YouTube has reportedly responded to recent outcry from smaller music labels slamming the Google-owned video streaming service for anticompetitive behavior.
Just weeks after reports emerged that YouTube was forcing certain contractual terms on indie labels if they wanted to have their music streamed from YouTube’s new music service, YouTube has reportedly …read more
As European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia is set to exit his post later this year, the future of the EU’s antitrust regulation is in question.
Reports say Almunia, who started his position in 2010, launched the European Commission into an era of activism, going beyond breaking up anticompetitive cartels and reviewing mergers, …read more
American Express is expected in court today in a lawsuit filed by the US government against the credit card giant’s swipe fees.
According to reports, the Department of Justice is fighting AmEx’s policy that prohibits its merchants from encouraging their customers from using credit cards with lower processing fees; American Express …read more
June 30 – Lawyer Dave Domina campaigns for Senate on an old-school antitrust platform.
July 1 – The man who coined the term “net neutrality,” Tim Wu, runs …read more