Antitrust Issues

Friday roundup: DOJ and Apple, John Green's commencement speech

2013-05-17 09:46:00

John Green, bestselling and prize-winning author of young adult novels including "The Fault In Our Stars" and "Looking for Alaska," gave the commencement address at Butler University on May 11. It's witty, smart, thoughtful, and going viral; if you...

On eve of Google developers conference, company 'hot again'

2013-05-14 00:00:00

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Even though its ubiquitous Internet search engine practically mints money, Google Inc. was widely seen as a company whose best days were behind it. It was written off as the next Microsoft Corp. — a staid high-tech...

Google's Android is target of new antitrust complaint in Europe

2013-04-09 09:21:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is under fire from a coalition of companies including Microsoft Corp. which have called on European antitrust authorities to launch an investigation into the Internet giant's dominance on smartphones. The FairSearch group...

Baseball books cover the bases

2013-03-29 12:00:00

George Plimpton knew the score. A generation or so ago, the late Paris Review editor developed what he called the "Small Ball Theory" of sports writing, which posits "a correlation between the standard of writing about a particular sport and the ball it...

Apple CEO Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-books antitrust case

2013-03-13 12:47:00

A federal judge has ruled that Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook must testify in the U.S. government's e-books antitrust case against the company. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan granted the Department of Justice's request to order Cook to...

European officials fine Microsoft $731 million in browser case

2013-03-06 06:04:00

WASHINGTON -- European Union antitrust officials on Wednesday hit Microsoft Corp. with a $731-million fine for failing to live up to a promise to allow Windows users to easily choose a Web browser other than Internet Explorer. That promise was part of a...

Moving, slowly, toward a la carte cable

2013-02-28 15:16:00

The cable company Cablevision says it's just looking out for consumers in its lawsuit against Viacom, owner of MTV and Nickelodeon, over bundled programming packages that drive monthly bills higher. And the company is correct — to a point. ------...

A cable TV operator goes to bat against costly channel bundles

2013-02-26 15:03:00

Consumers don't ordinarily think of cable TV companies as friends of the little guy. But Cablevision, which won an extremely pro-consumer court ruling on digital video recording in 2008, is waging another legal battle that could be a boon to pay-TV...

U.S. sues to block AB InBev's move to merge Budweiser, Corona

2013-01-31 09:29:00

The Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch InBev, the maker of Budweiser, to block its acquisition of Grupo Modelo, maker of Corona, officials announced Thursday.� The department said the proposed $20.1-billion merger...

Avery Dennison finds buyer for office-goods unit after 3M backs out

2013-01-30 09:40:00

Avery Dennison Corp. will sell two of its businesses for $500 million in cash to CCL Industries Inc., a Canadian maker of specialty packaging, the Pasadena-based company announced Wednesday. The sale comes three months after Minnesota-based 3M abandoned...

Robert H. Bork dies at 85; pivotal figure in Supreme Court history

2012-12-19 18:01:00

Robert H. Bork, the conservative legal champion whose bitter defeat for a Supreme Court seat in 1987 politicized the confirmation process and changed the court's direction for decades, died Wednesday. He was 85. The former Yale law professor and judge on...

Google Maps is not blocking Windows Phone, Google says

2013-01-04 15:24:00

Google is denying reports online Friday that say the company started blocking Windows Phone users from accessing Google Maps amid tension in its relationship with Microsoft. Nothing has changed with the Google Maps service, the company told The Times....

Google Inc. is under fire from a coalition of companies led by Microsoft Corp. which have called on European antitrust authorities to launch an investigation into the Internet giant's dominance on smartphones.

2013-04-09 08:45:19

The Beverly Hills ticketing company, which charges significant fees to process online orders, is a perennial target of consumer hatred. This year, the seller launched an online store on Facebook to try to tap into an even wider customer base.

2012-04-04 00:00:00

Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis , left, and his attorney Joseph Alioto react to jury's verdict on May 7, 1982, in favor of the Raiders in their antitrust trial against the National Football League , opening the door for the team to move to Los Angeles.

2011-09-21 12:40:00