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.
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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DOJ, FTC are more aggressive in reviewing deals — and taking longer
The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department have become increasingly aggressive in launching significant merger investigations and those probes are taking longer — an average of 9.6...
Scalia helped shape antitrust law during time on high court
For someone who once advocated for reducing the powers of the Federal Trade Commission and said at one time that antitrust law didn’t make any sense to him, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin...
As Apple case heats up, McSweeny backs encryption to protect consumers’ data
Well before the battle between Apple and the FBI erupted over whether the company must help law enforcement unlock an iPhone with encrypted information, Federal Trade Commission member Terrell...
SMARTER Act may see progress this year
Congress often doesn’t do much during an election year, but a bill to more closely align the merger review procedures of the two antitrust agencies might be an exception.
Baer, Ramirez to discuss antitrust enforcement before Senate panel
The increase in merger activity in the last few years and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act are among the topics likely to come up when the antitrust agency chiefs testify before the...
FTC has limited powers over campaign excesses
The Federal Trade Commission has much to say about how businesses act in many aspects of the economy, but not in the biennial dramas called elections.