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From Present Practice to Future Policy: The Evolution of Efficiencies in Merger Control
Enforcement Harmony: Keeping Competition Regulation and Due Process in Sync
TechREG® Chronicle – Tracking-Based Advertising
Tracking-Based Advertising After Apple’s App Tracking Transparency: Firm-Level Evidence and Policy Implications
The Consent Paradox or Why Tracking-Based Advertising is Structurally Unlawful Under EU Law
“AI Agents” as Force Multiplier of Tracking-Based Advertising Harm
Understanding the New Wave of Chatbot Legislation: California SB 243 and Beyond
A ‘Braking’ of EU Digital Constitutionalism? Innovation Concerns and Geopolitical Threats
Getty v Stability AI: First AI Judgment Made But Key Questions Remain Unanswered
Innovation in the Digital Economy Architecture: Ensuring Regulatory Simplification Drives Innovation and Growth
Children’s Online Privacy and Safety: State Laws, Age-Appropriate Design, and Emerging Compliance Trends Beyond COPPA
From NAFTA to Surveillance Capitalism: USMCA’s Digital Order
Data Rich, but Insight Poor: How Government Agencies Can Turn Information Overload Into Actionable Intelligence
Why a Lot of People Are Getting Hacked With Government Spyware
How Should We Address the Amazon Web Services Outage?
Five Major Changes to the Regulation of Cybersecurity in the UK Under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
EU Data Act (Part 1): Cloud Control
Equal Rights Center v. Meta is the Most Important Tech Case Flying Under the Radar
Antitrust Chronicle® – Intellectual Property
Dealing in Intellectual Property: IP Justifications and Defenses in Digital Markets Cases
The Evolving Role of Innovation Theories of Harm in the Antitrust Analysis of Life Science Mergers
Who Can Fix It? Antitrust, IP Rights, and the Right to Repair
Copyright, Antitrust, and the Politics of Generative AI
Antitrust Risks and Compliance Strategies in Intellectual Property Portfolio Management
The Federal Trade Commission’s Newest Campaign: Drug Device Delisting from the Orange Book
Anticompetitive Conduct and Patents Listed in the Orange Book
Balancing Vigilance: Navigating the Competition Policy Crossroads in Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)
Antitrust Chronicle® – Entertainment & Culture
Non-Playable Character: Competition Law Enforcement in the Video Game Market
Gerrymandering Sports Entertainment Product Markets
Redistribution via Competition Policy: A Case Study of Creative Industries
Sports Governing Bodies vs. Antitrust 0 – 4? Sport and Competition Economics Comments on the Recent Judgements of the European Court of Justice
Arbitration in Sports and Competition as a Matter of Public Policy: Legality Requirements from the European Decision in the Royal Football Club Seraing Case
Antitrust and Entertainment in Brazil: From International Debates on Entertainment to Domestic Debates on Soccer Broadcasting
Principles of Antitrust Policy Enforcement and Lessons from the Korean Experience
The Commission Must Examine the Presence and Compatibility of Indirect State Aid
Recent Developments in the Analysis of Life Sciences Mergers
The Dual Role of Shareholder Activism in the M&A Market
Can States Grant Federal Antitrust Immunity? Part 1: Why California’s New Gig-Driver Law Won’t Survive Parker
Enforcement Priorities of the FTC and DOJ—Insights from Recent Antitrust Conferences
Cartels: Being First to Apply for Leniency Matters More Than Ever
Unlawful Unilateral Use of AI: When Algorithms Become Instruments of Anticompetitive Conduct
California Clarifies Antitrust Pleading Standard, Creates Uncertainty on ‘Coercive’ Uses of Algorithmic Software
How Android Auto Reshapes the Law of Refusal to Deal (and What It Means in Practice)
In Suspense: Belgian Competition Authority Imposes Interim Measures on Cycling standard
California Passes Broad Limits on “Common Pricing Algorithms”
Kenya Tribunal Upholds CAK’s Steel Cartel Sanction on Appeal
TechREG® Chronicle – Digital Wellbeing
Social AI and Youth Wellbeing: Developmental Principles and Policy Solutions
Network Effects, Trust, and Well‑Being
Scrolling Through the Evidence: Social Media and Wellbeing
Digital Wellbeing and Its Regulation for Children and Young People
Who Is Responsible for Digital Wellbeing? An Overview of Approaches, Threats, and Perspectives on Accountability
Global Merger Control: Counting the Days and Paying the Bill – Insights from the Brazilian Experience
Antitrust Chronicle® – Costs of Consolidation
Does Merger Enforcement Protect Consumers from the Long-Term Costs of Consolidation?
“Praying for Inflation”: How Market Concentration Facilitates Inflationary Pressures
Unpacking the Remedy: The Hidden Costs of Merger Remedies and the Economist’s Role in Getting Them Right
Why Industry Consolidation Causes More Concern Than It Should
American Antitrust and Viewpoint Diversity: Has a New Enforcement Era Begun?
Hospital Mergers and Quality: Lessons from a Recent Antitrust Case
Antitrust Chronicle® – Network Effects
Synthetic Data, Network Effects, and the Future of Competition
On Artificial Intelligence and Network Effects
Complementarities, Network Effects, and the Antitrust Puzzle of Platform M&A
Avoiding the Oversimplification of Network Effects
Are Digital Platforms Bound to Decay? An Economic Examination of the “Enshittification” Thesis
Network Effects, Platforms, and Antitrust Markets: Economic Authority in American Express
“Conservative” Antitrust: Something Possibly Kind of New Under the Sun, Maybe
Killer Acquisitions: A Killer Story, But Still Not Much Evidence
Quantum Computing: Overview of Drafting Considerations for Quantum-as-a-Service Agreements
The Bits of Freedom Ruling: The First Step in Private DSA Enforcement
A Breach Every Month Raises Doubts About South Korea’s Digital Defenses
A Joint International AI Lab: Design Considerations
Montana Announces Multistate Investigation of Big Tech Renewable Energy Claims
France Expands Crypto Exchange Audits to Secure EU-Wide Licenses
Liability 101: Liability Clauses in Technology and Outsourcing Contracts
Tales of Digital Sovereignty and Child Online Safety: Von der Leyen’s State of the Union Address
Eight Ways to Reduce the Biggest AI Risk in 2025: Workslop
2025: A Data Space Odyssey
Follow the Money, Not the Drugs: Why Crypto Makes Drug Investigations Easier, Not Harder
California’s SB 53: The First Frontier AI Law, Explained
Improving Access and Affordability: Enhancing Competition in Costa Rica’s Pharmaceutical Market
Antitrust at Work: Enforcement of Antitrust Laws in Labor Markets
Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, and Japan Fair Trade Commission Meet in Washington to Continue Their Long History of Engagement
Antitrust Chronicle® – Inflation & Antitrust
When Inflation Amplifiers Implicate Antitrust Law
Inflation Beyond Monetary Policy: The Impact of Competition Policy
Inflation Reduction – Another ‘Feather in the Cap’ of Competition
The Price of Weak Competition: Inflation, Competition, and Fairness
The Political Afterlife of Price Control in Brazilian Competition Law
Fighting Inflation from the Ground Up: The Untapped Role of Antitrust in Brazil
Updating the Turnover Thresholds for Pre-Merger Notification in the Digital Era
TechREG® Chronicle – Revisiting Cryptocurrencies
The Unwitting Kingmaker: Why Washington’s Genius Act Could Accidentally Crown a Stablecoin Superpower—And How to Stop It
How the GENIUS Act Could Reshape Payments of All Types Through the Use of Stablecoins
Crypto and Competition Economics
The Jurisprudence of Crypto
Cryptographic Foundations and Interdisciplinary Dimensions of the Secure Proof of Stake (“SPoS”) Consensus Algorithm
A Final Call for the European Commission Exclusionary Abuse Guidelines: Back to (Economic) Principles
“Personality vs. Personalization” in AI Systems: An Introduction (Part 1)
Antitrust Chronicle® – Market Definition
Finding Monopoly: Antitrust Market Definition
Drawing Boundaries, Building Legitimacy: A Revamped View of Market Definition
The Business Revolution and Antitrust Market Definition: The Role of Time
All We Have Is All We Need: A Blueprint to Defining and Using Ecosystems in Antitrust
Do We Have a Framework for Defining Labor Antitrust Markets? Guidance And Case Studies in the U.S., UK, and EU
Brick-and-Mortar Transaction Review in the Age of E-Commerce
Revisiting the Brown Shoe Indicia for Defining Markets
Antitrust and Opposition to Policy Change
Epic v. Google: Setting the Bar for Affirmative Antitrust Remedies in the Digital Age
Self-Preferencing Isn’t a Sin. It’s Often the Way Competition Works.
