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On April 21, 2021, the Senate Subcommittee on Competition
Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights held a
hearing to explore competition in Apple s App Store and
Google Play. Representatives from Apple Inc., Google Inc., Spotify,
the Consumer Federation of America, Tile, Inc., and Match Group,
Inc. testified about competition within the two app stores. Chair
Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member Lee (R-UT), and Members Blumenthal
(D-VT), Hawley (R-MO), Ossoff (D-GA), and Blackburn (R-TN)
expressed a willingness to take further action in this space and to
explore new legislation aimed at promoting competition in the app
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In a stark rebuke of the U.S. Department of Justice s (DOJ)
ongoing effort to pursue its first-ever criminal prosecution of a
company for entering into non-solicitation or
no-poach agreements with competitors, the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce (Chamber) recently filed an amicus brief assailing the constitutionality
of the DOJ s indictment on due-process grounds.
Background
The DOJ s criminal enforcement in this area commenced only
recently. In December 2020, the DOJ obtained its first criminal
indictment for wage fixing, in a two-count indictment filed in the