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Leah Nylen

Leah Nylen

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Private equity firms are so terrified of antitrust watchdogs they may have withheld information about deals, DOJ official says

Richard Mosier, former special counsel for private equity in the DOJ’s antitrust division, said the agency has “renewed focus” on document...

11.04.2024 10

Fortune

Leah Nylen

DOJ to probe private equity firms attempting to 'game the system,' special counsel says

KKR previously said the Justice Department was looking at its merger notification filings.

11.04.2024 8

Fortune

Leah Nylen

Apple hit with massive antitrust case from DOJ, 16 states after 5-year probe into smartphone market

The lawsuit alleges that Apple has used its power over app distribution on the iPhone to thwart innovations that would have made it easier for...

21.03.2024 10

Fortune

Leah Nylen

The FTC is suing to block Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons, saying the merger of the two biggest supermarket chains would result in higher grocery prices

In the complaint, the FTC said the combination of Kroger and Albertsons chains would unduly concentrate the market.

26.02.2024 6

Fortune

Leah Nylen

FTC sends subpoenas to Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon amid antitrust concerns over AI startups relying on Big Tech for financing, infrastructure

FTC Chair Lina Khan said the agency is closely monitoring the industry and “there is no AI exemption from the laws on the books.”

26.01.2024 6

Fortune

Leah Nylen

'Fortnite' maker Epic Games to contest Apple’s ‘27% tax’ on outside payments

The iPhone maker said it would attempt to collect a 12% or 27% revenue share from developers that opt out of the Apple system.

17.01.2024 8

Fortune

Leah Nylen

Adobe to pay Figma a $1B breakup fee after European regulators scuttle proposed merger

“Despite thousands of hours spent with regulators around the world...we no longer see a path toward regulatory approval," Figma's CEO wrote.

18.12.2023 5

Fortune

Leah Nylen

Google's lawyer cringes in court when expert reveals confidential revenue figure paid to Apple over search advertising

Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue it earns from search advertising made through the Safari browser, the search engine's main economics expert said.

14.11.2023 2

Fortune

Leah Nylen

Google CEO Pichai wrote to founders Page and Brin to decry bad ‘optics’ of search engine deal with Apple when he was in charge of Chrome

“I don’t think it is a good user experience nor the optics is great for us to be the only provider in the browser,” he said.

11.10.2023 30

Fortune

Leah Nylen

Apple mulled replacing Google with DuckDuckGo as default search engine in private mode: Unsealed transcripts

The DOJ alleges Google has struck deals with Apple that have hindered other search engines from posing serious competition.

05.10.2023 3

Fortune

Leah Nylen

Amazon to be slapped with an FTC antitrust lawsuit next week as government legal cases pile up against the e-commerce giant

The antitrust complaint is expected to focus on Amazon’s pricing policies, Prime, and how the company treats certain merchants.

22.09.2023 2

Fortune

Leah Nylen

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