More Views on Antitrust and Dynamic Competition
Food for Thought: Labour Market Cartels and Minority Shareholdings
The Intersection Of Cost-Of-Living Pressures and South African Competition Law
How Foreign Experience of Acquirer CEOs Affects Shareholder Returns
Part 1: #Start-up M&A: The (Not-So-Fun) Exit – Distressed M&A in Start-up Land | Legal Ninja Snapshot
The Beginning of the End? The UK Government Announces a Review of the Country’s Antitrust Class Action Regime
Trump Revokes Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Antitrust & Competition but other Biden Administration Antitrust Policy Changes Remain in Place
TechREG Chronicle® – Open Banking & Finance
Benefits and Challenges of Open Banking
Open Banking: What Have We Learnt?
Harnessing Open Finance for Competition and Financial Inclusion
Designing Open Banking for SME Lending: Lessons From the UK Model
Liability Frameworks in Open Finance: Enabling Trust and Participation
The Feasibility of a Competitive AI Development Ecosystem in the Proposed European Financial Data Space
Antitrust Scrutiny of ESG Initiatives by State Attorneys General Heats Up
Antitrust Chronicle® – Editorial Board Antipasto
From Indicia to Duration: Emerging Procedural Themes in EU Dawn Raids
Two Years of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation – What Dealmakers Need to Know
Brown Shoe, Market Definition, and the Focus on Substitution
Mind the Engagement Gap: Direct Business Testimony as a Competitive Edge in Merger Control
Ecosystemic Theories of Harm: CADE’s Contribution to the Debate
Guidance in Uncharted Territory: Three Commission Cases Signal New Era in EU Competition Enforcement
Antitrust Chronicle® – State Attorneys General
CPI TALKS… with Attorney General Aaron D. Ford
Updates on California’s Antitrust Enforcement
Why States Always Have Parens Patriae Standing to Bring Antitrust Suits
The State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act: A Measured Approach
The History of the Standard Oil Company—and the State
State Approaches to Concentrated Economic Power
An Analysis of Dubai’s New Human-Machine Collaboration Classification System
The Second Wave of EU AI Act Requirements are In Force: Five Things Business Should Know
Crypto in the Capitol: States Take the Lead on Strategic Bitcoin Reserves
Crypto Regulatory Affairs: US Crypto Week Delivers as GENIUS Act Becomes Law, CLARITY Act Moves to Senate
Trustless, Not Truthless: Strengthening Media Literacy for the Web3 Era
The Politics of Fragmentation and Capture in AI Regulation
A Market Design Framework for Antitrust Causation in the Google Search Case
A Chinese Court Finds That AI-Generated Images Are Not Protected by Copyright: The Zhangjiagang People’s Court and the ‘Butterfly Chairs’ Case
European Commission Makes New Announcements on the Protection of Minors Under the Digital Services Act
Microsoft’s Commitment to the European Accessibility Act
A New Statutory “Right to Complain” Under Data Protection Law
$222,500 Penalty for TV Indecency – Reminder to Secure Access to Broadcast Product
Trump’s Immigration Policies May Threaten American AI Leadership
Between Efficiency and Illegality: The Competitive Implications of Surveillance and Algorithmic Pricing
Antitrust Chronicle® – Agriculture
Prospects for U.S. Agriculture in the Face of Trade Policy Uncertainty in 2025
Can USDA’s Initiatives Spur Competition in Meatpacking?
The Uncertain Fate of Important Protections for Farmers
What Role for Competition Rules in the EU Agricultural Sector?
The Plight of Indirect Suppliers to Buyer Cartels
Interpreting Rising Food Price Markups: Demand Elasticity, Market Concentration, and the Limits of Structural Antitrust Enforcement
Ploughing Through: Recent Canadian Competition Bureau Merger Reviews in the Agriculture Industry
Big Ag’s Deep Roots: An Historical Look At Corporate Concentration In The Agricultural Inputs Sector
TechREG Chronicle® – National Security
Critical Orbit: The Case for Designating Space as National Infrastructure in the Cyber Age
When Data Becomes a U.S. National Security Asset: What Companies Need to Know
Stepping Up and Going Public: How the FCC and Team Telecom Could Take a Cue From the Antitrust Bar to Promote National Security in the Telecommunications Sector
Can the EU Defend Its Technology?
Comparative Analysis of Transatlantic AI Regulatory Frameworks: Jurisdictional Convergence and Divergence in U.S.-EU Compliance Architectures
Reframing the Fight: How the June 2025 Cyber Executive Order Alters America’s Strategic Posture
Securing U.S. AI Leadership: U.S. Export Controls and the Trade in Advanced Chips
Price Transparency Is Important, It Affects Everyone
Linking Arms on European Security: Lowering the Regulatory Bar for Defence Investment, Joint Ventures and Consolidation?
New Texas Law Says Franchisors are Not Employers of Franchisees or Their Employees
Competition Law and Technology-Platform Censorship
Some Thoughts on the Antitrust Division’s New Whistleblower Reward Program
DOJ Antitrust Division 2025: The Cop is Still on the Beat
Intellectual Property Litigation: Acting USPTO Director Sheds Light on New Bifurcated Discretionary Denial Process With Recent Decisions
New DOJ Antitrust Postal Whistleblower Rewards Program: A Look Under the Shiny Hood
EU Competition Authorities Escalate Enforcement of No-Poach Agreements
State-Level Merger Scrutiny Grows: Washington, Colorado Lead Expansion of State Premerger Notification Laws
Reform of the German Electricity Grid Tariff System: Should Producers Pay Grid Charges?
