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President and Founder

Geoffrey A. Manne is president and founder of the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE), a distinguished fellow at Northwestern University’s Center on Law, Business, and Economics, and a visiting professor of law at IE University, Madrid.

Samuel Bowman

Sam Bowman is founding editor of Works in Progress and was the former Director of Competition Policy at ICLE.

Eric Fruits

Senior Scholar

Eric Fruits is a senior scholar at ICLE and an adjunct professor of economics at Portland State University.

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Antitrust

The Antitrust Case Against Google’s Adtech Business, Explained

Geoffrey A. Manne, Samuel Bowman, & Eric Fruits September 14, 2020

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This week the Senate will hold a hearing into potential anticompetitive conduct by Google in its display advertising business—the “stack” of products that it offers to advertisers seeking to place display ads on third-party websites. It is also widely reported that the Department of Justice is preparing a lawsuit against Google that will likely include allegations of anticompetitive behavior in this market, and is likely to be joined by a number of state attorneys general in that lawsuit. Meanwhile, several papers have been published detailing these allegations.

Read the full piece here.