Following the lead of foreign regulators, New York’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Intel, the world’s largest chip maker.The lawsuit charges that Intel violated state and federal laws by abusing its dominant position in the chip market to keep its main rival, Advanced Micro Devices, at bay. Intel has faced similar lawsuits in Asia and Europe, and in May the European Commission fined the company a record $1.45 billion for antitrust violations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/technology/companies/05chip.htmlAlso see:Intel faces bribery allegation in NY suit
New York’s attorney-general on Wednesday alleged Intel, the world’s biggest chipmaker, had used “bribery and coercion” to maintain its dominant market position after an investigation into the Silicon Valley company lasting nearly two years.Intel is already under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and has been censured by the FTC’s counterparts in Europe, Japan and Korea over similar practices.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8cc68b0-c971-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlIntel in threats and bribery suit
Intel is facing a federal lawsuit that accuses it of using “illegal threats” to dominate microchip sales.The New York attorney general accuses Intel of using “bribery and coercion” to make computer manufacturers buy its chips instead of those from its rivals.Andrew Cuomo said the anti-competition federal lawsuit follows an investigation lasting almost two years.
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