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NEWS ABOUT: antitrust suit

antitrust suit stories: 9 news summaries
ANTITRUST SETTLEMENT

 Intel to Pay AMD $1.25B 

Payment settles all antitrust and patent suits

Nov 12, 09 8:51 AM CST
(AP) - Intel says it is paying AMD, its largest rival in the computer chip market, $1.25 billion to settle all antitrust and patent suits, and has agreed to abide by a set of "business practice provisions." In return, AMD, which had been complaining to regulators for five years... More »

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Intel • antitrust • settlement • antitrust suit • AMD

 Cuomo Slaps Intel 
 With Antitrust Suit 

Says chipmaker paid kickbacks, strongarmed manufacturers

Nov 4, 09 10:41 AM CST
(Newser) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed an antitrust suit against Intel today, accusing it of “a worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal conduct.” Cuomo says Intel paid computer manufacturers billions in kickbacks provided they didn’t produce computers with rival chips. The money was disguised as “rebates,... More »

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Intel • antitrust • Andrew Cuomo • antitrust suit • AMD • processor • computer hardware • Intel Corp

 Microsoft Move Won't 
 Derail Antitrust Case 

Company has unfair advantage, European Commission says

Jun 12, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The European Commission is moving forward with its antitrust case against Microsoft even after the company's promise to sell its Windows 7 operating system without Internet Explorer in Europe. The commission "notes with interest" Microsoft's announcement, CNET News reports, but adds that "Microsoft has apparently decided to supply... More »

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Microsoft • web browser • Microsoft Windows • Internet Explorer • Opera • antitrust suit • European Commission

Obama Antitrust Chief Gets Tough on Big Biz

In reversal of Bush policy, the DOJ will aggressively enforce anti-monopoly laws

May 11, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s top antitrust official plans to aggressively pursue a tougher enforcement policy to keep large corporations from dominating smaller rivals, the New York Times reports. In speeches today and tomorrow, Justice Department antitrust chief Christine Varney will announce the reversal of lax Bush-era antitrust policies, and encourage... More »

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Barack Obama • Department of Justice • antitrust • monopoly • antitrust suit • Obama administration • President Obama • Christine Varney • Jay-ZTV

 FTC Challenges 
 Payments to 
 Delay Generics 

Deal to keep generic drug off the market is anti-competitive, regulators say

Feb 3, 09 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The Federal Trade Commission, pledging to oppose “pay-for-delay” agreements, filed suit against a brand-name testosterone-replacement drug manufacturer for paying three competitors to delay introductions of generic versions, the Washington Post reports. Nearly half of settlements between brand-name drug-makers and their generic counterparts in 2006 and 2007 resulted in such... More »

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pharmaceutical companies • FTC • generic drugs • monopoly • antitrust suit • pharmaceutical industry • Solvay Pharmaceuticals

 MasterCard to 
 Pay Amex $1.8B  

Antitrust settlement will help Amex defray losses as economy continues to drag

Jun 25, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - MasterCard will pay American Express $1.8 billion in 12 quarterly installments, settling a lawsuit that claimed it had blocked banks from offering American Express cards to customers, the Wall Street Journal reports. American Express said the antitrust settlement would "help to lessen the impact of this weakening economic... More »

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American Express • settlement • Visa • MasterCard • antitrust suit

Piles of Evidence Delay
Intel Antitrust Trial

AMD has accused Intel of banned business moves

Jun 6, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - With countless documents and hundreds of witnesses to sort through, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices’ antitrust lawsuit against Intel won’t begin until 2010 at the earliest, the Wall Street Journal reports. AMD has long accused Intel of corrupt business practices; the delay comes after a Korean court ruled that... More »

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Intel • lawsuit • computer chip • Advanced Micro Devices • antitrust suit

Microsoft Faces New Suit on Competition

Small Norwegian company says industry giant stifles rivals

Dec 13, 07 4:43 PM CST
(Newser) - An independent Norwegian software company is taking on Microsoft in an antitrust complaint filed today with the European Commission. Opera charges the industry behemoth with monopolizing the market by packaging Windows with the Internet Explorer browser, Reuters reports. The moves comes three months after Microsoft had to pay a huge... More »

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Microsoft • Internet Explorer • monopoly • Opera • antitrust suit

Justice Backs Microsoft
in Antitrust Action

US opposes extension of scrutiny

Nov 12, 07 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft chief Bill Gates has a critical ally in the latest phase of his company's marathon antitrust suit—the Justice Department.  The agency is opposing court action by New York and California to extend judicial oversight of Microsoft's activities to 2012, reports the Wall Street Journal. Monitoring was part... More »

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California • Department of Justice • Microsoft • New York • antitrust suit • restrictive oversight

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