#Anticompetitive

FTC

FTC

#BREAKING: @FTC today sued Facebook (FB), alleging that the company is illegally maintaining its personal social networking monopoly through a years-long course of anticompetitive conduct: https://go.usa.gov/xAqQs 1/12 Complaint alleg

Jan Rybnicek

jmrybnicek

There is a certain irony in calling for lower market share thresholds when complaining that the DOJ abused its discretion by investigating deals in which the parties had....low shares.https://twitter.com/halsinger/status/1286415694721159168

Zach Vorhies

Perpetualmaniac

States bring action against Google under federal and state antitrust laws, lead by the Texas AG.The suit includes "Internal Google documents". It's going for the jugular: Google's monopoly on serving

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter

RKSlaughterFTC

I’ve spent the summer mostly offline w/ my newborn, but I’ve still been immersed in & moved by the momentous challenges our country has been confronting. So, as I come

Alec Stapp

AlecStapp

The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook will be testifying in front of Congress today.Critics want to break up the companies.Here are the 10 myths about Big Tech and

Tomás Jonsson

musicbytomas

THREAD RE: #GameStop. When a hedge fund shorts a stock, especially at over 100%, it is making a bet the company will fail. This bet actually contributes to the bankruptcy

Rohit Chopra

chopraftc

Today, the @FTC is sanctioning @Amazon for stealing delivery driver tips to pad its own bottom line.In its years-long scheme, Amazon baited drivers with earnings promises, but then siphoned tips

Spencer Rascoff

spencerrascoff

(1) The #FTC and 40+ states sued #Facebook this week alleging anticompetitive behavior. Lawsuit here: https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/facebook_complaint_12.9.2020.pdf (2) @NYTimes article by @ceciliakang and @MikeIsaac:https://www.nyt

Sam Bowman

s8mb

FTC vs Facebook – a few thoughts:1) This, plus Visa/Plaid, shows the FTC is treating nascent competition really seriously. The cost of that is making it harder for startups to

John Newman

johnmarknewman

A class of fighters just notched an important W in their antitrust case against UFC. The Times has a great writeup featuring experts @Econ_Marshall, @hibahafiz, @HalSinger, et al., linked below.But

damien geradin

GeradinLaw

THREAD (1) As always, the @WSJ does first rate resporting on ad tech with this interesting story on the Texas lawsuit.https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-facebook-agreed-to-team-up-against-possible-antitrust-action-draft-lawsuit-says-116086

Hal Singer

HalSinger

Let me say something about the agencies’ seemingly high “win rate” in merger challenges over the past 20 years, which is central to Jan’s claim here that merger standards are

Big Pharma Cheats

PharmaCheats

This is why I'm opposed to Renata Hesse for DOJ Antitrust. She represents an entire generation of weak enforcement. Also, she shut down the Microsoft breakup remedy to gain favor

Ioannis Lianos

IoannisLianos

Disappointing article in the Economist about antitrust.https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2020/08/08/what-more-should-antitrust-be-doing It only reports the rather populist debate between "Chicago school" style libertarians,

Ron Coleman

RonColeman

I'm open to claims against market-dominant outlets such as Twitter or Google regarding biased content censorship. In particular I think there may be an angle that relates to the fact

Geoffrey Manne

geoffmanne

The Colorado, et al. Google antitrust suit touches on so many things @laweconcenter has been working on over the past decade-ish, it’s hard to know where to start. Fortunately, that

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