The FTC’s recent defeat in its challenge to unwind a major social media company’s past acquisitions has sparked wide-ranging commentary from legal experts and policy analysts. Commentators argue that the decision underscores how other tech cases are also built on static assumptions in dynamic markets that are unmoored from clear evidence of consumer harm and […]
As debates continue over the FTC’s case against Amazon, experts across the policy spectrum agree on one thing: retail models like Amazon’s deliver real value to consumers. By combining the convenience of online shopping with competitive pricing that rivals brick-and-mortar stores, the growing popularity of omnichanneling strengthens competition and helps lower costs across retail markets. […]
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are essential to U.S. innovation. At the same time, the White House’s America’s AI Action Plan, released in July 2025, places rapid private-sector integration at the center of national AI strategy. Yet over-enforcement of antitrust laws and regulatory burdens threaten to undercut this strategy. […]
OpenAI recently released ChatGPT Atlas, a browser built around its AI assistant. The launch shows how AI competition is spreading to a wide range of products and technologies, leading to more choice and innovation for consumers. Like many modern browsers, Atlas is built on Google’s open-source Chromium database, which has lowered barriers to entry and […]
Former FTC General Counsel Alden Abbott recently warned in Forbes that excessive antitrust intervention could derail America’s AI leadership. Although U.S. companies are investing at record levels of investment and competing vigorously across the AI value chain, regulators are signaling a more interventionist approach that could inadvertently chill private investment, deter responsible partnerships and slow the […]
The strength of the U.S. digital economy lies in its adaptability. Since the FTC began investigating Amazon in 2019, commerce has been reshaped by innovation, new entrants, CVOID, and shifting consumer preferences. Since then online and offline shopping evolved rapidly amid fierce competition from brick-and-mortar stores, undermining the case’s premise. The agency’s lawsuit relies on […]
Recently, Judge Mehta issued his ruling on the Google Search remedies. Experts echo that this ruling reflects the impact that AI has had on competition and avoids extreme remedies that would harm consumers and innovation, but raises concerns about consumers’ data privacy. AI has created robust competition The rapid growth of generative AI (GenAI) has […]
Yesterday, Judge Mehta released his ruling on the Google Search remedies. The court rightly rejected the DOJ’s extreme measures—such as forced divestitures—making clear that AI competition is strong in the tech ecosystem, and competition policy should help, not harm consumers. Robust AI competition has created competition and increased choice for consumers. The government brought this […]
A new white paper by scholars from Indiana University, Harvard, and the University of Southern California, “Ensuring Antitrust Actually Promotes Competition in the Digital Economy,” shows that the Department of Justice’s proposals in its Google Search antitrust case antitrust case would harm consumers, undermine innovation, deter investment, and weaken the companies that have propelled the […]
Ahead of the Google ad tech remedies trial set to start in September, the DOJ filed its proposed remedies plan – which would force Google to divest part of its business, like the technology that enables it to bring advertisers and publishers together, which includes AdX and Google DFP. The DOJ’s proposed remedies ignore the […]
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