Microsoft accuses FTC of leaking news of its antitrust investigation
Now, Microsoft’s corporate vice president and deputy general counsel Rima Alaily is accusing FTC management of leaking details of the probe, in violation of the agency’s own e
Microsoft asks FTC to address alleged information leak amid reported antitrust investigation
But in an email to the FTC inspector general, sent Tuesday and posted publicly on LinkedIn, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel Rima Alaily said that Microsoft has not received a formal legal process from the FTC and that the company learned of the information request from the Bloomberg article.
FTC Opens Microsoft Antitrust Inquiry
The FTC is investigating Microsoft’s cloud computing business and related product lines such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, according to a person who was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop
Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business practices, starting off a big legal project that an incoming Trump administrati
Microsoft faces broad antitrust investigation from Federal Trade Commission
The FTC is looking at everything from the company’s cloud computing and software licensing businesses to cybersecurity offerings and AI products.
Microsoft is being investigated by the FTC over antitrust concerns
Microsoft is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission in a wide-ranging antitrust probe, making it the fifth Big Tech company to fall under such scrutiny in several years. The demand for information that spans hundreds of pages and culminates over a year of informal discussions with Microsoft competitors and partners.
Microsoft facing wide-ranging antitrust probe despite FTC chief’s likely departure
The probe was approved by FTC Chair Lina Khan ahead of her likely departure in January. The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and the expectation he will appoint a fellow Republican with a softer approach toward business, leaves the outcome of the investigation up in the air.
FTC launches antitrust probe into Microsoft
The reported investigation is something of a parting shot from an aggressive Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan.
UK antitrust suit hits Microsoft with claim for $1.25B in cloud fees damages
Microsoft is in the crosshairs of a U.K. competition class action-style lawsuit that's seeking £1 billion (around $1.25 ...
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Antitrust Division AAG Outlines Need for More Aggressive Antitrust Enforcement in the Healthcare Industry
In an interesting political twist, the difference in approaches to antitrust enforcement between Democrat and Republican Administrations has ...
Judge schedules trial in Meta antitrust case
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will head to ...
Big drug middlemen sue to stop federal antitrust action
The three largest pharmacy benefit managers — or PBMs — earlier this month went to court to quash a suit by the Federal Trade ...
U.S. FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop
Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business ...