Joseph V. Coniglio

There are several reasons for thinking DOJ is on shaky ground in attempting to define three separate ad exchange, ad server, and ad network markets given the Supreme Court’s decision in Amex.

While the FTC has lived to fight another day, the likelihood that it will overcome the hurdles implicated by Judge Boasberg’s summary judgment opinion is slim.

Accepting Epic’s flawed arguments and imposing forced catalog-sharing and a technical committee to oversee Google’s business decisions risks condoning remedies that lack any causal connection to the violations found and are tantamount to central planning by courts—inhibiting the very innovation competition that the antitrust laws are designed to promote.

DOJ has decided to use its very fortunate victory in court to effectively destroy Google by chopping off two of its core businesses and turning what’s left of the company into an almost de facto public utility.

The neo-Brandeisians’ attempted coup of the U.S. antitrust enterprise likely will soon prove to have been short-lived.

Unfortunately, new proposed guidelines for enforcing against abusive exclusionary conduct untether liability from likely harms to competition and consumer welfare.

The DOJ's proposal to break up Google is unusual and would have disastrous consequences for consumers, innovation, and American competitiveness.

While the Biden administration champions the need for private sector innovation to drive U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, its Justice Department wants to put one of America’s top innovators—Google—on the chopping block.

While the Federal Trade Commission's case against Amazon has managed to survive a motion to dismiss, Judge Chun's epigonic opinion provides the agency no real cause for celebration.

The Draghi Report is a monumental but imperfect step in the right direction to correct Europe’s failing competition policy and better drive European innovation and productivity growth.

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ad tech lawsuit is a frontal assault by the neo-Brandeisians on Google’s ad tech business model that faces several high hurdles in court.

The SSCP’s broad per se prohibitions and limited cybersecurity exemption are likely to chill the very innovative behavior that is key to allowing Japan’s smartphone markets to thrive, and risk targeting a leading firm of one of its closest allies.

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