Chris May

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Chris May |Emma Whitford

By Chris May and Emma Whitford ( April 1, 2025, 23:16 GMT | Insight) -- DuckDuckGo, a third party in landmark antitrust litigation against Google brought by the US Department of Justice over monopolization of search and search advertising markets, told federal lawmakers that the search market is currently “frozen in place” and it could take “many years” for the DOJ’s proposed fixes to bring change.DuckDuckGo, a third party in landmark antitrust litigation against Google brought by the US...

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Clayton Vickers |Chris May

By Clayton Vickers and Chris May ( March 31, 2025, 17:57 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms and the US Federal Trade Commission aren’t discussing potential settlement in advance of a major antitrust trial over Meta’s alleged monopolization of social networking, the parties told a federal judge today.Meta Platforms and the US Federal Trade Commission aren’t discussing potential settlement in advance of a major antitrust trial over Meta’s alleged monopolization of social networking, the parties...

4 weeks ago | mlex.com | Chris May

By Chris May ( March 26, 2025, 18:14 GMT | Insight) -- Amazon improperly designated internal documents as privileged and must now hand those documents over to consumer plaintiffs pursuing class-action antitrust litigation against the ecommerce giant, a Washington federal judge ruled.Amazon improperly designated internal documents as privileged and must now hand those materials over to consumer plaintiffs pursuing class-action antitrust litigation against the e-commerce giant, a Washington...

1 month ago | mlex.com | Chris May

By Chris May ( March 21, 2025, 15:35 GMT | Insight) -- Amazon’s potential antitrust liability for its use of an algorithmic price-matching system known as Project Nessie isn’t enough to support state law claims brought by New Jersey and Pennsylvania in a high-profile lawsuit led by the Federal Trade Commission, a Washington federal judge said.Amazon’s potential antitrust liability for its use of an algorithmic price-matching system known as Project Nessie isn’t enough to support state law...

1 month ago | mlex.com | Chris May

By Chris May ( March 18, 2025, 22:45 GMT | Insight) -- A former Jenni-O Turkey Store executive and Cargill sales VP must sit for depositions by the US Department of Justice as part of antitrust litigation accusing Agri Stats of facilitating the illegal exchange of competitively sensitive information among meatpackers, a federal judge said today.A former Jenni-O Turkey Store executive and a vice president of sales for Cargill must sit for depositions by the US Department of Justice as part of...