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Antitrust Bites - December 2025
08 Jan 2026 22:16 GMT
[co-authors: Laura Pelagalli, Matilde Losa, Arianna Porretti, Emma Hoad]
ICA launches a market investigation into the impact of large-scale retail supply chains on the agri-food chain sector
On 16 December 2025, the ICA launched a market investigation into …
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Google's $32 billion deal to buy Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz awaits EU antitrust verdict in February
08 Jan 2026 20:45 GMT
European Union antitrust regulators are set to decide … to a filing on the European Commission website revealed Thursday.
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India justifies using global turnover to calculate antitrust fines in Apple case
08 Jan 2026 12:20 GMT
… challenge to India’s antitrust penalty statute. Since last … dominance.
CCI justifies retroactive antitrust law amid Apple dispute
… been embroiled in an antitrust dispute with Apple before …
On 23 April 2025, European Commission officials fined Apple €500 …
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EU antitrust regulators to decide on Google's Wiz deal by February 10
08 Jan 2026 10:33 GMT
… , Jan 8 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by February … to a filing on the European Commission website. Alphabet announced the deal …
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Invasion 2026: Venezuela Today; Tomorrow, Who’s Next?
12 Jan 2026 23:37 GMT
… (EU) foreign policy Chief and European Commission Vice-President, Kaja Kallas.
The … diplomacy.
The designation of drug cartels as terrorist organisations, and Trump …
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Meta says it will not remove third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp
12 Jan 2026 23:19 GMT
… from the country's antitrust authority (AGCM). The report said … . Notably, the European Commission has also launched a formal antitrust probe into the …
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Musk to open source X algorithm as platform faces $140 million EU fine and criminal probe
12 Jan 2026 18:20 GMT
… illegal sexually explicit images. A European Commission spokesperson, Thomas Regnier, condemned the … is usually reserved for drug cartels or mafia groups, enables the …
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Paramount takes legal action against WBD as push to derail Netflix deal intensifies
12 Jan 2026 17:33 GMT
… the European Commission, which will both be reviewing the deal on antitrust grounds …
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Meta to exclude Italy from rival chatbot ban on WhatsApp
12 Jan 2026 16:14 GMT
… the country's antitrust authority, according to a … complaints from rivals. The European Commission too is probing Meta … to support.
The Italian antitrust authority declined to comment. … just in Italy. The (European) Commission must urgently follow Italy…
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EU to waive import levies on Chinese EVs through 'minimum price' deal
12 Jan 2026 15:00 GMT
… in a news release.
The European Commission said the guidance, the result … same legal criteria and the European Commission will conduct each assessment in … years following a year-long antitrust investigation into the EV market …