Mergers, Markets & a New Mandate: Zimbabwe’s Competition Regulator in Conversation with Primerio
Trump 2025 Antitrust Agenda: Targeting Regulatory Barriers
Antitrust Chronicle® – Surveillance Pricing
Should We Fear Personalized Pricing?
Data and Price Competition: The Special Role of Information About Rivals’ Prices
Surveillance Pricing: A Cautionary Summary of Potential Harms and Solutions
The Rise of Surveillance Pricing
Personalized Pricing: Antitrust and Policy Considerations in the Age of Personalization
Surveillance Pricing and Personal Information
Inflation’s Spies: The Labor of Surveillance Pricing
US/UK Tech Policy and Economic Growth
Antitrust Chronicle® – eDiscovery & Antitrust
Off-Channel and Ephemeral Messaging in Antitrust Investigations: Legal Risks, Regulatory Focus, and Ediscovery Challenges
Encrypted Messaging in the Crosshairs: Compliance, Legal Risks, and Global Perspectives
Ephemeral and Encrypted Messaging: DOJ Expectations, Compliance Risks, and Best Practices
Antitrust Litigation in the Age of GenAI
Disappearing Messages and Unofficial Platforms: Implications for Antitrust Investigations
TechREG® Chronicle – Agentic Artificial Intelligence
How Can We Best Monitor AI Agents?
Navigating the Space Between Collision and Collusion in an Economy of AI Agents
Agentic AI: Future Issues at the Intersection of Technology, Innovation, and Competition Policy
Agentic AI and the Looming Problem of Criminal Scienter
Does Agentic AI Require New Policy Frameworks?
The Case for Commodification: AI Agents
Commerce Department’s New BEAD Reform Notice Upends Structure of Program
Antitrust Chronicle® – Theories of Harm
What Do We Mean by Harm to the Competitive Process?
Is There a Better Approach to Vertical Merger Analysis?
California’s Ill-Advised Turn Toward Europeanized Theories of Harm For Single-Firm Conduct
EU Competition Policy in Support of Democracy and Sustainability: What Theories of Harm When Moving Away From the Predominance of the Consumer Welfare Paradigm?
The Challenges of Form-Based Enforcement Approaches In Dominance Cases
When Is a Breach of Regulation an Abuse?
Merger Control and Media Plurality: Fitting a Square Peg Into a Round Hole?
Data Suggests Not All Industrial Policy Sacrifices Competition by Design
Canadian Competition Bureau Releases 2025-2026 Annual Plan: Signals More Aggressive Enforcement Ahead
Long Road (Back) to Remedies: U.S. Agencies Re-embrace Negotiated Divestitures in M&A
FTC Consumer Protection Orders: The Case for a New Sunset Policy
Construction Industry Participants Beware: CISG and CISOP and Their Impact on Overseas Procurement
European Commission Issues First No-Poach Decision in Labour Markets, Warning Against the Collusive Risks of Minority Shareholdings
Davis Polk Discusses the Return of Antitrust Remedies in Merger Settlements
Latest Development in China’s Criminal Regulation on Intellectual Property
You’ve Got Mail: ACCC Receives Its First Two Designated Complaints
Off the Rails or on Track? Implications of Transnet’s 15-Year Exemption
Antitrust in Labor Markets
Proposed Federal Ban on State Regulation of AI
Elliptic Data Leads to the Shutdown of the Two Largest Online Criminal Marketplaces of All Time
Will Trump Tip the AI Race in China’s Favor?
Digital Replicas, Part III: Evaluating Legislative Proposals
Disrupting Lumma Stealer: Microsoft Leads Global Action Against Favored Cybercrime Tool
A Republican FCC Majority Coming Soon as Commissioner Starks Announces Imminent Departure – What Broadcast Issues May be Affected?
Smart AI Regulation Strategies for Latin American Policymakers
House Republicans Push for 10-Year Moratorium on State AI Laws
Reform of Regulation 1/2003 and Access to the File: Is the DMA/DSA Approach Helpful?
TechREG® Chronicle – Regulating Digital Payments
Paying By Robot: Clearing the Regulatory Obstacles to Agentic Payments
From Play to Pay: Regulating Digital Payments in Video Games
Earned Wage Access: An Overview of Federal and State Regulation and Enforcement
Digital Public Infrastructure: Governance Models and Implementation Challenges
Stablecoin Payments in the U.S. and the EU: Regulatory Considerations and Market Dynamics Following Stripe’s Acquisition of Bridge
Payments Regulation Outlook
Anthropic CEO Claims AI Models Hallucinate Less Than Humans
Merger Control in Argentina: A Story of a System Without Prenotification and an “Irreversible” Operation
Antitrust Chronicle® – Industrial Policy
Industrial Strategy and the Role of Competition – Taking a Business Lens
Industrial Policy, Antitrust, and Economic Growth: Some Observations
Bolder by Design: Crafting Pro-Competitive Industrial Policies For Complex Challenges
Competition-Friendly Industrial Policy
Coordinating Market Actors for the Public Good: Competition Policy as the Industrial Policy of Democratic Economic Governance
State Ownership in Industrial Policy: Assessing Anticompetitive Risks on Mixed Markets
“Hey ChatGPT, Please Write My Plea”: AI’s Arrival in Dutch Courts
Antitrust Chronicle® – Healthcare Antitrust
Healthcare & Antitrust: What to Expect in the New Trump Administration
Patent Gaming and Disparagement: Commission Fines Teva For Improperly Protecting Its Blockbuster Medicine
Strategic Alliances in the Pharma Sector: An EU Competition Law Perspective
Monopsony Power in the Hospital Labor Market
“Product Hopping” and Pharmaceutical Life-Cycle Strategies: An Evolving Antitrust Frontier
The Effectiveness of Competition Policy to Improve Health Market Outcomes: The Experience of the Competition Commission of South Africa
Competition Law Enforcement and Policy in Healthcare Markets: An Overview From Chile
Turning Trade Challenges into Strategic Opportunities
Unpacking “America First” Antitrust for Europeans
Privacy Enforcement: Shift Toward Cookie Consent?
Are Big Tech’s Quasi-Mergers With AI Startups Anticompetitive?
Knowledge-Based Limitation Period and Decisions of National Competition Authorities
Interpretation of the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Sector: Key Risk Considerations
Big Thoughts at the Antitrust Big Spring Meeting Week
Navigating the New HSR Landscape: Major Updates and Enforcement Actions You Need to Know
State Antitrust Enforcement Roundup: New Laws; New Potential Legislation; and New (and Broader) Areas of Focus
Nigeria Flexes Regulatory Muscle: Tribunal Upholds $220 Million Fine Against WhatsApp and Meta Over Data Discrimination Practices
Antitrust Chit Chat
TechREG® Chronicle – Digital Platform Governance
A Progress Report on the More Drastic Remedies for Dealing With Dominant Digital Platforms in the EU and the USA
Digital Platform Governance In the Age of Artificial Intelligence
How EU Platform Regulation Can Survive Trump 2.0
Fixing the Feeds: A Policy Roadmap for Algorithms That Put People First
Beyond Removal: Visibility Reduction in Content Moderation
Interoperability and Openness Between Different Governance Models: The Dynamics of Mastodon/Threads and Wikipedia/Google
Ex Ante Interoperability Regulation for Competitive Digital Markets: Contrasting the European Union, United Kingdom, and Australian Approaches
Nation-State Regulation as Social Media Governance: The Australian Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024
US Trade Talks May Have Far-Reaching Impact on UK Tech Regulation, But It Doesn’t Have to Be All Or Nothing
Antitrust Chronicle® – Mergers in Digital Markets
Catching a Killer? Six “Genetic Markers” to Assess Nascent Competitor Acquisitions
Digital Decoded: Is There More Scope for Digital Mergers In 2025?
