Ahead of tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing, a group of former federal antitrust enforcers sent an open letter to the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and the full Judiciary Committee …
Economy
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When competition authorities expand their legal toolkits, the most consequential policy choices often do not appear in the statute. They emerge later—in enforcement guidelines, presumptions, and priorities that determine how …
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Over the last few decades, antitrust scholars and practitioners have scrutinized the role of platforms—particularly intermediaries—in the internet economy. Many intermediary platforms also compete in the markets they facilitate. That …
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In a recent podcast, New York Times journalist Ezra Klein hosted lawyer Tim Wu and writer Cory Doctorow for a conversation titled “We Didn’t Ask for This Internet.” They ran …
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Markets might be able to price truth. Whether anyone wants to buy it is another question. In a recent post, we looked at a small cluster of systems that try …
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The U.S. Supreme Court just made it much harder to hold at least some internet intermediaries liable for what their users do. And in the process, it may have made …
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A pair of jury verdicts last week, along with a quiet settlement, may mark a turning point for the American internet—and not one that favors free expression. For years, digital …
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Washington has a choice: let AI policy fragment into 50 competing regimes, or set a clear federal baseline that keeps innovation moving. The Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence (AI) legislative …
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Brazil’s competition authority (CADE) and Apple signed a Dec. 29 settlement agreement (Termo de Compromisso de Cessação, or TCC) resolving a high-stakes antitrust investigation Mercado Livre initiated in 2022 in …
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Last month, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report examining CVS Health’s relationships with digital pharmacy services. Led by Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the report takes aim …