Brasília, May 14, 2025 – Brazil’s antitrust watchdog has upheld a preventive order against Apple, requiring the tech giant to cease potentially anticompetitive practices in its App Store operations or face a daily fine of […]
Category: Dominance
Abuse of dominance, single conduct.
Ticketportal Alters Ticket Resale Rules Amid PMÚ Investigation
The Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic (PMÚ) has ended its investigation into Ticketportal, Slovakia’s largest ticket vendor, after the company voluntarily amended its terms and conditions to allow secondary sales of non-personalized tickets. The […]
Court of Appeal Upholds CMA’s £99m Fine on Pharma Firm Over Excessive NHS Drug Prices
May 8, 2025 – London — The Court of Appeal has upheld the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision to impose a £99 million fine on pharmaceutical company Advanz for charging excessive prices for the […]
Chile’s Antitrust Prosecutor Accuses Google of Abusing Dominance, Seeks $89M Fine
May 9, 2025 — Santiago, Chile — Chile’s National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE) has filed a landmark lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of abusing its dominant position in the Android mobile ecosystem and […]
Wolt Drops Restrictive Terms Amid Finnish Competition Probe
Helsinki, 8 May 2025 — Finnish food delivery giant Wolt has removed key contractual terms that the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA) found potentially harmful to market competition. The move follows a multi-year investigation […]
Canada Advances Abuse of Dominance Probe of Real Estate Data Practices
May 6, 2025 – Gatineau The Competition Bureau has obtained a second court order as it intensifies its investigation into potentially anti-competitive practices by the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) and its […]
CADE Opens Investigation into Ericsson for Alleged Anticompetitive Practices in 5G Patent Licensing
Brasília, 23 April 2025 — Brazil’s antitrust authority CADE has ordered the opening of an investigation into Ericsson for allegedly abusing its dominant position by refusing to license essential 5G patents in Brazil independently, instead […]
Czech Competition Authority Probes TV Station Over Possible Abuse of Dominance
April 23, 2025 — The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition has launched administrative proceedings against an unnamed Czech commercial television station over suspected abuse of a dominant position. The investigation concerns the licensing […]
CCI Approves Google’s $2.4 Million Settlement in Android TV Antitrust Case
April 21, 2025 – New Delhi — The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved a $2.4 million settlement proposal from Google in a landmark antitrust case involving the Android TV ecosystem. This is the […]
US DOJ Wins Landmark Antitrust Case Against Google Over Digital Ad Monopoly
April 17, 2025 – Washington, D.C. — In a major victory for U.S. antitrust enforcement, a federal court has ruled that Google violated antitrust laws by monopolizing open-web digital advertising markets. The decision marks the […]