AI In the Mix – An Ever-Evolving Approach to Jurisdiction Over Digital Mergers in Europe
Antitrust Enforcement Errors Due to a Failure to Understand Organizational Capabilities and Dynamic Competition
Tech Giants and Startup Acquisitions: Insights From the Evolution of Acquired Products
The Experience of the Spanish Competition Authority In Analyzing Digital Mergers
Merger Control in Digital Markets: New Challenges and Old Problems
Do We Have an Understanding? High Court Rules Against ACCC in Appeal Regarding Anti-Competitive Understanding
The New US Antitrust Enforcement Team: A Hint of Things to Come
The Competition Commission of India and Digital Markets
Antitrust Chronicle® – The Airline Industry
Boosting Competition in International Aviation
Reshaping Competition Policy for the U.S. Airline Industry
Algorithmic Collusion in the Skies: The Role of AI in Shaping Airline Competition
Competition in U.S. Airline Markets: Major Developments and Economic Insights
EU Merger Control in Aviation: The Lufthansa/Ita Case and the EU’s Balancing Act in Antitrust Enforcement
An Evaluation of Developments in the Airline Industry Since 2000
Capital One/Discover Deal: Rumored Concerns Lack Substance
Preparing for a Pharmacy Benefit Manager Insurance Business Model
Live Updates – ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting 2025, Washington, D.C.
Antitrust Chronicle® – China Edition: Year of the Snake
The Fair Competition Review and the Unified National Market in China
Facing the Conundrums: China’s Antitrust Policy Amid Geopolitical Shifts
Concentrations in China in 2023 and 2024
SAMR’s Evolving Role on the Geopolitical Chessboard
Increased Transparency or Burden? – Observation on the Horizontal Merger Review Guidelines
Navigating China’s 2024 Landmark Antitrust Judgments: Key Cases and Implications
China’s Highest Court Clears Roadblocks for Antitrust Litigation
The Choice of Judicial Settlement Pathways for Frand Licensing Disputes Under Chinese Law: Perspectives From Actions for the Declaration of Frand Obligation
Navigating the Legal Complexities of Canadian-Origin Marketing Claims
California Frontier AI Working Group Issues Report on Foundation Model Regulation
OpenAI’s Viral Studio Ghibli Moment Highlights AI Copyright Concerns
From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: How India Can Outflank the US in AI
Robots Are Coming—But They Still Can’t Register Copyright
The Growing Relevance of 24-Hour Trading Signals a Blockchain-centric Future for Trad-Fi
How Artificial Intelligence Can Boost Productivity in Latin America
Cryptotribunals: The Unavoidable Change of Arbitration?
Towards Planet-Proof Computing: Ten Key Elements EU Data Centre Sustainability Policy Should Take Onboard
Efficient Government and Safe Innovation: A Collaborative Approach to Artificial Intelligence Policy
How Could Subsidies Incentivise Clean Heat Neighbourhoods?
Is There an Economic Justification for the Attacks on Rent Algorithms?
Antitrust Chronicle® – Mobile Ecosystems
Mobile Ecosystems: An Intellectual Entelechy but A Necessary Model
Creating Contestability and Fairness in Mobile Ecosystems: The Contribution of the DMA
Digital Ecosystems and the Not (Yet) As Efficient Competitor Principle
Assessing the Competition Law Scrutiny of Smart Wearables and Mobile AR/VR Devices
The Mobile Software Competition Act and Its Impact on the Japan Fair Trade Commission
A Comparative Analysis of Japan’s Smartphone Focused Ex Ante Regulation and the DMA
SEC’s Focus on Cyber and AI to Continue Under Trump Administration
TechREG® Chronicle – Standard Essential Patents: Trends & Strategies
Standards: America’s Path to Global Leadership (Again)
Standards Organizations: The Missing Link in Fixing FRAND Evasion
FRAND Interim Licenses in Standard Essential Patents Disputes
The Rising Importance of Video Codec SEPs in a Data-Driven World
Avanci’s Admissions Cast Doubt on Pool’s Procompetitive Effects
Our New Consumer Enforcement Regime
Prohibited Practices Under the AI Act: Answered and Unanswered Questions in the Commission’s Guidelines
Antitrust at the Agencies: Private Anticompetitive Censorship Edition
Tariffs and Trade Actions: Summing Up the Last Few Days
The Saw on the Legal Services Act
Fix the Price or Price the Fix? Resolving the Sequencing Puzzle in Corporate Contracting
Detecting RPM with Unsupervised Machine Learning
ACCC Pieces Together Case Against Broken Mosaic
DOJ Fugitive Page (And the Fugitive Disentitlement Doctrine)
The 2025 UK Government’s Strategic Steer to the CMA: The Beginning of a New Era for the UK Antitrust Watchdog
Slippery Business: COMESA Court Invalidates Mauritius’ Edible Oil Tariff
Case C-233/23, Android Auto (I): How the Case Was Transformed Before the Court of Justice
DOJ and FTC Issue Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers
Antitrust Chronicle® – Self-Preferencing
Platform Self-Preferencing: Focusing the Policy Debate
Weaponized Opacity: Self-Preferencing in Digital Audience Measurement
Self-Preferencing: An Economic Literature-Based Assessment Advocating a Case-By-Case Approach and Compliance Requirements
Self-Preferencing in Adjacent Markets
What Should Europe’s “Do Something!” Moment Mean for Competition?
Interim Measures in Abuse of Dominance Investigations: Recent Developments in Latin America
TechREG® Chronicle – Healthcare Artificial Intelligence
Embrace The Chaos: AI Regulation in the US Remains in Flux
AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Regulatory Perspective and Corporate Governance Implications
Charting the Next Frontier of Healthcare: Balancing AI’s Opportunities with Regulatory and Competition Considerations
Rethinking Evaluation of Large Language Models in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Healthcare Industry: After a Slow Start, Hospitals Are Finally Starting to Use AI
A Tale of Two Stakeholder Groups in Regulating Healthcare AI
Antitrust Chronicle® – Supply Chains
Antitrust and the Supply Chain: Protecting the Power of the Markets
Understanding Category Captain Power: Insights for Competition Policy and Antitrust Law
Supply Chain Risks and Vertical Merger Enforcement
Aligning Trade and Competition in Global Tech-Based Value Chains
The Changing Landscape of Supply Chains and Implications for Antitrust
Unsustainable Differences in Antitrust Treatment of Sustainability Agreements: 2025 Likely to Bring Significant Changes to How the U.S. and the EU Analyze Sustainability Issues
FCC Responds to Cybersecurity Threats with CALEA Ruling
Do Stablecoin Patent Applications Signal a Cryptocurrency Evolution?
