May 13, 2019

In Apple v Pepper, SCOTUS leaves home without its Amex

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

It might surprise some readers to learn that we think the Court’s decision today in Apple v. Pepper reaches — superficially — the correct result. But, we hasten to add, the Court’s reasoning (and, for that matter, the dissent’s) is completely wrongheaded.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 12, 2019

Elizabeth Warren wants to turn the internet into a literal sewer (service)

Geoffrey A. Manne & Alec Stapp

Near the end of her new proposal to break up Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple, Senator Warren asks, “So what would the Internet look like after all these reforms?” To Warren, our most dynamic and innovative companies constitute a problem that needs solving.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 16, 2016

Hazlett on the Apple e-books case: The Apple case is a throwback to Dr. Miles, and that’s not a good thing

Thomas Hazlett

The Apple e-books case is throwback to Dr. Miles, the 1911 Supreme Court decision that managed to misinterpret the economics of competition and so thwart productive activity for over a century.…

February 16, 2016

Reed on the Apple e-books case: “We can remember it for you wholesale” – why the model matters in Apple e-books

Morgan Reed

By Morgan Reed In Philip K. Dick’s famous short story that inspired the Total Recall movies, a company called REKAL could implant “extra-factual memories” into the minds of anyone. That technology may be fictional, but…

February 16, 2016

Kolasky (2) on the Apple e-books case: Coordination, even horizontal coordination, isn’t per se illegal

William Kolasky

By William Kolasky Jon Jacobson in his initial posting claims that it would be “hard to find an easier case” than Apple e-Books, and David Balto and Chris Sagers seem to agree. I suppose that would be true if,…

February 16, 2016

Sagers on the Apple e-books case: Why does everybody hate competition so much?

Chris Sagers

By Chris Sagers United States v. Apple has fascinated me continually ever since the instantly-sensational complaint was made public, more than three years ago. Just one small, recent manifestation of the larger…

February 16, 2016

Day two of TOTM’s blog symposium on the Apple e-books antitrust case

Geoffrey A. Manne

The Apple E-Books Antitrust Case: Implications for Antitrust Law and for the Economy — Day 2 February 16, 2016 truthonthemarket.com We will have a few more posts today to round…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

February 15, 2016

Abbott on the Apple e-books case: Apple v. United States and antitrust error cost analysis

Alden Abbott

As Judge (and Professor) Frank Easterbrook famously explained over three decades ago (in his seminal article The Limits of Antitrust), antitrust is an inherently limited body of law. In crafting and…

February 15, 2016

Jacobson on the Apple ebooks case: It is hard to find an easier antitrust case than United States v. Apple

Jonathon Jacobson

Try as one may, it is hard to find an easier antitrust case than United States v. Apple. Consider: The six leading publishers all wanted to prevent Amazon and others from…