Tag: Antitrust
Microsoft CEO Says Company On “Right Side” Of Antitrust
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said the company “is on the right side of history” in the antitrust debates about whether big technology...
Key US Senators’ Bill “Would Force Drastic Changes” In Antitrust
Several key senators are negotiating tech-focused antitrust bills similar to House measures that companies say would force drastic changes in their business and destroy...
Open Access, Interoperability, and the DTCC’s Unexpected Path to Monopoly
By Dan Awrey (Cornell Law School) & Joshua Macey (University of Chicago)
In markets with significant scale economies and network effects, scholars and policymakers...
The Biden Antitrust Revolution
By John Cassidy, New Yorker
In 2018, Tim Wu, a Columbia law professor, published a book arguing that giant corporate monopolies represented not merely an economic...
FTC, DOJ To Review If Merger Rules “Overly Permissive”
Top US trade regulators released a joint statement committing to an examination of whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice...
Brazilian Watchdog OKs Bordeaux Acquisition Of Copel Telecom
Brazil’s antitrust regulator CADE has given its unconditional approval for the acquisition of Copel Telecom, the telecommunications subsidiary of Paraná state power firm Copel,...
Biden Signs Antitrust Executive Order
President Biden signed an executive order on Friday cracking down on what the White House says are anticompetitive practices among technology companies, labor and...
UK & EU Join Forces On Antitrust Enforcement
Brussels and the UK are planning to work more closely together on antitrust enforcement through sharing information and investigations, marking a rare bright spot...
French Antitrust Decision On Google’s Copyright Case Coming Soon
France’s antitrust watchdog will make a decision in the coming days over the way Google held copyright talks with some French publishers about paying...
Antitrust Damages Actions in the EU: The Way Forward
By Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group)
Despite the adoption of the European Damages Directive and its transposition to national legal systems, a number of obstacles...