Category: Director’s Take
The Ohio attorney general (OAG) has filed an antitrust case against Google asking the court to classify Google as a common carrier or public utility, require that Google be “fair” in how it presents search results, and permanently enjoin Google from promoting its products more than it promotes rivals’ products. The OAG says these actions [...]
The District of Columbia attorney general (DCAG) filed an antitrust suit against Amazon last week, claiming the e-commerce leader harms consumers by causing higher prices. Whether the court agrees or disagrees will depend on how deeply it thinks about the issue. Read Dr. Jamison's complete blog post at AEI.
Lately there has been a push to replace economic analysis in antitrust with rules of thumb such as “a firm of size X is inherently bad.” This is a bad idea, and the ongoing Epic Games Inc. v. Apple Inc. trial demonstrates the point. Read Dr. Jamison's complete blog post at AEI.
Facebook’s Oversight Board has punted on whether to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account or permanently close it. Facebook indefinitely banned Trump from the social media site based on his posts during the January 6 Capitol Hill riot, then referred the issue to the board. On Wednesday, the board — which was established to [...]
A 2019 Department of Justice (DOJ) opinion concluded that the president may direct independent agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to submit regulatory actions for review, including cost-benefit analyses of the intended actions. I’ll defer to others on whether such a move is legal, but White House control of FCC regulatory analysis is [...]