Blog O’ Blogs November
November brings us closer to the end of the year, and the introspective, questioning, and somewhat nostalgic pieces this month reflect the...
BigTech vs BigBang: Competition in Financial Services
By Janos Barberis, OECD on the Level
On 18 June 2019, Facebook announced the launch of Libra, a decentralised...
Economic Competition in a Time of Crisis
Fiona Scott Morton, Yale Insights
The response to COVID-19 has brought much of the U.S. economy to a standstill,...
Leadership Changes
By Ian Conner, Bureau of Competition, FTC
I am pleased to announce several management changes in the Bureau of...
Blog o’ Blogs August
As major policy shifts unrelated to Antitrust loom once again over several of the world's large and emerging economies, Competition theorists have...
Blog O’ Blogs December
On our last look of the year at the snowglobe of the Antitrust Blogosphere, a flurry of articles and notes help...
Diagnosing “Killer” Acquisitions: FTC Market Study to Review Past M&A Deals...
John Eichlin, Marie-Marie de Fays; Linklaters
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a rare market study to investigate whether non-reportable past...
The Seventh Circuit Explains the “Co-Conspiracy Exception” to the Illinois Brick...
Jarod Bona, The Antitrust Attorney
Antitrust law evolves in such a way that opinions from federal appellate courts are always interesting in...
How to deal with Big Tech mergers
Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz; Vox EU
Big Tech companies frequently acquire other firms, many of them start-ups. In a recent...
Big (But Not Bad) Data and Merger Efficiencies
By Gregory P. Luib & Mike Cowie, Dechert
“Big data” has become one of the hottest subjects for antitrust...
