Earlier this month, the Democractic HJC report introduced an array of misguided recommendations for antitrust reform. In light of these unfounded claims, antitrust experts agree: implementation of the report’s recommendations could harm consumers, innovation, and the broader economy. New commentary from a conference held by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and Competition Policy […]
With the House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee digital markets report imminent, we want to bring you a useful guide through the biggest issues in antitrust in the tech industry and our go-to resources. Define and dive in to these key concepts: – Antitrust – Consumer Welfare Standard – Kill-Zone Myth – Multihoming – Network Effects – […]
There is a lot of information out there, so we wanted to help provide you with a one-stop resource for everything that will be discussed on Wednesday.
Recent calls for antitrust overhauls present challenges not only for implementation, but for the long-term health of the US tech sector. Today’s empirical antitrust framework has proven time and time again that consumers and competition are priority one. As advised by trusted antitrust experts, altering this framework could have a myriad of unintended consequences — […]
In response to recent proposals to rewrite antitrust law, a group of 23 antitrust economists, legal scholars, and practitioners penned a letter to the House Judiciary Committee explaining how the proposed rule changes are misguided and unnecessary. The authors state the proposals are “counterproductive to promoting competition and consumer welfare,” would undermine the rule of law, require […]
The landmark 2001 decision in United States v. Microsoft Corp. serves as the basis for antitrust enforcement in the modern information age. The case shows that the current antitrust framework is capable of addressing anticompetitive conduct in today’s technology and digital markets. In fact, making substantive changes to competition laws would risk long-term harm to consumers by deviating […]
Today’s leading tech companies are often at the center of discussions about privacy and data security under the guise of antitrust issues. As some people try to thread the needle between competition and other political objectives, it’s important to have a clear understanding of the scope of antitrust. What is antitrust for? And, similarly, what […]
In case you missed it, competition law experts John Mayo and Mark Whitener, both of Georgetown University, explained five common myths about antitrust law in a piece for The Washington Post. Their explanations help clarify the often misunderstood realm of antitrust policy, which has been in the spotlight recently as technology-based firms face scrutiny. MYTH: Monopolies […]
Must-Read New Research On Competition And Tech From leverage to free speech to big data, the past weeks have provided us with exciting new research in competition and tech. We’ve compiled some recent must-read papers, including: Patrick Todd: Digital Platforms And The Leverage Problem Neil Chilson and Casey Mattox: [The] Breakup Speech: Can Antitrust Fix the Relationship […]
Yesterday, we took a look at the conceptual foundation of antitrust populism, as presented by Joshua Wright and Aurelien Portuese in their new paper Antitrust Populism: Towards a Taxonomy. Today, we explore Wright’s and Portuese’s arguments against populist antitrust doctrines, including: — Antitrust populism is an inadequate framework by which to evaluate today’s dynamic, innovative markets. […]
Hostility to innovation and technology diminishes the incredible Internet-enabled opportunities that leading tech services provide: empowering consumers, driving prices down and increasing choice, and providing platforms to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. It has given us a golden era of entertainment, knowledge, and everything from fashion startups, to booming mom and pop stores, to the latest app.
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