Questioning the UK Competition Commission Ombudsman Plan
In April 2008, the UK Competition Commission issued its Final Report culminating from its grocery sector inquiry. Along with supermarket concentration, the concern that emerges . . .
Questioning the UK Competition Commission Ombudsman Plan
EU Intel Fines Attract Rebuke
I’ve criticized the European Commission’s antitrust attack against Intel here and the resulting $1.44 billion fine. Now the EU is drawing fire for allegedly burying . . .
Antitrust Anachronism? Randy Picker on the Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal
I recently commented on Gordon Crovitz’s WSJ column on the Microsoft-Yahoo deal arguing that antitrust was simply too cumbersome to deal competition issues in dynamic . . .
FTC Office Policy and Planning Fights for Competition in the Dental Services Market
Having just had four wisdom teeth pulled this morning at age 32, about ten years after the dentist first recommended it, the dental services market . . .
Antitrust, Obsolescence and the “New Economy” (Again)
Gordon Crovitz (WSJ) plays the new economy card on antitrust. Its a familiar wrap for those in the antitrust community that hit its peak in . . .
The EU’s Bass Ackward Approach to Evaluating Mergers
As American antitrust regulators hurtle headlong toward a Europeanized (i.e., competitor-focused) antitrust, I do hope they will at least avoid the tack the EU has . . .
FTC on the CFPA
Commissioners Rosch and Kovacic of the Federal Trade Commission come out against the proposed CFPA. Both emphasize the risk of shifting consumer protection authority away . . .
Moneyball, GMU and the Future of Law and Economics
My colleague Ilya Somin insightfully defends against allegations of the death of Moneyball in baseball and legal academia — largely making the point that larger . . .
EU Likely to Require A Browser Ballot Screen for Windows 7 in Europe
It looks like the old/new EU Microsoft browser tie-in case might be resolved through a requirement that Microsoft offers consumers a “ballot screen” that would allow users to select and install competing browsers.