Should Antitrust Laws Tackle Privacy Issues? DOJ and State AGs Continue Google Investigations in Response to Privacy Concerns

By Darley Maw on February 28, 2020 Posted in Data Privacy

Months have passed since it was first revealed in July 2019 that the Department of Justice (DOJ), in response to various stakeholders’ concerns, was conducting a review into certain “market-leading online platforms” and whether they engaged in antitrust violations.[1] U.S. Attorney General William Barr reiterated that the government was “taking a closer look at the … Continue Reading

Apple’s Streaming Music Service Under Investigation

By Julian Perlman on May 7, 2015 Posted in Government Investigations

It has been a busy several months for antitrust regulators and the tech giants whose alleged conduct has recently drawn their ire. Just a few weeks ago, Google formally became the subject of a European investigation into its alleged skewing of Google search results to favor other Google products and the tying of its apps … Continue Reading

Google Faces European Antitrust Investigation

By Julian Perlman on April 16, 2015 Posted in Government Investigations, International Antitrust

It’s official: on Wednesday, in a formal Statement of Objections, the European Union’s antitrust chief formally accused Google of abusing its dominant position in the web search arena. The European Commission is focused on Google’s alleged practice of skewing search results to divert users of Google’s search engine to other Google-owned websites, products, and services, particularly … Continue Reading