India’s competition watchdog, the CCI, has fast-tracked Apple’s antitrust case and scheduled a final hearing for May 21. The CCI earlier found Apple abused its dominance in the iPhone app market, but Apple has not provided requested financial data. With penalties now in focus, the missing information could weigh heavily as fines are on the table.
Brazil’s antitrust regulator CADE has backed returning its Google news content case to its general superintendence for formal administrative proceedings. The interim chief said the latest probe should reflect how Google’s behavior has evolved since the investigation began in 2019, paving the way for deeper scrutiny of the company’s conduct around news licensing and distribution.
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Turkey’s competition authority has opened an investigation into Spotify, focusing on whether the music-streaming platform favors specific rights holders through its algorithms. Regulators will also examine whether Spotify’s subscription pricing in Turkey may unfairly restrict competitors and rights holders, potentially raising antitrust concerns.
The government’s December 30 safeguard duty on cheap steel imports offered a quick boost to domestic players like Tata Steel, JSW Steel and SAIL. But the momentum faded as a CCI probe alleged that major steelmakers may have colluded on pricing, raising the possibility that competition rules were breached. The industry now faces a “one step forward, two steps back” scenario.
India’s antitrust watchdog has upgraded Anheuser-Busch InBev’s role in a cartel probe, moving it from a cooperating witness to a party under investigation. The case began by targeting 42 alcohol retailers in Telangana over alleged exclusion of rivals, and AB InBev was raided in 2024. The brewer then secured a temporary injunction that halted the investigation against it.
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