By Aaron Nicodemus2025-05-07T22:22:00
In a world where it seems like it’s Donald Trump against the rest of the world, antitrust lawsuits against tech titans may be the only area where regulators around the world agree: it’s time to break up Big Tech.
Google may be forced to sell off lucrative parts of its digital advertising business in order to meet the demands of the Department of Justice (DOJ), which is attempting to break up what it considers a monopoly.
On Monday, the DOJ asked a federal judge to force Google to sell its AdX digital advertising marketplace, as well as a platform that manages and delivers digital ads on websites. Two federal judges have already ruled that Google illegally built a monopoly in several areas of digital advertising, including the judge in this case, which makes it likely that the DOJ’s demand will be viewed favorably.
2025-07-29T17:34:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Department of Justice fired two officials who were part of its antitrust division on Monday. The move, reported by CBS News, marks the latest effort from the Trump administration to ease regulations for companies and rollback of antitrust enforcement.
2025-05-19T14:33:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has shuttered a special Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unit that focused on public corruption and whose legwork led to the special counsel investigation of President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
2025-05-16T12:20:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has pulled back a draft privacy rule that would have required businesses to take more steps before selling consumers’ financial and personal data.
2025-10-15T19:43:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration have been hellbent on eliminating synthetic food dyes from food and beverage products, forcing a jarring and costly overhaul with cascading impacts on the operations of the entire industry.
2025-10-08T20:08:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Private companies that are keen to trade their shares but do not wish to become listed have gained another way to trade their shares. The U.K. government completed its initial review and published rules for the system in June.
2025-10-03T21:24:00Z By Adrianne Appel
While the Trump administration may have shifted away from pursuing small, white-collar, financial crimes, its focus on health care fraud cases is as hot as ever.
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