Always beware of the name given to a piece of legislation. It rarely describes accurately the likely impact of enacting a bill. In fact, statutes often do the opposite of what their names suggest. Take Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s proposed…
Does anyone truly believe that our government — which consistently creates monopoly privileges for companies with its own cronyism — can be trusted to ensure that private markets remain competitive? Apparently so. Consider the resurgence of antitrust efforts against “Big…
The past has its charms, but it’s still the past. Andy Kessler of the Wall Street Journal (and no doubt thousands of others) seems mesmerized by an antitrust theory developed in the 1960s. In case you haven’t been paying attention,…
Google is crafting plans to convince the incoming Biden administration to allow it to continue its growing monopoly over the internet. The company, facing an antitrust suit from the Department of Justice and heightened public opposition to its power, will…
It’s safe to say that Big Tech hasn’t had a great month. Google received a beating at the Supreme Court for allegedly stealing the coding needed to create Android. Congress subpoenaed Facebook and Twitter for deliberately blocking news coverage potentially damaging to one political…
Epic Games, the creator of the immensely popular video game Fortnite, launched an antitrust challenge against Apple and Google last week that has rapidly escalated into an all-in corporate clash that could spell catastrophe for the losing side. If Epic…
Tech giant Twitter disclosed in a regulatory filing on Monday that it is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for mishandling personal information and is putting aside money in anticipation of a fine of between $150 million to…
It’s increasingly difficult to distinguish the views of the new “national conservatives” from those held by “democratic socialists” when it comes to government regulation of the economy and social media platforms. Both groups are upset at the outcomes that a…
The U.S. Department of Justice is currently in the midst of examining the hundreds of antitrust consent decrees in effect in the country, which are essentially government agreements with industries that allow them to have concentrated market share in exchange…
