Gus Hurwitz on Weaponizing Regulation

9 to 5 Mac – ICLE Director of Law & Economics Programs Gus Hurwitz was quoted by 9 to 5 Mac, citing comments he’d earlier given to the New York Times, in a story about jockeying by Big Tech firms to weaponize EU regulations against one another. You can read full piece here.

Regulations intended to help smaller companies enter the marketplace “very frequently can also be used by incumbents to gain advantage over their rivals,” Gus Hurwitz, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School who focuses on technology and competition, said.