The European Commission has reportedly sent letters to various companies that have filed complaints against the proposed settlement between Google and competition regulators, revealing that part of the agreement is to establish an external antitrust monitor to oversee Google’s operations – a process Google itself will be a part of.
According …read more
June 17, 2014
Stephane Eljarrat, John Bodrug, Jean-Philippe Groleau & Gabriel Querry
(Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg)
(Reprinted with permission)
On June 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered a key decision in R v. Spencer upholding the right to privacy on the Internet. The Court held that Internet users …read more
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced it will now regulate text messaging costs to rein in what have been called “astronomical” prices.
The decision follows a market inquiry conducted by the ACCC that reviewed comment from consumer groups over the fees. One of those comments, submitted by the Australian Communications …read more
Austria’s telecommunications regulator followed in the path of competition authorities in approving Mexican mogul Carlos Slim’s plan to pool his shares in Telekom Austria with the Austrian government’s holdings, reports say.
The regulator, RTR, announced Tuesday it approved of the merger of shares between the government and Slim’s America Movil. The …read more