Tag: Monopoly
Understanding Market Power
By Nicolas Petit (European University Institute)
Antitrust laws are concerned with controlling market power. In the course of history, the development of antitrust systems of...
Getting Antitrust and History in Tune
By Brian R. Cheffins (University of Cambridge)
Antitrust is high on the reform agenda at present, associated with calls to “break up big tech.” Proponents...
Senator Lee To Introduce Bill To Break Google’s Hold On Advertising
Lawmakers from both parties are set to introduce bills that could break Google’s stranglehold on the advertising business and start to chip away at...
NY AG & States Look To End Facebook’s “Illegal Monopoly”
New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general from around the nation in continuing to fight to...
EU Reportedly Will Veto South Korean Shipbuilders’ Merger
European Union regulators are set to veto Hyundai Heavy's proposed acquisition of its smaller rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., citing monopoly issues, industry...
The Real Monopoly is In The Boardroom
By: Ramsi Woodcock (The FinReg Blog)
We have always thought of the problem of monopoly as a problem of size or of markets. We say that...
Alternative Search Engines Write EU With Complaints About Google
Four search providers—DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Qwant, and Lilo—have penned an open letter to the European Commission claiming that Google is suppressing search engine competition.
The EU...
Judge OKs Extension For FTC To Refile Facebook Suit
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has until August 19 to file an amended version of its antitrust lawsuit against Facebook after a judge granted...
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...
How Biden Can Rein In The Big Meat Monopoly
By Claire Kelloway, Vox
Shortly after President Joe Biden took office in January, a coalition of some 30 groups made a push for a cause that flew under...
