The Department of Justice (DOJ) doubled down on its approach to antitrust enforcement, advocating for measures during the first week of the Google search remedies trial that will harm consumers, restrict innovation, and reward Google’s competitors. At the heart of this strategy is a call for remedies that go beyond antitrust policy and the contracts […]
University of Missouri Law Professor Thom Lambert criticized the Department of Justice’s recent motion “to limit Google’s ability to use evidence of product quality” as a complete defense in its upcoming trial about Google Search. The motion begs the questions: Why does the DOJ want to bar Google from showing how its practices help American […]
Today’s search market benefits consumers, advertisers, and distributors across the board. Though the DOJ lawsuit claims Google’s search default status is anticompetitive, the process to secure defaults leads to more competition, innovation, and affordability in the search market. New commentary from Jay Ezrielev at Competition Policy International explains that the DOJ lawsuit focuses narrowly on […]
Now more than ever, search engines are a staple in the everyday lives of consumers. The search market is consumer-driven and hypercompetitive, with alternating between search platforms proving to be markedly easy. Search neutrality doctrines could hamper that “ability to switch,” harming search innovation well into the future. As you consider the current state of […]
In case you missed the latest FTC hearings on competition and consumer welfare, we’ve amassed the 7 best highlights from experts. Quotes are below with the video linked. 1. Josh Wright, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School: Compared to the E.U., the U.S. relies on empirical evidence of actual harm, not suspicion over potential harm. […]
In reaction to the European Commission’s Android decision, a chorus of people sounded the alarm, highlighting the choice, competition, and innovation Android has brought to the market and the negative impacts this decision will have on phone makers, developers, and consumers. It’s also important to remember the FTC conducted a multi-year investigation into these allegations, […]
This week, Kleiner Perkins’ Mary Meeker released her annual Internet Trends presentation, which stands in stark contrast to much of the tech discussion in Washington and among self-interested VCs. The 295-slide deck delves into a number of topics, but can best be summarized by slide 43: Robust R&D and industry investment, lower consumer prices, dynamic […]
Yesterday in The Intercept, in reference to America’s leading technology services, columnist David Dayen advocated for “breaking the companies up and/or turning them into public utilities,” and argued the FTC is refusing to take action after overruling its economists in the past. Dayen is wrong on both counts. First, not only does Dayen ignore low […]
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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