antitrust

As you're no doubt aware, Google and Yahoo had a search advertising deal going earlier this year, but turbulence from possible-antitrust complaints and Department of Justice scrutiny ultimately led to Google backing out of the deal.

A group called the American Antitrust Institute is probably the last thing Google or Yahoo wanted sticking its nose into their search deal.  Now the AAI has done so, though, and surprisingly, it doesn't see the partnership as a completely objectionable proposal.

MySpace music is now scheduled to launch this week, but an antitrust lawsuit may be in the making as indie labels in the EU a

The chipmaker's long-standing dismissal of antitrust claims by its main rival, AMD, will receive a test as Federal Trade Commission regulators take a closer look at Intel.

Google filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft, in secret, several months ago; the complaint suggested that Vista’s desktop search function is too hard to turn off.  Now, as you might have noticed, the complaint has become public, and several interesting details relating to the matter have also come to light.

Microsoft will distribute vouchers valuing $37.8 million to Arkansas and $224 million to Wisconsin as part of two proposed class-action lawsuit settlements. The vouchers will be redeemable by residents of the respective states to obtain free software and hardware.

The Austin Board of Realtors found itself on the receiving end of the Federal Trade Commission's ire due to the FTC's contention the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) used by the Board blocked the marketing of certain listings from the service.

If the prospect of a two-tiered Internet system proves to enhance the quality of service of certain traffic for a fee, Google plans to hammer those abusers with antitrust actions.