Self-Preferencing and Antitrust: Harmful Solutions for an Improbable Problem
Platforms, including vertically integrated platforms, are ubiquitous — both in the modern economy, and throughout history. While some such firms have managed to capture...
Antitrust Chronicle – Interoperability
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Interoperability has long been a controversial issue in antitrust law and related regulatory disciplines.
The concept refers, essentially, to the ability for systems controlled...
Interoperability: The Wrong Prescription for Platform Competition
In this paper we assess the potential effects of recent proposals to mandate interoperability as a competition remedy for digital platforms. We find that...
Understanding the House Judiciary Committee Majority Staff Antitrust Report
The U.S. antitrust system is undergoing a profound reassessment. Many events and commentaries have inspired this upheaval. Among the most important is an inquiry...
OECD Roundtable Quadriptych
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Highlights from the OECD Roundtable on the Role of Competition Policy in Promoting Economic Recovery -...
Data Sharing between WhatsApp and Facebook: The CCI Opens an Investigation...
By Parumita Pal and Hrishav Kumar*
Introduction
The switch from traditional brick-and-mortar business models to rapidly a evolving digital mode of doing business has impacted...
Stacking the Blocks: Vertical Integration and Antitrust in the Healthcare Industry
For many decades, the U.S. healthcare industry mostly consisted of a diversity of unintegrated physicians, hospitals, and insurers. Over the last 10 to 15...
The Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets: Looking in the Wrong...
The majority staff of the House Judiciary Committee recently released its Report and Recommendations (“MSRR”) following an investigation of competition in digital markets. It...
A Proposal to Invigorate Ex Post Merger Policy
By Menesh S. Patel1
Introduction
Consider a hypothetical merger subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino. Suppose that the merger receives a second request, but the reviewing agency ultimately determines...
Section 230 Reform in the Era of “Big Tech”: What Does...
Today, online platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have become the primary means of expression and source of information for many Americans. Since...
