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David Balto (and the FTC) gets it woefully wrong on Intel
David Balto has penned a short apologia of the FTC’s Intel case (HT: Danny Sokol). Unfortunately his defense (and, unfortunately, the FTC’s case) is woefully misguided. Balto writes: Intel has been clearly dominant in the market for central processing units (CPUs) with between 80 percent and 98 percent of the market. The practices at issue ... David Balto (and the FTC) gets it woefully wrong on Intel
Assessing the claims that the Google-AdMob merger will "leverage Google's dominance" and also kill kittens
News items continue to pile up suggesting that the FTC is likely to challenge Google’s acquisition of mobile application and website advertising provider, AdMob. See this recent article from the Wall Street Journal. News reports today contain this quote from an anonymous source: “The staff (at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission) believes there is a ... Assessing the claims that the Google-AdMob merger will "leverage Google's dominance" and also kill kittens
The Case Against the Antitrust Case Against Google
We have just uploaded to SSRN a draft of our article assessing the economics and the law of the antitrust case directed at the core of Google’s business: Its search and search advertising platform. The article is Google and the Limits of Antitrust: The Case Against the Antitrust Case Against Google. This is really the ... The Case Against the Antitrust Case Against Google
Dont Call It A Comeback
When I came onto the job market in 2004, a number of advisers told me that I should not market myself as an “antitrust guy.” The prevailing view on the job market was that “antitrust was dead.” This perception was conveyed one way or another in interviews or conversations with folks in the legal academy. ... Dont Call It A Comeback
Professor Carrier’s Response
First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Josh Wright. Only because of Josh’s creativity and tireless, flawless execution did this blog symposium come about and run so smoothly. I also would like to thank Dennis Crouch, who has generously cross-posted the symposium at PatentlyO. And I am grateful for the ... Professor Carrier’s Response
The Price of Merger Approval and Triple Federal Enforcement
Geoff and Thom (see the comments) continue to have the Whole Foods litigation covered. I don’t and can’t have anything to add to their comments about the particulars of the litigation. I will note, playing off my previous post on bad case law out there looking to be overturned, that there is significant demand for ... The Price of Merger Approval and Triple Federal Enforcement
A Few Thoughts on Privacy and Antitrust
In the comments to this post, Peter Swire (Ohio State) points to some recent comments (see also here and here) he submitted to the Federal Trade Commission on how to incorporate privacy into conventional antitrust analysis. The privacy and antitrust link appears to be something that will receive quite a bit of attention in the ... A Few Thoughts on Privacy and Antitrust
Picker on Competition, Privacy and Web 2.0
Randy Picker (HT: Randy) has posted an interesting new paper to SSRN entitled “Competition and Privacy in Web 2.0 and the Cloud“. It is an insightful look at the how privacy rules imposed on Web intermediaries might raise competition concerns. Consider, for example, the relationship between privacy rules and vertical integration that Picker highlights as ... Picker on Competition, Privacy and Web 2.0
EU Clears Google-Doubleclick
From the WSJ Online: The transaction had faced stiff opposition in Brussels from Google rivals including Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., as well as privacy advocates who fretted that a combined company would control a vast storehouse of data on Web users and their surfing habits. But European Commission antitrust officials early on ruled out ... EU Clears Google-Doubleclick
Cleaning up after Pasquale's hit job
Recently, Frank Pasquale at Concurring Opinions wrote a blog post did a drive-by hit on FTC Chairman Majoras supporting her recusal from considering the Google/DoubleClick merger now pending before the FTC.  You really have to read the post to get the full effect of the innuendo and intimation–it’s masterfully subtle. At the time I commented on ... Cleaning up after Pasquale's hit job
Reactions to the Microsoft Decision
The reaction to the CFI’s Microsoft decision (press release here) thus far has been largely negative. Here’s a sample: Luke Froeb: “Disappointingly, the Court failed to articulate a principle that would tell firms when they are competing on the merits and when they are going to violate the increasingly murky European antitrust rules about dominant ... Reactions to the Microsoft Decision
Lawyer Licensing: Where's the Data?
Larry Ribstein and Jonathan Wilson are discussing the merits of lawyer licensing at Point of Law. I am especially interested in the discussion of whether lawyer licensing actually protects consumers of legal services from dishonest and incompetent lawyers. Wilson argues that removal of lawyer licensing may well result in lower prices for legal services, but ... Lawyer Licensing: Where's the Data?
