Joseph V. Coniglio

Despite Magnifica Humanitas’s discussion of AI and economic power, today’s AI market remains highly competitive, and policymakers should be cautious about using monopoly fears to justify heavy-handed regulation.

The survival of the Federal Trade Commission’s specious consumer protection claims against Uber over the rideshare company’s popular subscription service perpetuates yet another flawed lawsuit against Big Tech.

While ITIF applauds the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission’s steps toward creating a better HSR form, it remains concerned about several means of expanding the scope of HSR review that would result in costs that far outweigh any benefits.

While ITIF does not support the Biden administration’s decision to withdraw and not replace the 2000 Guidelines, now, a quarter century after their issuance, it is long past time for renewed competitor collaboration guidelines.

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts two guests, Tim Muris, Foundation Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, and Bruce Kobayashi, Paige V. and Henry N. Butler Chair in Law and Economics at Antonin Scalia Law School, to discuss the Robinson-Patman Act and its renewed enforcement.

As the Commission continues to put forward specific measures that gatekeepers must comply with under the DMA, it is imperative that it avoid unduly chilling innovation and harming European consumers, including through reduced digital privacy and security.

ITIF submits that the Commission’s proposed measures go well beyond what should be necessary for Google to comply with the DMA and will harm consumers and chill innovation in search.

It is easy to be frustrated with the Chinese government and its use of merger and acquisition controls to limit the competitive advantage of American tech firms. But many policymakers in the West have enabled China’s success by weaponizing antitrust and competition laws to kill pro-competitive deals by Big Tech firms.

To the extent intervention is deemed necessary, ITIF respectfully urges the Competition and Markets Authority to avoid following the EU DMA’s path of heavy-handed regulation when it comes to potential steering measures in the app store space and instead look to other jurisdictions, like Japan, that have taken a more tailored and flexible approach.

Joseph V. Coniglio joins guest Jonathan Barnett, Torrey H. Webb Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law, at the 2026 Antitrust Spring Meeting. They discuss Barnett’s new ITIF report, Europe’s innovation gap, and China’s mercantilist use of competition law.

Some proposals would give too much power and discretion to the CMA, create unnecessary costs, potentially chill procompetitive behavior and investment, increase unpredictability in the UK’s merger control regime, and needlessly expand the CMA’s powers to investigate algorithmic behavior in ways that could harm UK consumers.

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts the third episode of a new antitrust speaker series and interviews longtime antitrust scholar and retired DOJ economist Greg Werden.​ They discuss Werden’s path from chemistry to economics and his four-decade career at DOJ, discussing both constants and changes in antitrust enforcement.

Watch now for a panel discussion with top experts as they discuss tech-specific antitrust bills mirroring the EU’s Digital Markets Act, the implications of those bills for competition in the United States, and their potential effects on America’s leading tech firms, innovation, and consumers.

Watch now for a virtual panel featuring leading experts who will discuss the future of California's antitrust laws, their implications for national innovation and competition, and how these developments fit into the broader antitrust policy debate.

Watch now for a virtual panel with top experts who discussed this landmark decision, its implications for the social media landscape, and what it means for the U.S. government’s ongoing assaults on Big Tech.

Joseph V. Coniglio speaks at a stakeholder workshop on key aspects of the review of the EU merger guidelines.

Watch now for a virtual panel with top experts who will discuss this landmark decision, its implications for the ad tech industry, and what it means for Google as its antitrust battles with the DOJ continue.

Joseph Coniglio speaks about Europe's big tech regulations at an event hosted by Broadband Breakfast.

ITIF’s fall seminar course will explore core emerging technologies that are reshaping our world and the public policy challenges and opportunities influencing their development and application. The course is open to congressional and federal staff only.

Watch now for a virtual panel with top experts who will discuss the landmark Google Search decision, its implications for the future of search, and what it means for Google as its antitrust battles with the DOJ continue.

Joseph Coniglio speaks about antitrust and artificial intelligence at the Antitrust Midwest Conference hosted by Informa Connect.

Joseph V. Coniglio speaks about remedies in the DOJ v. Google search antitrust case at a panel hosted by the D.C. Bar.

Joseph V. Coniglio speaks on the longstanding debate over whether liberty in commerce enhances or undermines broader human flourishing.

Watch this virtual panel with top experts who discussed this important decision, its implications for the social media landscape, and what it means for Meta as the Trump administration continues its antitrust crusade against “Big Tech.”