of the people said.
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