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Antitrust Chronicle® – Defining Platform Markets

Winter 2023, January, Volume 1

Dear Readers, Market definition is perhaps the fundamental step in any antitrust analysis. If competition rules are to seek to regulate markets, and markets (by definition) consist of consumers and suppliers, this should not come as any surprise. However, market definition continues to raise perplexing issues for regulators, litigants, and courts alike. This is because […]

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