Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received one court’s implicit blessing to overreach on antitrust. The plaintiff had challenged the FTC’s authority to write rules under its antitrust (unfair methods of competition or “UMC”) authority and, against the odds, the judge declined to grant a preliminary injunction. Fortunately, however, [...]
As we celebrate American independence this week, a small cadre in Congress is set to reintroduce a European-style legal framework, the American Innovation and Competition Online Act (AICOA). According to the bill’s authors, AICOA is the American version of Europe’s own Digital Markets Act (DMA). Along with this development come [...]
A couple of weeks ago, more than 50 ACT | The App Association members traveled to DC to share their perspectives on the top policy issues on their minds today. At the top of that list? The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) recent actions to eliminate mergers and acquisitions (M&A). More [...]
The conflicts that led to Epic Games spending so much of its time in courts around the world over the past few years are only partly related to its business model. The other main contributor is the style with which it pursues its goals. From the beginning, the gaming giant [...]
On March 21, the Department of Justice (DoJ) joined 16 state attorneys general to sue Apple for monopolization of the “performance smartphone” (or if the court doesn’t buy that, the “smartphone”) market. The complaint includes five counts of alleged monopolization that superficially appeal to consumer welfare, the current legal standard. [...]