#antitrust

#antitrust

Zillow has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass, alleging the Chicagoland MLS and the nation's largest brokerage conspired to withhold listing data and pressure Zillow to carry private hidden listings nationwide, according to a company announcement.

The deal values the company at nearly $111 billion, including debt, and is not final as it requires regulatory approval and could face legal challenges.

We see major gaps in both the legal research and training needed to tackle pressing questions of economic governance, said Khan, who chaired the FTC under former President Joe Biden.

Judge Jane J. Boyle stated, 'The very nature of the alleged conspiracy does not state an antitrust claim, and the Court therefore has no qualm dismissing with prejudice.'

The lawsuit alleges that both companies have 'steered skiers and snowboarders into expensive season-pass bundles' by making day tickets prohibitively expensive, a practice that violates antitrust laws.

"I'm sorry we're here again," Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said in a note to Epic employees. "The downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025 means we're spending significantly more than we're making, and we have to make major cuts to keep the company funded."

An 88% operating margin and a compound annual growth rate of 100% in per-score pricing over five years are not hallmarks of a competitive market.

CF Industries reported Q4 2025 revenue of $1.87 billion, beating estimates by 7%, with gross margin expanding to 40.9% from 34.4% a year earlier.

Apple announced it is lowering the commission fees on the Chinese App Store effective March 15. The fees for standard Apple In-App purchases will drop to 25% from the current 30% figure. Rates for the qualifying Apple In-App Purchase transactions under the App Store Small Business Program and Mini Apps Partner Program will also be lowered from 15% to 12%.

"As far as the pay scale, when you compare it to any other sporting event, the UFC is the most f---ed up," Strickland told Complex. "Athlete pay versus what [the UFC] is making, there is no argument there. It's not fair. It's predatory."

A British consumers' organization has withdrawn its competition claim against Qualcomm after it determined the Competition Appeal Tribunal was likely to find Qualcomm was not at fault. The consumers' organization, Which?, filed the claim in February 2021 on behalf of around 29 million British consumers, alleging that Qualcomm had "breached UK competition law by taking advantage of its dominance in the patent-licensing and chipset markets."

Originally filed as two separate lawsuits in late September 2025 before being consolidated in late November, the lawsuit claims that the multifamily rental syndication deal executed by Zillow and Redfin was tantamount to Zillow simply paying Redfin $100 million in exchange for it no longer competing in the multifamily rental listing space. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in mid-January. A hearing on this motion is scheduled for Feb. 25.

The Commission gathered extensive feedback from customers and rival suppliers of cloud security and cloud infrastructure services, in order to investigate the impact of all material aspects of the transaction. Based on its market investigation, the Commission found that there are several credible competitors that customers could switch to if Google were to bundle Wiz's multi-cloud security platform with its existing products, or in case Wiz's platform no longer worked with clouds other than Google's.