Tech titans, other companies face PR hurdles in antitrust suits

Antitrust cases are fought as much in the court of public opinion as in a courtroom, and experts say that calls for a multipronged strategy.

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Actually using a balancing test in the Google case

Antitrust lawyers love to talk about the consumer welfare standard and the rule of reason, and indeed these things are central to the intellectual framework of the law and to practical counseling. But when they’re put to the test in high-stakes litigation against Big Tech, courts generally recoil...

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Lessons learned: Comcast and Time-Warner Cable

The stunning demise of the proposed $45 billion merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable continues to reverberate across the Washington political, antitrust and communications landscape. Lawyers and...

FTC:WATCH exclusive: Interview with Chairman Burgess

Editor’s Note: The Federal Trade Commission has a new overseer in the House—and FTC:WATCH seized the opportunity to speak with him to get a preview of what lies ahead. Representative Michael...

Forceful new IG takes charge at FTC

Keeping an eye on the nation’s intelligence agencies, rooting out government malfeasance and chronicling the national pastime have all played key parts in the life and work of the Federal Trade...

House panel splits on FTC’s role in patent disputes

Before a House subcommittee voted along party lines to support a bill clamping down on abusive patent assertion entities, members clashed over the role of the Federal Trade Commission.

Clashing ‘unfair practices’ theories at FTC, CFPB?

A debate among lawyers and regulators surfaced at a recent conference on unfair and deceptive business practices, revealing some discrepancies in the legal strategies being pursued by two rival...

Some react skeptically to DOJ's Baer admonition about clearly problematic mergers

Bill Baer made some waves at the American Bar Association’s recent spring meeting by delivering an admonition to antitrust lawyers packed into a cavernous ballroom: don’t even try to push the...