United States of America: FTC and 46 States sue Facebook for anti-competitive conduct causing monopolization

On 27 April 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirms the lower-court ruling that dismissed the lawsuit initially filed by New York and numerous other states regarding Meta's alleged creation and maintenance of a monopoly position. Th…

The District Court of Columbia has denied Facebook's motion to dismiss the renewed Complaint submitted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to sue Facebook for the maintenance of a monopoly through anticompetitive behaviour. According to the Court,…

On 19 August 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a renewed antitrust complaint against Facebook with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Similar to the original lawsuit, where the FTC sued Facebook for the alleg…

On 28 June 2021, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C.) dismissed the complaint filed by the 46 States in December 2020 in a parallel decision made to the FTC's complaint dismissal. The decision was reached because th…

On December 9 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 46 States announced that they have sued Facebook for the maintenance of a Monopoly through anticompetitive behaviour. The complaint placed at a federal court, states that the acquisition of …