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Malaysia's government is launching a detailed examination of whether cross-border e-commerce platforms engage in unfair competition, as it prepares comprehensive new legislation to govern the digital marketplace and protect local businesses.
The European Commission has formally accused Temu of refusing to cooperate with investigators examining whether the Chinese shopping platform received foreign subsidies that undermine EU market competition.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has opened an investigation into Microsoft's marketing of Microsoft 365 subscriptions, examining whether customers received adequate disclosure when Copilot AI was bundled into plans and prices subsequently increased.
Google confronts a potentially costly wave of private lawsuits across Europe after losing its first case under the Digital Markets Act, with rivals seeking up to $10 billion in combined damages for anti-competitive practices.
The European Commission has imposed €890 million in fines on Google for violating the Digital Markets Act, bringing total penalties to €10.38 billion. Regulators indicated further penalties are unlikely given the company's compliance progress.
Malaysia's Senate has approved the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2026, granting the Malaysia Competition Commission enhanced powers to tackle increasingly sophisticated cartels and monopolies affecting consumer prices.
The European Commission has imposed a €890 million fine on Google for breaching EU digital competition rules, citing preferential treatment of its own services and restrictions on app developers offering discounted deals.
A US federal judge has temporarily halted Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, ruling that a coalition of states made a strong case the merger would harm media competition.
Five European industry associations have jointly pressed EU antitrust authorities to impose interim measures against US chipmaker Broadcom, claiming the company has raised VMware licensing costs and blocked thousands of service providers from the market.
Switzerland's Competition Commission has initiated a preliminary investigation into Google's decision to remove the Choice Screen feature from Android devices in the country, which previously allowed users to select their preferred default search engine.
California and 11 other US states have filed a lawsuit to block Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, arguing the merger would reduce competition in film distribution and cable television, harming consumers and small distributors.
Malaysia's Parliament advanced two competition bills and debated pressing policy matters including food security, healthcare digitalisation, and national defence priorities during its third sitting week.
Nigeria's competition authority has launched a formal investigation into leading technology and artificial intelligence firms, alleging they are illegally using news content and engaging in anticompetitive behaviour that harms local media industries.
Malaysia's Parliament has approved the Competition Commission Amendment Bill 2026, granting the Malaysia Competition Commission expanded investigative powers and penalty authority to combat anti-competitive practices more effectively.
Parliament has passed the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2026, introducing tougher penalties for obstruction of competition investigations and enhanced enforcement against tech-enabled cartels and market monopolies.
Malaysia's Foreign Ministry and the Competition Commission have formalised a partnership to combat bid-rigging and cartels in government procurement, pledging to enhance transparency and protect public funds through technical advisory services and staff training.
Malaysia's competition watchdog will gain powers to reward whistleblowers and offer substantial penalty reductions to companies that confess cartel involvement early, strengthening its enforcement arsenal against anti-competitive practices.
Malaysia is moving to amend its Competition Act to counter increasingly sophisticated cartel tactics that exploit digital tools. The new Bill strengthens MyCC's investigative powers and creates fresh criminal offences for evidence destruction.
A Swedish court has ruled that Alphabet's Google must pay approximately $1.5 billion in antitrust damages to PriceRunner, Klarna's price comparison subsidiary, after finding the tech giant illegally manipulated search results for years.
Australia's competition regulator has filed court action against Amazon's local unit, claiming it unlawfully added advertising to Prime Video for over one million subscribers between late 2023 and mid-2025 without adequate compensation.