The Most Important Piece of Tech Regulation You’ve Never Heard Of
Meta’s Moderation Shift and the TikTok Ban: What’s Cooking in the US and What This Means for EU Platform Regulation
Crypto Regulatory Affairs: In the US, Focus on Crypto Banking Access Grows
Turkish Competition Authority Updates Regulation on Fines
DeepSeek is not a Good Reason for Big Tech to Become More Powerful
The Competitiveness Compass: Recalibrating the True North for Merger Control?
There Can Be No Winners in a US-China AI Arms Race
AI and the Future of National Security
TechREG® Chronicle – Crypto Insights & Trends
The AI Agent Revolution in Crypto: Looming Risks and Regulatory Opportunities
Cryptocurrency and Digital Currency: Preserving the Difference
Simple and Effective Portfolio Construction with Crypto Assets
Australia Remains in Regulatory Purgatory After a Decade of Crypto Policy Discussion
FTC Brings First Robinson-Patman Act Case in More Than Two Decades
What If There Was No Per Se Rule in Criminal Cases?
HSR Filing Thresholds, Filing Fees, and Penalties on the Rise Again
Takeaways From DOJ, FTC End to Collaboration Guidelines
FTC Issues Its Annual Revisions to HSR and Interlocking Directorate
Looking Back and Looking Forward: Healthcare Antitrust in a New Administration: What Stays the Same and What Changes?
Rare FTC-DOJ Joint ‘Gun Jumping’ Action Results in Record Penalty
Betting on Fair Play: Competition Tribunal Orders Interim Relief to Lottoland in Google Ads Dispute
Learning Digital Procurement’s Hard Lessons Before Jumping In at the AI Deep End
Business Groups Sue to Block New HSR Form
Kneschke vs. LAION: Opening Fresh Perspectives on AI Training and TDM Exceptions
The Latest Legislative Development and Enforcement Trends of the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law
Antitrust Chronicle® – International Criminal Enforcement
The Antitrust Division’s Recent Work to Combat International Cartels
Information Sharing: The New Frontier of U.S. Antitrust Enforcement
The Key Role of Guidelines on Exchanges of Information Among Competitors and the Divergent Transatlantic Paths
Leniency, Whistleblowers, and Compliance
Enforcers’ Ongoing Efforts to Combat Convergent Competition and Corruption Risks
Antitrust Chronicle® – Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Untangling the PBM Mess
Using Data, Not Anecdotes, to Analyze Criticisms of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Vertical Integration and PBMs: What, Me Worry?
The Economics of Benefit Management in Prescription-Drug Markets
PBMs: The Hidden Actor Behind Product Hopping
A Discovery Plan for Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Collusion
On the Article 102 TFEU Guidelines (V): Competition on The Merits as an Irritant
Digital Assets: What to Expect from the Incoming Administration and Congress
Draft Revision of China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law Released
A Policy Primer for Free Expression and Content Moderation, Part I: Centering Public Interest Values
Labor Antitrust: A Solution in Search of Evidence
TechREG® Chronicle – Brussels Tech Effect
The Brussels Effect, The Draghi Report and 2025 – Is Cure Now Better Than Prevention?
What Can Tech Companies Expect from the New European Commission?
If the “Brussels Effect” Fades in Tech Markets, the EU Will Only Have Itself to Blame
Brussels Effect in AI Regulation? A Glance at Brazil
January 2025 Regulatory Updates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Children’s Television Programming Reporting, Expansion of Audio Description Requirements, Political Windows, and More
Semper Aliquid Novi Africam Adferre – Balancing Socio-Economic Goals with Competition Law
Antitrust Chronicle® – CRESSE Insights
Effective Interoperability in Mobile Ecosystems: EU Competition Law Versus Regulation
The Use of Empirical Evidence in Antitrust: Trends, Challenges, and a Path Forward
Some Empirical Evidence on the Role of Presumptions and Evidentiary Standards on Antitrust (Under)Enforcement: Is the EC’s New Communication on Art.102 in the Right Direction?
The EC’s Draft Guidelines on the Application of Article 102 TFEU: An Economic Perspective
Reforms and Trends in the Regulation of Digital Markets in Japan
Declining Trend in Leniency? Causes and Responses
Recent Developments in Cartel Enforcement
Remedies After Illumina/GRAIL– The Thorny Question of Proportionality
Why Was Illumina/GRAIL Blocked in the EU? Reviewing The European Commission’s Assessment of Vertical Mergers in Light of the 2022 Prohibition Decision
The Role of Uncertainty in the Future European Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Lessons Learned From Illumina/GRAIL
Illumina’s Light on Article 22 EUMR: The Suspended Step and Uncertain Future of EU Merger Control Over Below-Threshold “Killer” Mergers
EU-Level Jurisdiction Over “Killer Acquisitions” in the Aftermath of Illumina/GRAIL
Illumina/GRAIL: Inside The Perfect Storm
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European Commission’s Draft Guidelines on Article 102 – Webinar Series
Resale Price Maintenance in EU Competition Law: Understanding the Significance of Super Bock
Compliments to the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (and A Trip Down Memory Lane)
Key Takeaways from the DOJ Antitrust Division’s Updated Compliance Guidance: It’s Not Just Criminal Anymore
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Coopetition in The Pharma Industry: Challenges for Antitrust
Symmetry and the Sixth Force: The Essential Role of Complements
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Seizure and Examination of Mobile Data and Data Carriers in Austria: Where Do We Stand and What’s Next?
Women and Generative AI: The Adoption Gap Is Closing Fast, But a Trust Gap Persists
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Tech Policy in a Second Trump Administration: AI Promotion and Further Decoupling from China
The EU Court of Justice’s judgment in Intel II and Its Implications for the Draft Guidelines
AI and the Digital Economy Framework Agreement: Preparing ASEAN for the Next Tech Wave
The Future of Credit: AI or Human Judgment?
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Why a Ruling Against The Internet Archive Threatens the Future of America’s Libraries
FTC’s Watchdog Role in Pharma Mergers: Road Bumps and The Way Forward
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Banking Reform: An Increase In Scrutiny
European Commission Clears First Acquisition Under EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation
New Premerger Notification Regime to Fundamentally Change M&A Strategy
Trouble In Store: New Challenges for Shein and Temu Devotees in South Africa
Gibson Decision Hands Atlantic City Casino-Hotels Dismissal of Price-Fixing Claims
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Handling Non-Compliant Deposits in the Era of the Travel Rule: A Path Forward
Unpacking The Implications of The FTC’s Antitrust Case Against Amazon for Online Marketplace Competition
The CJEU Rules in the Diarra Case – FIFA’s transfer Rules Restrict Free Movement and Competition
In Search of a Competition Policy for the Digital Sector
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Generative Artificial Intelligence and Competition: The Main Takeaways of the Recent Opinion Issued by the French Competition Authority
Beyond Code: Addressing AI bias with Inclusive Governance
Broadcasters Should Evaluate Attack Ads for Liability Concerns in the Final Weeks Before the November Election
Why a Ruling Against the Internet Archive Threatens the Future of America’s Libraries
US Federal Trade Commission Issues Final Rules on HSR Pre-Merger Reporting
Facing AI, Employing a Safe Approach
Global Governance: Goals and Lessons for AI
Can AI drive Innovation in Qualitative Research? Here’s What We’ve Learnt.
