Joseph V. Coniglio

Thailand’s digital markets exhibit no general market failure that could justify either new ex ante digital antitrust regulation like the PEA or the sort of heavy-handed sector-specific changes to its ex post enforcement framework contemplated by the Proposed Guidelines.

The JFTC has an excellent opportunity to set the global gold standard for competition policy in merger enforcement by issuing guidelines that best foster innovation by fully encouraging the dynamic efficiency benefits that business combinations can bring.

It is not necessarily the case that any given iOS user who paid Apple for one or more in-app purchases or for subscription purchases would have been harmed even if Apple had set anticompetitively high commissions.

This episode of the Creative Discussion podcast features a recent debate between ITIF's Joseph V. Coniglio and Joel Thayer of the Digital Progress Institute on the question of whether the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) would help or hurt innovation and consumer choice. The debate was moderated by veteran tech journalist Nancy Scola and is re-aired here with no substantive edits.

Draft Amendments to Decree 35 appear premature and may have to be reassessed following the outcome of the broader reforms being considered for the Competition Law.

ITIF responded to a market study on qualitative and quantitative thresholds for Big Tech companies and Core Digital Services (CDS).

Rather than resort to heavy-handed content and price regulation to address nonexistent market failures, the CMA should follow the lead of the United States and rely on a tried-and-true, ex post law enforcement framework to address concerns about anticompetitive behavior associated with anti-steering practices by Apple and Google.

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts retired Jones Day partner and former DOJ Antitrust Division leader Joe Sims, who recounts how he discovered antitrust in law school, explains the origins and impact of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and forecasts diminished FTC antitrust authority.

If AWS and Azure are designated under the DMA, the law’s intentional targeting of U.S. tech platforms will be almost impossible to hide.

While ITIF believes that the New Draft Merger Guidelines have many features that will significantly improve merger enforcement in Europe, there remain a number of areas where the guidelines can and should be substantially improved.

The Draft Law is contrary to Vietnam’s goals of both fostering homegrown innovation and deepening its techno-economic partnership with the United States.

Joseph V. Coniglio hosts Robert H. Bork Jr., president of the Antitrust Education Project, to discuss his book The New Paradox: Antitrust and the Threat of Conservative Socialism. They cover what’s happening now in antitrust policy, Trump-era antitrust continuity, and why antitrust is the wrong tool for speech issues.

Watch now for a debate on the resolution: “AICOA undermines American innovation and choice.” Joseph Coniglio, Senior Counsel and Director of the Schumpeter Project on Competition Policy at ITIF, argued in favor of the resolution, while Joel Thayer, President of the Digital Progress Institute, argued against it.

Joseph Coniglio speaks about antitrust around the world at the Antitrust Midwest Conference hosted by Informa Connect.

Watch now for a webinar featuring leading experts who examined the legislation, discussed its likely consequences, and explained why AICOA could undermine American technology leadership without delivering meaningful benefits for competition.

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.