University of Southern California Gould School of Law Professor Jonathan Barnett is one of the latest experts to call out antitrust regulators’ break from well-established norms by shifting away from the consumer welfare standard. In Professor Barnett’s latest piece published in The Hill, he describes how recent antitrust changes are not motivated by facts and […]

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The space for global IT services is vibrant—defined by continuous innovation, choice, and versatility. Competition is thriving as numerous cloud computing companies provide a variety of services and pricing models that are flexible and customized to the needs of small businesses, start ups and governments. These companies are providing data storage, analysis, AI solutions and […]

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Two separate hearings on U.S.-China relations this week could put the spotlight on how anti-tech policies could undermine American leadership by fragmenting our own technology sector, handicapping America’s abilities to further innovate, and making it harder to counter China’s ambition for global tech dominance. Just last week, The Economist highlighted how “China surpassed America in […]

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During last week’s anti-monopoly summit, some policymakers advocated for a subjective, Neo-Brandeisian approach to antitrust.  To date, Neo-Brandeisian proposals like AICOA or OAMA have little momentum in Congress or support from Americans, so regulators are moving to ignore set rules and policies in order to overstep their authority and legislate through regulation. With this in […]

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This Congress, would-be antitrust reformers have once again introduced the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). Make no mistake: This bill would not help independent local journalists.  In a recent American Affairs Journal article, Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers CEO Chris Krewson explains exactly what you need to know about JCPA 4.0 and its […]

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CCIA’s Disruptive Competition Project outlines how a California proposal, based on the problematic federal Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), would impose a link tax on digital services, is unconstitutional, and fails to protect the local publishers it seeks to support. Here’s what you need to know:  CJPA “runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution in […]

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For the past several years, a broad coalition of organizations from across the political spectrum have come together to oppose the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) at the federal level. Now, after the deeply flawed JCPA failed yet again last year, California has moved to introduce its own version of the bill, the California […]

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During the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting, CCIA hosted a live panel of competition experts focused on evolving issues in merger control while federal antitrust regulators continue to review and revise forthcoming updates to merger guidelines.  Moderated by CCIA’s Vice President of Global Competition and Regulatory Policy Krisztian Katona, panelists discussed the future of digital competition […]

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In a recent hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, legal expert Professor Daniel Francis of NYU Law School submitted written testimony and verbally testified against the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and the Open App Markets Act (OAMA). Francis said that AICOA and OAMA would harm consumers and introduce security vulnerabilities to digital […]

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Last Congress, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) ultimately failed due to numerous problems with the legislation, including content moderation concerns and competition issues. Despite members of Congress reintroducing JCPA, this time will likely be no different as the text is identical and all these concerns remain. Similarly, the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), […]

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