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.
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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Antitrust officials at the Justice Department have boasted for decades about the crucial role the leniency program plays in enforcement efforts, but lately a debate is stirring over its effectiveness.
Federal Trade Commission member Rohit Chopra isn’t afraid of disagreeing with his colleagues. He’s made that fairly clear with his numerous dissents since taking office in May 2018. In a recent...
The biggest conferences for privacy and antitrust won’t be held this spring because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Bruce Hoffman chuckled as he described his decision to sign on as a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Cleary Gottlieb.
The Federal Trade Commission says its settlement with a company for making unsupportive health claims about a “detox” tea broke new ground, but the agency is under fire for not doing more.
President Jimmy Carter tackled several antitrust issues during his administration, but like other parts of his agenda, it was difficult to pigeonhole his actions ideologically.