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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FTC’s recent wins against hospital deals reflect strategy of ex-chairman
In racking up two appellate court wins in challenges to hospital mergers, the Federal Trade Commission has vindicated a strategy that was developed more than a decade ago by then Chairman Timothy...
Virginia hospital tie-up likely despite FTC opposition
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent winning streak in blocking hospital mergers may be halted in Virginia because of extenuating circumstances in an especially poor part of the state.
Trump’s stunning victory doesn't spell big changes in antitrust enforcement
After a volatile presidential campaign that even included talk of stepping up antitrust enforcement, competition lawyers are braced for a period of uncertainty, but also skeptical that their field...
Prominent antitrust lawyer Kenneth C. Anderson dies
Kenneth C. Anderson, an aggressive and sometimes profane litigator who was an integral player in the Justice Department’s landmark antitrust case against AT&T, has died. He was 80.
PAE report already having an impact, cited in Supreme Court laches case
Less than a month after the Federal Trade Commission issued its long-awaited study on patent-assertion entities, the report is already making an impact.
IoT industry calls for national standards, not regulations, to counter botnet hacks
The Mirai botnet struck again on Election Day.