November 26, 2012

The market realities that undermine the antitrust case against Google

Geoffrey A. Manne

As the Google antitrust discussion heats up on its way toward some culmination at the FTC, I thought it would be helpful to address some of the major issues raised…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

November 26, 2012

Section 5 of the FTC Act and monopolization cases: A brief primer

Geoffrey A. Manne

In the past two weeks, Members of Congress from both parties have penned scathing letters to the FTC warning of the consequences (both to consumers and the agency itself) if the Commission sues…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

June 15, 2012

Ginsburg & Wright on Dynamic Analysis and the Limits of Antitrust Institutions

Joshua Wright

Judge Douglas Ginsburg (D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals; NYU Law) and I have posted “Dynamic Antitrust and the Limits of Antitrust Institutions” to SSRN.  Our article is forthcoming in Volume…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 28, 2012

Apple Responds to the DOJ e-Books Complaint

Joshua Wright

Apple has filed its response to the DOJ Complaint in the e-books case.  Here is the first paragraph of the Answer: The Government’s Complaint against Apple is fundamentally flawed as…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

May 8, 2012

AALS Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation Call for Papers: Google and Antitrust

Joshua Wright

The AALS Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation call for papers features a topic near and dear to my heart this year: Google and Antitrust.   Here is the announcement:…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 25, 2012

More Misguided Derision from Critics of the Verizon-SpectrumCo Wireless Deal

Geoffrey A. Manne

The pending wireless spectrum deal between Verizon Wireless and a group of cable companies (the SpectrumCo deal, for short) continues to attract opprobrium from self-proclaimed consumer advocates and policy scolds.  In the…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 25, 2012

Summary Judgment Granted in Mayer Laboratories v. Church & Dwight

Joshua Wright

Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California granted Church & Dwight’s motion for summary judgment as to Mayer Laboratories antitrust claims involving Church & Dwight’s shelf space agreements…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 26, 2012

DOJ’s Latest on Apple Investigation

Joshua Wright

From the WSJ: Publishers argue that the agency model promotes competition by allowing more booksellers to thrive. They say Amazon had sold e-books below cost and that agency pricing saved…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

March 15, 2012

The Apple E-Book Kerfuffle Meets Alfred Marshall’s Principles of Economics

Joshua Wright

From a pure antitrust perspective, the real story behind the DOJ’s Apple e-book investigation is the Division’s deep commitment to the view that Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) clauses are anticompetitive (see also…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection