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On 24 September 2024 the US Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Visa of monopolizing the debit card market, alleging that 60% of US debit transactions run on its network and that it charges over US$7 billion a year in fees.

On 2 September 2025 US District Judge Amit Mehta declined to order Google to sell Chrome or Android but barred exclusive search deals and ordered it to share some search data with qualified competitors.

On 18 November 2025 US District Judge James Boasberg ruled that the FTC had failed to prove Meta holds a monopoly in social networking, so Meta keeps Instagram and WhatsApp; the FTC has since said it will appeal.

A federal jury in Manhattan found Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally monopolised primary ticketing and amphitheatres and overcharged fans $1.72 a ticket, a win for 33 states and the District of Columbia that pressed on after the Justice Department settled.

The U.S. peel-and-scan game runs October 6–November 1, 2026, with food, rewards points and major prizes. The guide lists ten reported rare property pieces, their prizes and complete-set odds.

The FTC and state attorneys general take Amazon to a bench trial before Judge John Chun over claims it illegally keeps its online marketplace monopoly by overcharging sellers and punishing those who offer lower prices elsewhere. The trial has slipped twice from its original October 2026 date.