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Antitrust Chronicle® – The Algorithms Have Landed!

BY | May 15, 2017

Algorithms seem to be on the tips of many antitrust regulators’ tongues these days… • In 2015, William Baer, then principal deputy associate attorney general at the Department of Justice,…

Algorithms seem to be on the tips of many antitrust regulators’ tongues these days…

• In 2015, William Baer, then principal deputy associate attorney general at the Department of Justice, stated that “[w]e will not tolerate anti-competitive conduct, whether it occurs in a smoke-filled room or over the internet using complex pricing algorithms.”

• At a conference in February, CMA Chairman, David Currie stated that regulators need to “ensure that the rise of algorithms works to enhan

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