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Senators Grassley and Klobuchar reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which targets major tech platforms like Apple. Apple criticized the bill, arguing it undermines privacy, security, and child safety protections. The legislation would ban platforms from favoring their own products and limiting competitor access.

Senators Klobuchar and Grassley reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act on June 10. The bill would prevent dominant platforms like Apple from favoring their own products and services. Apple spent years fighting earlier versions of the legislation, which targets App Store and iOS ecosystem control.

Paramount chief legal officer Makan Delrahim accused Netflix of running a scorched-earth campaign to poison regulators against Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The accusation came in a June 5 letter to the DOJ's Antitrust Division, responding to a Teamsters union letter that asked the DOJ to block the merger.

Regulators are examining whether AI partnerships create structural power beyond traditional antitrust concerns. Morgan Lewis partners Minna Naranjo and Rishi Satia told CPI that the ancillary restraints doctrine is becoming central to AI-era competition law. The FTC and DOJ now scrutinize whether collaborations let dominant firms influence emerging players without formal acquisition.

Italy's competition authority dropped its 2025 probe into Meta over allegations the company abused its dominant position by installing Meta AI on WhatsApp. The decision closes the investigation without any penalty or finding of wrongdoing against Meta.