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Filing: Adobe says the FTC is probing the company's subscription cancellation rules and that a settlement could have "significant monetary costs or penalties" (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Filing: Adobe says the FTC is probing the company’s subscription cancellation rules and that a settlement…
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Sources: Google and Nvidia told the FTC that the Activision Blizzard deal could give Microsoft an unfair advantage in cloud, subscription, and mobile gaming (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Google and Nvidia told the FTC that the Activision Blizzard deal could give Microsoft an unfair advantage in…
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The FTC proposes a rule banning non-compete clauses, saying the contracts harm healthy competition in the labor and product markets and block entrepreneurship (Jules Roscoe/VICE)
Jules Roscoe / VICE: The FTC proposes a rule banning non-compete clauses, saying the contracts harm healthy competition in the…
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The FTC orders Mastercard to provide customer data to its competitors for debit card payments, alleging Mastercard used tokenization to block competing networks (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: The FTC orders Mastercard to provide customer data to its competitors for debit card payments, alleging Mastercard used tokenization…
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Epic Games agrees to pay the FTC $520M to settle two allegations that it violated kids' online privacy rules and tricked users into making unintended purchases (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Epic Games agrees to pay the FTC $520M to settle two allegations that it violated kids’ online…
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The FTC will face hurdles to block Microsoft's Activision deal, as courts are skeptical of vertical merger challenges where two companies don't compete directly (New York Times)
New York Times: The FTC will face hurdles to block Microsoft’s Activision deal, as courts are skeptical of vertical merger…
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FTC officials seeking to block Microsoft's Activision deal are potentially more concerned about the future of cloud gaming than console-exclusive games (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: FTC officials seeking to block Microsoft’s Activision deal are potentially more concerned about the future of cloud gaming than…
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The FTC sues to block Microsoft's $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, charging that the deal would allow Microsoft to suppress its competitors in gaming (Washington Post)
Washington Post: The FTC sues to block Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard, charging that the deal would allow Microsoft…
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