When the State Restricts Competition: What Role for Antitrust Enforcement?
Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Legal Frameworks in the Asia-Pacific Region
Google’s Antitrust Troubles Demonstrate the Need for a Digital Regulator
Criminal Negligence and Acceptable Risk in the EU’s AI Act: Casting Light, Leaving Shadows
FTC Faces Renewed Criticism Both from Within and from Congress
The Next Administration Must Finish the Merger Guidelines Revision
Evaluating EU Antitrust Procedures: EC Key Findings and Future Directions
Mind the Gap: ECJ Judgment Determines European Commission Cannot Review Deals Below Member State Merger Control Thresholds
ACM: European Court of Justice takes away opportunity to assess acquisition by Microsoft, new power is needed
The Justice Department Challenges Visa’s Predatory Power
Debate: ‘Doubt is their product’—The difference between research and academic lobbying
Antitrust at the Agencies: The Meat of the Matter Edition
Antitrust Sanctions: The Duty to Preserve Chats
Antitrust Under Biden: Taking a Closer Look at the Numbers
School Uniforms: Is Your Policy At Risk of Breaking the Law?
The US Stablecoin Landscape: Leveraging Ecosystem Monitoring to Build Trust
FCC Proposes New TCPA Rules for AI Calls and Texts
Crypto Lobbying Makes Insane Splash in American Politics
The Case for Vigilance in AI Markets
Ten Reasons Why Apple’s App Store Terms are Still Not Compliant with the DMA
From Innovation to Implementation: Regulating AI in Aotearoa New Zealand
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CrowdStrike and Digital Ecosystem Transitivity
From Concept to Precedent: The 2024 Draft Guidelines on Article 102
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Empowering Futures: Digital Transformation in the Eastern Caribbean
Federal Court Strikes Down FTC’s Noncompete Rule: What It Means for Businesses
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4th CCC Diplomatic Conference on Competition Law Places Focus on Inflation, Food Security, and Poverty Eradication
Public Knowledge Hails U.S. v. Google Decision Finding Monopoly Hold on Search Markets
The First Public Meeting of the Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing: What Happened and What’s Next
Misconceptions About Tacit Collusion
Crypto Needs Comprehensive Policies to Protect Economies and Investors
Has the US Supreme Court Made It Harder to Regulate Social Media — or the Opposite?
NATO Can’t Truly Defend Cyberspace Without Private Partnerships
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Protecting the Public From Abusive AI-Generated Content 
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The Evolving Safety and Policy Challenges of Self-Driving Cars
Mergers & Acquisitions, AI and Antitrust: The New Creative Ways for Big Tech to Enter the AI Market and Avoid HSR Rules
Germany: Landmark Court Decision Deals with AI Training and Copyright
All Change to the UK’s Competition Law Regime
The CJEU Sets Limits to the Application of the Concept of Economic Unity
Deleting an Instagram Post Was Evidence-Tampering–Webb v. U.S.
The NCAA Antitrust Lawsuits Will Not Pay Off for College Athletes Without a Permanent Players Association
Hold The Phone: Antitrust Authorities Looking Closely at Instant Messages in Dawn Raids
Not Dead Yet: Noncompetes Survive, the FTC Rule Doesn’t (For Now)
Ensuring Fair Competition: Antitrust Considerations in the US Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023
The Commission Amends Regional Aid Rules to Foster Support for Strategic Technology Projects
Key Takeaways from the Servier Saga: Object, (Pro and Anticompetitive) Effects and Counterfactual (I)
The WGA’s Misguided Fears: Unpacking the Myths of Media Consolidation in the Streaming Era
Life Sciences and Health Care Companies Under the Competition Microscope: New Cross-Government Initiatives Seek to Expose Antitrust and Other Violations
Maturing UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Collective Proceedings Process Sees Uptick in Cases
Malawi Revamps its Antitrust Laws: Suspensory Merger Control and More
The US Needs a Techno-Industrial Strategy
Lessons to Learn from Airline Mergers
DOJ Filed Cert Petition in United States v. Brewbaker
Artificial Bugs for Enhanced Cybersecurity
FTC’s Non-Compete Rule Blocked and Unlikely To Be Revived – But Risk Remains
Digital Sovereignty in Africa: Moving Beyond Local Data Ownership
Epic Games Calls Out Apple for Rejecting Its Games Store in The EU
DISH Calls Foul on T-Mobile’s Plans for 800 MHz Spectrum
Australia’s Digital ID Act 2024 Signed Into Law
How Uber Provided Short-Term Solutions and Long-Term Problems
CJEU Upholds Country-of-Origin Principle for Online Service Providers in the EU
Microsoft’s Work to Strengthen Cybersecurity Protection
Supreme Court Rejects the Chevron Doctrine – What Does it Mean for Broadcasters Regulated By the FCC?
Connecting The Dots: AI Is Eating The Web That Enabled It
Meta’s Oversight Board is Unprepared for A Historic 2024 Election Cycle
The UK’s New Digital Markets Regime: Some Key Takeaways
A Voice of Reason: European Publishers Council Submits Concrete Proposals to the EC for Strict Enforcement of DMA’s App Store Rules
The Admissibility Benchmark for the Judicial Review of Dawn Raids in Europe. Has Recent Case Law Shifted the Boundaries?
Merger Review Should Incorporate a Role for Unions
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The Role of Business Users Under the DMA
California Attorney General Advocates for Greater Antitrust Enforcement in Private Equity in Healthcare
No Offseason for the NCAA
“So Much Abuse”: Overhaul of Competition Law Shifts from ‘Buyer Power’ to ‘Superior Bargaining Position’ Abuse
Competition Law in Sports: It’s Time to Talk About Merger Control
ACM Study: One in Ten Consumers Switches Energy Contracts Following Telemarketing calls or door-to-door sales
Breaking Barriers: EU Issues Record Fine as it Takes On Cross-Border Trade Restrictions (Again)
Is it Possible to Win a Robinson Patman Act Case Now?
FCC’s Space Bureau Seeks Further Input on Regulation of Orbital Debris
Artificial Intelligence: A Challenge for the Mexican Tax Administration Service to Audit
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President Biden Vetoes Crypto Custody Bill
Arizona Turns Up the Heat in Amazon’s Legal Battles
Klarna Reports That 87% of Employees Use GenAI For Their Daily Work
Why America Needs an Apollo Program for The Age of AI
What to make of the new AI Roadmap from the Senate’s Bipartisan Commission
Putting the Public First: The Road to Accountable AI
Use Cases of Machine Learning in Finance
Slow the Roll-up: Help Shine a Light on Serial Acquisitions
What ISPs Need to Know About the FCC’s Title II / Open Internet Order
Federal Suit by Ohio Physicians Challenging Noncompete Agreements Dismissed for Lack of Antitrust Standing
Life After the FTC Non-Compete Ban: What Companies Should Know
A Modest Proposal—Antitrust Division Special Counsel for Whistleblower
Much More Than a Market?
