Antitrust laws

Google has a lot at stake today when Eric Schmidt, the company's Executive Chairman, testifies before the U.S. Senate subcommittee on anti-trust. Google...

A study of a landmark case against Microsoft found it didn't necessarily lead to more competition or innovation.

Jean-Phillippe Vergne, coauthor of "The Pirate Organization," explains how the edge of capitalism is driven by outlaws.

A short history.

Big isn't categorically bad, but it should invite public suspicion and scrutiny.

Microsoft and Intel are both obvious targets for antitrust litigation; both wield considerable control in their respective segments of the computer industry....

How businesses can navigate the increasing uncertainty around where and how antitrust law is enforced.

Entrepreneur Charles H. Ferguson created FrontPage with the notion of establishing a proprietary software standard for the Internet. His company, Vermeer,...

Targeting abuses of purchasing power helped usher in a golden age of retail in the United States - and it could again.

Leveraging platforms’ own data could be the key.

New podcasts and books explain how to save the industry—and us—from its worst instincts.

Many economists argue that monopolies stifle innovation. But before the breakup, AT&T and its R&D units constituted probably the most potent innovation...

It's rare for these two forces to occur simultaneously.

Near the beginning of the complaint that the Justice Department, five states, and the District of Columbia filed this week in an attempt to halt the merger...

Congress needs to make it easier to enforce IP protections.

As the world reckons with the impact of powerful new AI systems, governments are jostling to lead the regulatory charge — and shape how this technology will grow.

When Microsoft recently supported the Texas attorney general’s antitrust litigation against Google, it easy to point the finger and cry “hypocrite.” After all, when Microsoft was accused of monopoly and the US and European Union pursued anti-trust litigation, Microsoft — like IBM and Intel before it — claimed that its monopoly position was the product […]

The penalties for antitrust offenses are more severe than most executives think. But companies that violate antitrust laws can win amnesty by fessing...

Corporate cooperation will be critical in the fight against climate change - but the law might get in the way.

The case for and against.