Antitrust

Apple has made multiple settlement offers this year in the DOJ's 2024 smartphone-monopoly case joined by 19 states, though no trial date has been set and Apple Watch–Android compatibility remains a sticking point.

A D.C. federal judge let Sensory's antitrust claims over Google's voice assistant restrictions proceed while dismissing its broader search and advertising claims.

France's Autorité de la concurrence found Meta likely abused its dominant position and ordered it to negotiate in good faith with press publishers over unpaid neighbouring rights.

The justices granted certiorari limited to whether Apple's App Store fees violated the "spirit" of a 2021 injunction, setting up arguments in the term beginning October 2026.

The General Court in Luxembourg rejected all of Apple's challenges to its DMA gatekeeper designation, ruling its five App Stores count as one service.

The CMA is investigating Dassault Systemes UK, Solid Solutions Management, and Visiativ Solutions over suspected anti-competitive conduct in SolidWorks software supply.

The Justice Department cleared Paramount's $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery without conditions, over reported objections from career antitrust staff, leaving an EU remedy decision due July 22 and possible UK intervention as the deal's final hurdles.

Europe's Court of Justice dismissed Google and Alphabet's appeal on July 2, 2026, confirming a roughly €4.1 billion penalty over Android licensing practices and leaving no further right to appeal.

Stockholm's Patent and Market Court found Google unlawfully favored its own price comparison service, awarding PriceRunner what a judge called the largest damages in a Swedish competition case.

The White House plans to nominate FCC General Counsel Adam Candeub to lead the DOJ Antitrust Division as acting chief Omeed Assefi prepares to leave, the second leadership turnover since February.

Eight states defend an April injunction that bars Nexstar from integrating Tegna, while the broader 13-state coalition and Nexstar jointly propose a July 2027 jury trial.

FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson told corn farmers in Texas the agency has opened a compulsory-process antitrust investigation into surging fertilizer prices.