Why Common Ownership Can Increase Competition
Litigating Director Disqualification
AG Opinion in FIFA v BZ – Further Competition Trouble for Football Rules
“But Did You Really Comply…?” Insights into Post-Merger Conditions
How Should We Measure Competition?
Online Retailers Beware – Amazon US Website Found to Target UK Consumers and Infringe UK Trade Marks
CG Antitrust Review Episode 25: In Conversation With Bill Kovacic
The FTC Noncompete Ban Is Legal
Ofcom to Push For Better Age Verification, Filters and 40 Other Checks in New Online Child Safety Code
The Critical Role of the Affordable Connectivity Program in Closing the Digital Divide
Vodafone/Three: A Standalone Decision or A Potential Reversal of Spectrum Policy?
Improving Transparency of AI use in Procurement
As States Lead Efforts to Address Deepfakes in Political Ads, Federal Lawmakers Seek Nationwide Policies
Microsoft Joins Thorn and All Tech Is Human to Enact Strong Child Safety Commitments for Generative AI
Walking the Tightrope: As Generative AI Meets EU Regulation, Pragmatism is Likely
Three Ways the US Could Help Universities Compete with Tech Companies on AI Innovation
11 States Now Have Laws Limiting Artificial Intelligence, Deep Fakes, and Synthetic Media in Political Advertising – Looking at the Issues
Protecting Civil Rights in the Face of AI
U.S. Competition Agencies File Statement of Interest in Algorithmic Pricing Case
Will You Take This Algorithm to Court?
Why the FTC Needs to Intervene in Law School Rankings
DMA AI IKK
U.S. Competition Agencies File Statement of Interest in Algorithmic Pricing Case
Antitrust Compliance Incentive Mechanism in China
‘Articles 101 and 102 TFEU must be interpreted consistently’: Superleague and the EU system of undistorted competition
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DOJ’s Case Against Apple: Beware of Forcing ‘Efficiencies’
Blocked JetBlue-Spirit Deal Illustrates New Antitrust Approach
Administration Launches Antitrust-Focused Strike Force
Is the Brussels Effect Creating a New Legal Order in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean?
Hospital Consolidation Matters
A New Dawn for African Antitrust in Uganda
ACM: Fair Competition is No Guarantee for Affordable Energy for Everyone
Driving Innovation with Antitrust
Enforceable Terms and Arbitration Provisions Important for Providers in Current Crypto Cyberthreat Environment
Patent Trolls Are Harming Innovation. Congress Can Help
AI in Brazil: Exploring opportunities
The Tech Industry Can’t Agree on What Open-Source AI Means. That’s a Problem
How an April Fools’ Day On-Air Prank Gone Wrong Could Result in FCC Issues
Can Journalism Survive AI?
AI Legal Updates
Broadband Providers Are Not Copyright Cops: Why the Sony v. Cox Case Threatens Internet Users
The ACM’s Mission To Plug the “Small Acquisitions Gap”
The EU’s New Market Definition Notice
Relaxing whilst doing Competition Law is not an Oxymoron EU Competition Law and Sports: my presentation at the Institut d’études européennes (ULB)
Mi Mercado Es Su Mercado: The Flawed Competition Analysis of Mexico’s COFECE
Antitrust for Kids—Anatomy of a Chocolate Cartel (an Antitrust Review of the movie Wonka)
Merger Guidelines Provide Insight on DOJ and FTC Enforcement Priorities for 2024
DOJ Takes a Cue from ‘Catch Me If You Can’ with Price-Fixing Plea Agreement
The European Commission Fines Apple 1.84 Billion Euros and Spotify Still Isn’t Happy
Rethinking My Economics
Taking Stock of Merger Enforcement Under the Biden Administration
Problems in the Ports! Competition Commission of Mauritius Launches a Market Study in the Ports Industry
AI and Product Safety Standards Under the EU AI Act
Apple’s Exclusionary App Store Scheme: An Existential Moment For The Digital Markets Act
Study Suggests Chatbots Could Lessen Legal Chores
Generative AI Risks Further Atomizing Democratic Societies
Who’s Been Regulating My AI?: Goldilocks and The House Of Lords Report on LLMs and Generative AI
Introduction to China’s Trade Sanctions System
Indirect Beneficiaries of State aid
Antitrust for Kids: The Best Unfair Valentine Competition Ever
Blog Paul de Bijl: Corporate responsibility goes further than merely not violating the law
Whose Failure Is the Failed Amazon/iRobot Merger?
Disappearing No More: Maintaining Electronic Messages for Antitrust Investigations
The Subsidy Advice Unit – Our First Year and Next Steps
Whose Interest Is It Anyway? CAK Stresses ‘Public Interest’ in Merger Control
Don’t You (Forget About Me)
The Fix Is In – Key Learnings From Recent Vertical Merger Challenges
The Political Economy of the Decline of Antitrust Enforcement in the US
The Impacts of Increasing U.S. Hospital Consolidation on Medicaid Recipients
What Do We Do With Presumptions in Antitrust?
SEC Approves Exchange Listing Applications for Spot Bitcoin ETPs
Enhancing Trust and Protecting Privacy in the AI Era
Prohibited: Meta’s Unlawful Behavioural Advertising Practices
Walking the Tightrope: As Generative AI Meets EU Regulation, Pragmatism Is Likely
Four Lessons From 2023 That Tell Us Where AI Regulation is Going
The GDPR As a Cyber Risk Management System: The ECJ Cautiously Tackles Data Breaches in the NAP Case
UK Government Consults on Amending Mandatory Filing Obligations for AI Acquisitions
Fourth Circuit Holds Per-Se Rule Does Not Apply in Bid-Rigging Case
Mexico President Announces Plan to Shut Down Autonomous Regulators
Resh(AI)ping Good Administration: Addressing the Mass Effects of Public Sector Digitalisation
Federal Judge Fights the Use of Artificial Intelligence in His Courtroom
The Biden Administration’s Recent Antitrust Wins Help Us All
What The Research Says About the Impacts of Hospital Consolidation Across the United States
Competition on The Merits
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The Wait is Over: DOJ and FTC Issue Final Merger Guidelines
New FTC, DOJ Merger Guidelines Create Challenges and Opportunities
Towards a More Interactive Merger Review Process: UK CMA Proposes Amendments
Supreme Court Will Not Review Judgment-Sharing Agreement Among Defendants in Broiler Chicken Case
Mobile Gaming: M&A Trends and Predictions
Lessons from DOJ’s Wave Of Labor Market Prosecutions
Antitrust Regulation of Big Tech Needs a Better Understanding of Behavioral Economics
Why States and Localities are Acting On AI
China’s Personal Data Law – Legal and Practical Assessment of Compliance Risk
The Morocco Competition Council takes action to ensure fairness in Morocco’s fuel market with a settlement of 1,840,410,426 Moroccan Dirhams
EU AI Act Update – Latest developments and potential roadblocks ahead
In the Shadow of the European Court of Justice: The Luxembourg Conference on Transatlantic Data Transfers
Accelerating Sustainability with AI: A Playbook
The Microsoft / Activision Saga – A Real Game Changer?
