The Company now has four active antitrust lawsuits spanning six tech and telecom giants, alleging Wi-Fi Calling is unlawfully tied to cellular bundles.WACO, Texas, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VoIP-Pal.com Inc. (OTCQB: VPLM) announced it has filed and served two amended antitrust lawsuits—one individual and one nationwide class action—against Apple, Google, and Samsung. These filings expand the Company’s litigation portfolio to four active cases, joining earlier actions against AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mo ...

A former top official in the Trump Administration, Makan Delrahim, is in advanced talks to join the newly merged Paramount Global in a major legal role, according to sources with direct knowledge. Delrahim, who served as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice during President Trump’s first term, has become one of David Ellison’s key advisors over the last few years.Since leaving government, Delrahim has been a partner at Latham & Watkins, where he leads the firm’s ...

The $100 billion partnership between dominant AI chipmaker Nvidia and leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI could give both companies an unfair advantage over their competitors, experts say. ...

核心观点 - 德国软件公司SAP已向欧盟提供让步方案，旨在解决其企业资源规划软件相关的反垄断担忧，以避免可能的调查和罚款[1] 监管审查背景 - 监管机构对SAP的关注因有关应用程序捆绑的投诉而加剧，客户称此举导致成本上升[2] - 欧盟委员会在2022年向企业分发问卷，调查SAP和甲骨文提供的ERP支持服务[3] 审查焦点 - 审查重点包括更换服务提供商的难易度、选择或更改支持服务合同的自由度以及在此过程中遇到的任何障碍[4] - 欧盟委员会的调查还探讨了从本地部署解决方案向云解决方案的过渡，以及SAP和甲骨文的业务中是否存在竞争壁垒[4] 潜在影响与应对措施 - 成功解决欧盟的反垄断担忧可能使SAP避免调查和潜在罚款，罚款金额最高可达其年度全球营收的10%[3] - 拟议的补救措施可能包括增加服务合同的灵活性，以及简化向竞争对手服务的过渡流程[4] - SAP已提交解决监管担忧的提案，但具体让步内容未详细披露[2]

反垄断诉讼核心争议 - 美国司法部与谷歌将进行为期两周的庭审 焦点在于是否强制谷歌出售其广告交易平台AdX以恢复在线展示广告市场竞争[1] - 司法部律师指控谷歌为"累犯垄断者" 认为强制出售AdX是恢复竞争的最佳方式[3] - 谷歌律师反驳司法部提案"激进且鲁莽" 声称公司已提供更好的解决方案[4] 谷歌广告技术垄断认定 - 法院于4月17日裁定谷歌在在线广告技术领域构成非法垄断 通过违法手段建立其在在线广告系统的主导地位[5] - 司法部及各州指控谷歌的广告技术垄断导致其收取更高费用并从每笔销售中获得更大份额[5] - 本次补救措施庭审基于法院认定谷歌非法垄断广告技术市场的判决[2] 谷歌提出的替代方案 - 谷歌曾在诉讼开始前探索过AdX的潜在剥离方案 但强调其提案与司法部要求不同[4] - 公司此前建议将拍卖和投放服务分拆为Alphabet旗下的独立公司[4] 其他相关反垄断案件 - 在另一起在线搜索市场垄断案中 法官本月裁定谷歌可保留Chrome浏览器和Android操作系统所有权[6] - 该判决要求谷歌与竞争对手共享特定数据 并禁止公司与设备制造商和浏览器开发商签订独家协议[6] - 该裁决与司法部最初要求出售Chrome浏览器的诉求相反[3]

Google is once again facing the possibility of a forced breakup as closely-watched hearings on how to tackle its monopoly over digital advertising technology kicked off in Virginia federal court on Monday.Justice Department attorney Julia Tarver Wood slammed Google’s proposal for a lighter penalty – comparing it to “[putting] a band-aid on a seriously severed limb” – and said a forced divestiture of its key ad exchange, AdX, was needed to restore fair competition and protect news publishers and advertisers ...

SAP, Europe's largest software maker, has offered concessions to address EU antitrust concerns related to its business practices, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as it seeks to stave... ...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -SAP, Europe's largest software maker, has offered concessions to address EU antitrust concerns related to its business practices, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as it seeks to stave off an investigation and potential fine. Germany's SAP is the world leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software used by companies to manage their finances, human resources, supply chains, sales and procurement. It has been on the European Commission's radar f ...

反垄断诉讼 - 公司面临美国反垄断执法机构要求其出售部分在线广告业务的压力 诉讼于周一在弗吉尼亚州亚历山德里亚开始审理 [1] - 公司寻求避免被迫分拆在线广告业务 与司法部及多个州政府进行法律对抗 [1] 业务影响 - 在线广告业务面临结构性调整风险 可能涉及资产剥离或业务重组 [1] - 案件结果将直接影响公司核心广告业务架构 涉及搜索广告及相关技术平台 [1]

案件核心 - 谷歌正面临针对其数字广告垄断行为的反垄断诉讼最终阶段 [1] - 案件核心在于广告技术即用于买卖数字广告的软件 [1][3] - 美国地区法官Leonie Brinkema将开始听取谷歌员工、广告商、出版商等方的证词以考虑对公司进行处罚 [2] 案件指控与裁决 - 法官已于今年早些时候裁定谷歌在广告交易和服务器市场维持非法垄断违反了反垄断法损害了广告商和消费者 [2] - 美国司法部与17个两党联盟州于2023年指控谷歌使用非法手段扼杀竞争迫使广告商和出版商使用其工具 [3] - 这是今年联邦法官第二次权衡如何就谷歌的非法垄断行为进行处罚 [3] 相关案件对比 - 本月早些时候另一法官Amit Mehta决定不对谷歌搜索业务进行重大改变部分原因是人工智能竞赛催生了许多与公司传统搜索引擎竞争的聊天机器人 [4] - Mehta法官裁定谷歌不能付费成为设备和浏览器上的独家搜索引擎但允许其继续为产品分发支付费用 [5] - 搜索案裁决被视为对谷歌和苹果的最佳情况谷歌每年支付约200亿美元以成为Safari浏览器的默认搜索提供商 [5] 潜在处罚考量 - 有观点认为由于人工智能尚未对广告技术领域造成巨大颠覆本案法官Brinkema可能有更大空间施加更广泛的处罚 [6] - 人工智能可能不会在最终补救方案评估中占据重要地位法官可能对谷歌的行为持更为不利的看法 [6]