How Apple Created a Legal Mess When It Skirted Judge’s Ruling
Several weeks after a federal appeals court said Apple would have to loosen its grip on its App Store, Tim Cook, the company’s chief executive,...
Tag : Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues
U.S. v. Google: What Both Sides Argued in a Hearing to Fix Its Search Monopoly
For the past three weeks, the Justice Department and Google have questioned more than two dozen witnesses to try to sway a federal judge’s decision...
The 2006 Zuckerberg Quote at the Center of Meta’s Antitrust Trial
In September 2006, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, described what made his social network special. “Facebook is about real connections to actual friends,”...
Justice Dept. Lawyers Say US Wants to Break up Google’s Ad Technology
The Justice Department laid out its road map on Friday to break up Google’s advertising technology empire, which would be the second request to force...
Judge Rebukes Apple and Orders It to Loosen Grip on App Store
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Apple must loosen its grip on its App Store and stop collecting a commission on some app sales,...
Meta Says It Anticipates Continued Growth Despite Tariffs
Meta said on Wednesday that it expected to see strong revenue growth in its advertising business in the coming months, even as President Trump’s tariffs...
Google Parent Alphabet Reports 12% Increase in Revenue
Google might be threatened with a breakup after losing two antitrust cases, but in the meantime it can console itself with piles of money. Alphabet,...
Why Antitrust Breakups of Google and Meta Could Be Difficult
The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft was found to...
At Trial, Mark Zuckerberg Avoids Explaining Takeovers of Instagram and WhatsApp
In his second day on the stand in a landmark antitrust trial, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, on Tuesday defended the social media...
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
In 2012, when Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people thought he had lost...