Dylan Field believed that selling his software company to a bigger rival would be good for competition and consumers. Regulators saw it differently.
Category: Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues
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Adobe Scraps Its $20 Billion Takeover of Figma
Adobe will pay a $1 billion breakup fee to the design software maker, amid greater antitrust scrutiny of mergers.
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Lina Khan’s F.T.C. Secures a Big Win
An appeals court ruling that validated its fight against a deal by the gene-sequencing giant Illumina is a boost for the agency’s expansive antitrust strategy.
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Gene-Sequencing Company Illumina to Sell Cancer Test Developer
The move came two days after a court upheld the Federal Trade Commission’s challenge to the deal on antitrust grounds.
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Shein Accused of ‘Mafia-Style’ Tactics by Rival Temu
The two ultrafast-fashion retailers, which both have roots in China, are fierce rivals, offering low-cost items to U.S. consumers.
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Google’s Antitrust Loss to Epic Could Preview Its Legal Fate in 2024
A trio of antitrust cases on the docket threaten to reshape Google’s business and sap its profits.
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Google’s Antitrust Setback Could Remake the Mobile App World
Epic Games’s victory over the search giant could let app developers keep more money, and marks a fresh blow against Big Tech.
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Google Loses Antitrust Court Battle With Makers of Fortnite Video Game
The case could reshape the rules of how other businesses can make money on the Android operating system.
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JetBlue Seeks Court Approval of its Acquisition of Spirit Airlines
JetBlue Airways is trying to persuade a federal court to let it acquire Spirit Airlines, a deal that the Justice Department says will raise fares and reduce competition.
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The Chicken Tycoons vs. the Antitrust Hawks
As part of a broader campaign against anticompetitive practices, the Biden administration has taken on the chicken industry. Why have the results been so paltry?
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Epic Games C.E.O. Says Google Has ‘De Facto Control’ on Android App
Tim Sweeney, who runs the company that created Fortnite, testified in a case that, if he wins, could allow competing payment systems on the Play Store.
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How Microsoft’s Legal Legacy Shapes the Antitrust Case Against Google
Lawyers for the Justice Department and Google as well as the judge in a monthslong trial have invoked the landmark case against Microsoft from the 1990s.