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 consumer protection bureau criticized for not ‘firing on all cylinders’
A year into the Trump administration, a number of lawyers who practice before the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection are seeing a change: a slowdown in enforcement.
Hill in limbo on FTC matters
President Donald Trump’s delay in filling posts at the Federal Trade Commission isn’t just affecting agency operations, it’s also stopping action on Capitol Hill.
Robocalls remain tricky for FTC to stomp out
Perhaps we can add one more thing to death and taxes on the list of life’s certainties: robocalls.
Former Senator John Tunney, who pushed for antitrust reform, dies
Former Democratic Senator John Tunney of California, who led the charge for a law to allow the public to have input in merger settlements only to be frustrated as it was largely ignored, died on...
It’s complicated: Book explores Roosevelt-Morgan relationship
Proponents of more aggressive antitrust enforcement view it as a way to reduce economic inequality and curb the damage of an unfettered free market. Others say a more limited approach strikes the...
New year marks new season of vertical healthcare deals
Antitrust authorities succeeded last year in preventing several mergers of direct competitors in the healthcare industry, but in 2018 face the prospect of reviewing deals that would instead mostly...