Fast, factual wire coverage from across Malaysia and the region.
Broadcom has lost its legal challenge to prevent the European Commission from accessing confidential US legal documents in an ongoing antitrust investigation tied to its 2023 acquisition of VMware.
Google confronts a cascade of damages claims from European rivals following its record €1 billion Digital Markets Act fine. Competitors are seeking billions in compensation, with cases already filed across multiple jurisdictions and more expected.
Malaysia's Senate has endorsed the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2026, granting the Malaysia Competition Commission enhanced powers to tackle cartels, monopolies, and anti-competitive practices in the digital economy that fuel rising living costs.
A US federal judge has ordered Paramount Skydance to pause its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery through August 3, ruling that a coalition of states made a compelling case that the merger threatens competition in film and television distribution.
Five European trade associations have petitioned EU antitrust regulators to immediately suspend certain Broadcom practices related to VMware, alleging steep price increases and market exclusion affecting thousands of cloud providers.
Google has appealed to the European Court of Justice to uphold a lower court's decision annulling a €1.49 billion antitrust fine, arguing EU regulators' case against its AdSense advertising practices is fundamentally flawed.
Switzerland's Competition Commission has opened a preliminary investigation into Google's decision to remove a feature allowing Android users to select their default search engine, a move not replicated elsewhere in Europe.
Parliament's third sitting week saw passage of two competition bills and tabling of padi industry reforms, alongside intense debates on press freedom, MSME financing, and mounting 1MDB debts exceeding RM51 billion.
The Dewan Rakyat has passed the Competition Commission (Amendment) Bill 2026, granting Malaysia's competition watchdog expanded investigative powers and penalty enforcement authority to combat anti-competitive practices.
The Dewan Rakyat has passed the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2026, introducing tougher penalties for obstruction of competition investigations and addressing cartel activities in the digital economy.
Europe's highest court has rejected Google's challenge to a €4.1 billion antitrust fine, the EU's largest ever, for abusing its Android operating system to restrict competition through forced pre-installation of its search and browser services.
Malaysia's competition watchdog will gain powerful new enforcement tools including cash rewards for whistleblowers and steeper penalty cuts for early admissions of liability under proposed amendments to strengthen cartel-busting efforts.
Malaysia's proposed Competition (Amendment) Bill 2026 aims to fortify the Malaysia Competition Commission's enforcement capabilities against increasingly sophisticated cartel operations that exploit digital technologies and concealment tactics.
A Swedish court has ordered Alphabet's Google to pay approximately $1.5 billion in antitrust damages to PriceRunner, a price comparison platform owned by fintech firm Klarna, for illegally manipulating search results.
Australia's competition watchdog has filed court proceedings against Amazon's local unit, accusing it of using unfair contract terms to introduce advertisements into Prime Video for over one million subscribers without compensation.