Meta to Require Labeling of Digitally Altered Political Ads (Including Those Generated By AI) – Looking at the Rules that Apply to Various Media Platforms Limiting Such Policies on Broadcast and Cable
Why Mental Health Apps Need to Take Privacy More Seriously
How a Tiny Pacific Island Became the Global Capital of Cybercrime
The Legal Definition of Self-Preferencing: Too Narrow, Too Broad, or Both?
How Monopolies are Making TV Worse
Small Mergers, Big Problems
UK’s Top AI Founders Recommend 4 Impactful Actions for Government
Taking Legal Action to Protect Users of AI and Small Businesses
FTC Takes Nontarget to Court in Robinson-Patman Act Investigation
GAO Recommends Increased Guidance for DOD Mergers & Acquisitions Review
Market Power as a Limiting Principle in Merger Enforcement
If I Had a Broadaxe…
Setting The Record Straight on Crypto Crowdfunding by Hamas
Spain Creates AI Regulator to Enforce the AI Act
FTC Rolls Up on Private Equity Serial Acquisitions
State Attorneys General Take a Strong Pro-Enforcement Stance in Comments to Draft Merger Guidelines
Valve v Commission: a (seemingly) straightforward case with some open questions of major significance
U.S. Deputy AG Announces New Safe Harbor Policy for Voluntary Disclosures in M&A
Is Amazon’s Scale a Harm?
MMA & Monopsony: MMA Fighters Win Class Certification Bout in Employment Monopolization Case
Competition Commission Publishes ‘Public Interest Guidelines Relating To Merger Control’
China To Loosen Cross-Border Data Transfer Rules
The Elegant Economy Does Not Economize
The FCC’s Clock Is Ticking on Defining Digital Discrimination
Platform Divergence and Geographic Divergence After Microsoft/Activision and Apple v. CMA
Chinese Regulators Give AI Firms a Helping Hand
The IP in AI: Can Patents Protect AI-Generated Inventions?
Tech Group Calls India’s Proposed Guidelines Against Dark Patterns ‘Regulatory Overlap’
Crypto Regulatory Affairs: IMF proposes crypto-risk assessment matrix
Humanity Must Establish Its Rules of Engagement with AI — and Soon
Darrow Raises $35 Million in Series B Funding to Expand AI Platform for Intelligent Legal Violation Detection
Federal Reserve Targets Supervision of “Novel” Activities
Big Brother & Biased Bots: Practical Considerations for Using AI in Employment Decision-Making
Conference Debriefing (38): Professors Go Karellamt
Merged Firms Offer Less Product Variety
Competition Litigation Funding Doesn’t Grow on Trees – Unintended Consequences of The UKSC’s PACCAR Decision
Ownership Claims over Auction of “The First NFT” Previously Dismissed by a New York Court Now on Appeal
The FTC’s Landmark Case Against Amazon Tackles the Central Issue of e-Commerce Market Power
An Inside Look at Congress’s First AI Regulation Forum
Antitrust Enforcement Increases Economic Activity
Extreme Makeover: US Merger Notification Edition
The Case of Microsoft: Why Software Monocultures Also Play a Role Beyond Antitrust Considerations
DOJ’s Increased Focus on Criminal Trade Secrets Cases
U.S. Labor Market Concentration, Competition, and Worker Bargaining Power as Employment Trends Shift From Manufacturing to Services
Paul Weiss Discusses Proposed Merger Guidelines and Private Equity
Form and Substance in EU Competition Law
Microsoft and Activision: Where Things Stand
McDonald’s & Monopsony: The Seventh Circuit Vacates District Court’s Dismissal of a Per Se No-Poach Theory
The FTC Lacks Authority for Competition Rulemaking
Michigan Law School Bans ChatGPT Generated Applications
Self-Driving Cars and AI Ethics
European Commission Adopts First DMA Designation Decisions
Formula 1’s NFTs: A New Era In Ticketing And Digital Technology
India’s AI Opportunity
Large Language Models Aren’t People. Let’s Stop Testing Them As If They Were
And Then There Were Five – Senate Approves Anna Gomez as Fifth FCC Commissioner – What Broadcast Issues Could a Full FCC Consider?
What Does The New EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) Mean For Companies Doing Business In The EU?
CAK Imposes Highest-Ever Cartel Fine On 9 Steel Producers
ABA Forms Task Force to Study Impact of Artificial Intelligence on The Legal Profession
Family Ties And The Boundaries Of The Firm In Antitrust Enforcement
Patenting for Blockchain and Crypto Tech
Steps You Can Take To Help Choose The Right Bank For You
Lies, Damn Lies, and Generative Artificial Intelligence: How GAI Automates Disinformation and What We Should Do About It
Case‑376/20 P, CK Telecoms: Tetra Laval Survives, But The Legal Test For Non-Coordinated Effects Will Have To Wait
Update: Judge Issues Decision and Final Judgment in DOJ Antitrust Case Against JetBlue
AI Under the Antitrust Microscope: Competition Enforcers Focusing on Generative AI from All Angles
Federal and State Antitrust Enforcers Double Down on Stance Against No-Poach Agreements, Urging 2nd Circuit in Amicus Briefs to Revive High-Fashion Case
Sweeping Inquiry Sheds Light on Online Intermediation Platforms: Competition, Opportunity, and the Road Ahead
CAT’s Liothyronine Judgment Is Notable Beyond Excessive Pricing Cases
Congress Eyes Establishing a Digital Regulator
Does ‘Open Finance’ Promote Competition or Facilitate Free Riding?
More “Suddenly Classic” Antitrust Cases from the New Merger Guidelines: Philadelphia National Bank and Pabst
Developers continue to dive into the crypto space as market remains lackluster
Computer Says No – Will Fairness Survive In The Age Of AI?
Corporate Responsibility in the Age of AI
Amazon/iRobot: Does Amazon Have An Incentive To Preference Its Own Products?
Working Assumption: Factors Slowing AI’s Impact on Jobs
FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Announces Proposed Voluntary Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Smart Devices
Microsoft, Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI launch Frontier Model Forum
The EU AI Act at a crossroads: generative AI as a challenge for regulation
AI Rules For The Metaverse
DOJ/FTC Draft Merger Guidelines: More Second Requests and More Merger Litigation
Six Ways That AI Could Change Politics
The European Court Of Justice In Meta Platforms Leaves Competition And Data Protection Authorities With An Assignment
The Ripple Effect: Implications of the SEC’s Partial Loss in SEC v. Ripple Labs Inc.
The New Merger Guideline Commandments: Thirteen Is An Unlucky Number
Can we Limit Algorithmic Coordination?
Our Emerging Regulatory Approach To Big Tech And Artificial Intelligence